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Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (23 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. Head injury and related trauma is a lottery in Ireland, which I can state from my own personal experience of its effects. Three years ago, my wife was taken to the accident and emergency department of Cork University Hospital because she suffered a very serious fall. While she lay unconscious and under examination, the doctor explained that...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the orthopaedic service at Cork University Hospital was allocated just 100 outpatient referrals under the national treatment purchase fund for 2008; that this allocation has already been filled; that no additional referrals can now be made...

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Last November, the House introduced a statutory instrument to transfer the housing aid for the elderly programme from the HSE to local authorities. What happened to that legislation? A timeframe was given for the local authorities to be managing that programme in its entirety by now. Is the funding stream for this matter cleared up or is the funding——

Electoral Commission Bill 2008: First Stage (24 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to transfer to the Standards In Public Office Commission the functions of a constituency commission, the functions of a referendum commission, certain functions of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government relating to Dáil, European and local elections and the functions of registration authorities in the...

Electoral Commission Bill 2008: First Stage (24 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Hear, hear.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following specific and important matter of public interest, namely, the fact that there is no current NRA programme for the entire county of Cork currently up and running, with specific consideration to the N28, that work has not yet begun on either the Bishopstown or Wilton flyovers, that there is a clear lack of...

Schools Building Projects. (30 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to bring the matter of Ballygarvan national school before the Dáil. As the Minister for Education and Science is aware, I have raised this matter with her on two previous occasions. In November of 2007 I asked when the building of a new school would be completed and brought to her attention once again the overcrowded conditions in the...

Schools Building Projects. (30 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: At last.

Schools Building Projects. (30 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It is clearly evident from this evening that nothing has changed since November and December last when I raised this matter.

Schools Building Projects. (30 Apr 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: There has been no further progress.

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Regarding the comment the Minister made about the pharmacy Bill, he mentioned there was a breakthrough in the impasse. Will someone be making a statement on this matter in the House today? Given that there has been a breakthrough, does this mean the HSE is now recognising the IPU as the representative body of pharmacies?

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Minister be making a statement on the matter today and is an amendment to the Competition Act required as a result of this?

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: With reference to the Nuclear Test Ban Bill, it has come to my attention that there is no explanatory memorandum. As the House is aware, the purpose of an explanatory memorandum is to inform of a Bill's rationale and what it is intended to achieve. Given there is no explanatory memorandum for the Nuclear Test Ban Bill, is the House indicating that we will take the Joe Jacob approach of...

Management Companies (Housing Developments): Motion (8 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to share time with Deputies Stagg, Burton, Upton, Tuffy and Ó Snodaigh.

Management Companies (Housing Developments): Motion (8 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, on his appointment as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. I thank Deputy Hogan and his Fine Gael colleagues for bringing this motion before the House. I would like to remind the House of what the former Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, said in response to the then Labour Party leader, Deputy Rabbitte, on 14 June 2006: The only way...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Last Thursday I raised the issue of the Nuclear Test Ban Bill, which has no explanatory memorandum. Will you advise me, a Cheann Comhairle, if it is in accordance with Standing Orders that a Bill going through the House does not have an explanatory memorandum? When I raised the issue the Tánaiste said she would organise a one-to-one for me with the Minister. If I had a one-to-one I would...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: On a point of order, am I to understand that in respect of a Bill that has been before the House since 2006 it has taken until now to have an explanatory memorandum produced?

Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (14 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I congratulate Deputy Finneran on his appointment and welcome his kind words in respect of working co-operatively with Members of the House. This issue arose as a result of an anomaly identified in legislation last December by my party leader, Deputy Eamon Gilmore. As I understand it, the purpose of the Bill is to prevent a constitutional challenge being brought before the House in respect...

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Given that there is just five weeks left to the House before the summer recess.