Results 881-900 of 3,533 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, for his response. I wish to recap on the position we were at a week ago when the legislation was introduced into the House on an emergency basis. Twelve illegal appointments have been made to the PRTB to date. While I understand the Minister, Deputy Gormley, is not involved in the operational day-to-day running of the board, ultimately, the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: By whom?
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Was this discovered in-house by the board or was it brought to its attention by an external source?
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: The audit took place following the second and not the first error and I requested that the audit should be carried out after 7 October 2008. The difficulties referred to by the Minister of State arose on 10 December and the audit was carried out after that. Why were shadow spokespersons such as myself and Deputy Hogan kept in the blind about this? The issue came to the attention of the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: But the audit was only carried out following the second error.
- Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I do not blame the Minister of State because the issue of appointments lies with the Minister and the error and the failure to carry out an audit are firmly on his desk.
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Will the pilot scheme be rolled out nationally or only in a number of local authority areas?
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister for his explanation. As somebody who made a submission to the commission on this, I am glad the issue has progressed. I expected a response on how the report was proceeding. Will the Minister issue a brief to the Opposition spokespersons outlining what he has stated because it is of significance? Posters play a positive role in election campaigns.
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I worked as an adult literacy organiser prior to my election to the House and I was involved in the campaign to ensure candidate's photographs were printed on ballot papers. Posters operate in a similar fashion, particularly in local elections. They allow people to discriminate between one side of the road and the other regarding their local candidate. Posters are an informative and...
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: The election spending.
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: On a related matter I refer to the problem which arises in many housing estates where motorways and main roads were built in the years before proper noise regulations to do with sound barriers were in place. I am aware that different local authorities have been undertaking a review of such noise levels. Cork City Council has undertaken examinations of noise levels along the South Link Road...
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: The Minister is incorrect in his response. The regulations were not in place when these motorways were built. I suggest the Minister ask his colleague, Senator Dan Boyle, because he lives across the road from one. I imagine Senator Boyle would have been aware of the planning situation with regard to his own street.
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: I believe the Minister is familiar with it.
- Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: It is a retrospective problem that has been created by ââ
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: The Minister with responsibility for housing has made a number of announcements on spending â¬20 million a year to rent houses in the private sector. First, will this proposal be brought before the House in the form of legislation, or will the Minister operate outside the legislation and have no debate here on the matter? Second, will it require changes to the Housing Act or the Residential...
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Power is preparing for a future career in the show business area.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Yes. Will legislation be brought before the House in respect of the introduction of spending limits for this year's local elections? While there has been much comment from the Minister in this regard no legislation has yet been presented. Have proposals in regard to local election spending limits been brought before Cabinet? If not, is it intended such proposals will be brought before...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: This arises from an undertaking which the Taoiseach made here yesterday in response to my question, that he would provide the information to me. I have it here. He said, "I shall have to get more details before I can respond fully to Deputy Gilmore". He then gave me an estimate for what 100,000 people unemployed would mean, in terms of social welfare payments. I want to ask the Taoiseach...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: Yesterday, when we were debating the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009, I found out later in the evening that the Bill had been withdrawn in the Seanad. Will the Taoiseach say why the Bill was withdrawn in the Seanad last evening, whenââ
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Ciarán Lynch: When the Bill was concluding last eveningââ