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Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the heads be circulated? The Taoiseach has committed to doing so in the past.

Public-Private Partnerships. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the interdepartmental team on housing, infrastructure and public-private partnerships met in 2005; the planned meetings for the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27682/05]

Hospital Services. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It clearly is not.

Hospital Services. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Medical Cards. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister share my view that those who need the medical card the most are children and that if she wants to make a real difference in regard to health care not only in the current situation but as an investment into the future, she should address the needs of children now? Will she indicate if she has considered, proposed or has argued for at Cabinet the extension of full medical card...

Medical Cards. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what has been done for the over 70s.

Medical Cards. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept the Minister's point that it is lower income families who need these cards the most. However, does she not accept the reality that there are many families on what would be regarded as moderate incomes who, because of their commitment to the workplace, namely, two earning parents, the outlay on child care, mortgages and other such expenses, which were not all together reflected even...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On my behalf and on behalf of the Sinn Féin Party, I extend our sincere sympathy to the siblings, nephews, nieces and extended family of the deceased, Patrick Walsh. Go ndéanfaidh Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis. Last Friday, the Taoiseach visited County Monaghan. I welcome his meeting with the community alliance which has been campaigning for years against the cuts in services at Monaghan...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is his Government's implementation of the Hanly report that led directly to the death of Patrick Walsh. This policy was already in operation before Mr. Hanly reported at all. Make no mistake about it, up to 16 unnecessary and avoidable deaths have occurred in Monaghan General Hospital over the period since the tragic loss of baby Bronagh Livingstone. Does the Taoiseach not accept that...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and that the Health Service Executive should provide the resources to allow that to happen? Nothing has happened since. We have had the death of Patrick Walsh. How many more unnecessary avoidable deaths must be witnessed at Monaghan or allied to the situation in Monaghan before the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste listen and heed the cry of a people who are not second class citizens and are...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I find it incredulous that the people the Taoiseach has met who are not working in the hospital system but are well informed about its needs would have said that two nurses would be the panacea for all the difficulties that have arisen in Monaghan General Hospital as a result of his Government's policy of the diminution of its services over many years.

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should not seek to apportion blame outside his shared responsibility. Instead, he must undertake in conjunction with the Tánaiste to listen to a set of professionals and not to always use the crutch of the Royal College of Surgeons or any other expert group. To say it has a monopoly on wisdom on this or any other issue is ridiculous. It is plain to the people of County...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——about what has been a very important contributory fact, the inquiry must include an examination of the disastrous policies that directly contributed to the death of Mr. Patrick Walsh and so many others. Will the Taoiseach instruct the Tánaiste at this late stage, as Minister with responsibility for health, to in turn instruct the HSE to put Monaghan General Hospital back on emergency...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We ask the Taoiseach to act now and to listen to a set of professionals who know what is needed at the coalface and to the community we proudly represent.

Departmental Bodies. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs since 2002 of the communications unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/05]

Departmental Bodies. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that the communications unit is staffed by established civil servants and provides a news monitoring service to a range of Ministers and Departments other than the Taoiseach's, will he not accede to the repeated requests of Deputies that the service be made available in the Oireachtas Library so that all Members of this House can have access to the information provided? Given that it is...

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of special political advisers appointed by him; their roles and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27307/05]

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the responsibilities of the political advisers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27681/05]

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Are individual political advisers assigned particular policy areas? Do any of the Taoiseach's political advisers have a sole, focused responsibility for health, or for the peace process, or for international affairs? Does the Taoiseach agree that it would be better if such a focused approach existed? In that way, attention to key areas that reflect poorly on this Government would help to...

Natural Disasters in Asia and Central America: Statements. (13 Oct 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of all members of Sinn Féin, I express our deepest condolences over the tragic loss of up to 40,000 lives in the earthquake last Saturday that hit Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Our thoughts are with all the bereaved families, the orphaned children and the traumatised survivors, many of whom have been made homeless and jobless and must rebuild their lives. Our thoughts are also...