Results 21,281-21,300 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, the precedent is long established. In my own short years of presence in the House, this matter has been answered by the Taoiseach during the Order of Business and with the approval of the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste indicate if it is intended that the sub-committee of the Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights will address this?

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is all right. I thank the Tánaiste.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that more cases have presented and that more evidence is offering, has the Government considered or will it now consider extending the Residential Institutions Redress Act to address the abuses that day attendees had to suffer at a number of such institutions? In terms of the extended number of institutions, we referred this to committee. The Taoiseach must be aware of the number of...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We simply cannot ignore this matter and sweep it under the carpet. On another matter, I ask the Taoiseach to outline the programme for the introduction and passage of the Disability Bill 2004.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Why is it not envisaged?

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No research was carried out.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How did the Government reach that figure?

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish also to address the record of the Minister, Deputy Brennan, not the projected one in his new portfolio but rather the legacy he has left following his departure from the transport Ministry. I speak specifically in regard to Aer Lingus. Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is a scandal that the national airline has been sized up for a sell-off, a privatisation, to the management team at...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What projects were those? I thought that was the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hardly think the Taoiseach's reply amounts to a categoric rejection of any proposal to countenance a managerial take-over or any other privatisation of the national airline. He perpetuates the concerns, not only of the workforce but of broad opinion on this issue across the country. Is the Taoiseach aware that in its last major redundancy offer Aer Lingus medical staff in the axed medical...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This matter should be dealt with in the House in the first instance rather than being referred to committee at this stage. What is at stake here is an additional €300 million over the next four years. In effect, this amounts to multi-annual ring-fencing of public money. This would not happen in the case of funding for cancer care or for the needs of those coping with disabilities. However,...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government must surely have him by now. Perhaps Deputy McCreevy knows more about that matter. Perhaps Shergar is in County Meath, I have no idea.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the number of officials from his Department who have applied to relocate under the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21566/04]

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At last there is something upon which the Taoiseach and I agree. The decentralisation programme makes sense. In light of the recent reshuffle, will the Taoiseach indicate what is the make-up of the Cabinet sub-committee on decentralisation? In the context of the remarks by Ruth Barrington of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As does my supplementary question. Ruth Barrington stated that there had been no prior consultation with any of the State agencies. Will the Taoiseach indicate if a survey was carried out in his Department or, if he wants to be generous, in any Department or Government agency in respect of the willingness of people to sign up to a decentralisation proposal? If it is the case that Ruth...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a complex problem and it deserves the Taoiseach's address. The Taoiseach provided some figures in his initial reply. Is he in a position to provide an estimate of the number of people who will be transferred from other Departments to his Department and vice versa? Will it be an exodus? In the review have people expressed an interest in transferring to his Department? Has he any idea...

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask that the Taoiseach be as generous in his reply as possible.