Results 21,341-21,360 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister of State deal with the reality with which we are trying to cope?

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is indicative of the reality.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is indicative of the Government having washed its hands of responsibility for health service delivery in the county and a large section of the region. Shame on the Minister of State——

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He has given no response whatsoever.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I echo the remark that it is a disgrace the Minister for Health and Children is not here to take this Stage of a Bill that has serious consequences for the delivery of health care in this jurisdiction. With all respect, I think the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, made a disgraceful reference to the Monaghan Deputies who have moulded together all opinion, including that of Fianna...

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Sinn Féin Deputies are not prepared to support the guillotine in this case or indeed the passage of the health amendment Bill. The Bill seeks to abolish democratic accountability in the delivery of health services. It proposes to abolish health boards in their current form and to place all the power in the hands of the CEOs and, indeed, the Minister for Health and Children, who cannot be...

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——has yet to be presented to this House to inform us of what will replace health boards.

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach agree with the Minister of State, Deputy McDaid, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform tends to become wired to the moon at election time?

Order of Business. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What is the result of that incident? Will a new electoral Bill be required——

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Motion to Recommit. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support the proposal to recommit. The Bill is designed to remove democratic accountability from the delivery of the health service. As a former member of a health board, I can say that for all their faults the health boards had at least some semblance of democratic accountability in terms of the nominees of the respective county council participants. As stated on Second Stage, at the very...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Motion to Recommit. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——to the reason for recommittal. The communication I received from the Ceann Comhairle's office states that amendment No. 3 is outside the scope of the Bill. However, it merely seeks that the Minister be accountable to the Dáil for all matters relating to his functions as provided for under the Bill. That is incredible and we should recommit.

Health (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would it be possible to have circulated the list showing the grouping of amendments? I have not yet been supplied with a copy.

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in Dublin on 2 May 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13335/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach revisit his claim that the Castlerea prisoners lost their case in the Supreme Court, given that that is factually false? I invite the Taoiseach to correct the record, since anyone will know that that is not the case, no matter how often it is repeated or how hard the Taoiseach tries to peddle it. Is the Taoiseach aware that his utterances, today and previously, are not...

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——to properly flex its position as the voice representing the Irish people, not only in this State but recognised and acknowledged by nationalist opinion throughout the island of Ireland. The situation is serious. As regards the Taoiseach's meeting of 2 May with the British Prime Minister here in Dublin, how exactly did he press the issue of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the Oireachtas...

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What is the Taoiseach's position as regards the escalating loyalist activities in the North of Ireland? He has alluded to the fact that these have increased in the recent past. We have seen the murder of a man, only a week ago, in the LVF-UVF feud.

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are questions. They may not be the ones the Ceann Comhairle wants to hear, but these are questions and I will ask them in this House. We have been listening——

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have been listening to plenty of talk in every other regard. Is the Taoiseach aware — or the Ceann Comhairle, if he wants to answer it — that there are loyalist attacks, including ongoing threats, on the homes of Sinn Féin and SDLP elected representatives? He was happy to mention an SDLP member earlier, but what about attacks on the homes of Sinn Féin elected representatives? Is he...

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Indeed I am not wrong. Was the Taoiseach's hand involved in the collapse of the institutions?

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle should not get too rushed. He is always issuing health warnings now I will give one to him. Will the Taoiseach answer the question?