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Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a significant Bill which potentially affects the pay and working conditions of hundreds of thousands of workers, as well as the living standards of their families. Today is also a significant occasion in the Dáil because this is the first Bill to be debated under the new procedure for Friday sittings to address legislation put forward by parties in opposition. I welcome this...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----if not to ensure these minimum protections are speedily and effectively restored? Let us contrast the slowness of the response to the plight of workers made vulnerable by the High Court judgment on JLCs with the speed with which top executives in corrupt and failed banks have been looked after, both those who have retired and those currently in place. As Sinn Féin pointed out in the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Animal Protection: Animal Protection (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to reduce the number of seabird deaths caused by longline fisheries in view of the high number reported by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. [27918/11]

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: She never said that.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government and its predecessor both undertook to raise with the British Government and its representatives the all-party motion relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings which was reaffirmed by the Houses last May. I understand the Tánaiste is meeting later today Mr. Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Will he indicate if he will use that opportunity to reflect...

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was promised by the Government and its predecessor.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, that communication was forwarded on behalf of the Members of this Parliament, not the Government, and I ask you to defend the right to ask this question.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste report back to the House?

Written Answers — Credit Union Regulation: Credit Union Regulation (5 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance if he views credit unions in the same way as he sees banks; and if they require a similar or different form of regulation. [27656/11]

Written Answers — Credit Union Regulation: Credit Union Regulation (5 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that have had lending restrictions imposed on them by the Financial Regulator on a monthly basis in the years 2010 and 2011; the kinds of restrictions imposed; and his views on whether these restrictions were being applied consistently. [27655/11]

Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The minor injuries unit in Monaghan General Hospital has been further-----

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will focus on the threatened barracks closure in my constituency and I appeal to the Minister, Deputy Shatter, to support the retention of Dún Uí Néill Barracks in Cavan, as well as its full complement of serving soldiers and civilian employees. I believe Cavan to be an important location for the Defence Forces, allowing speedy response to any given situation arising right across the...

Written Answers — Gender Discrimination: Gender Discrimination (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Plan International proposal to institute the 22 of September as the International Day of the Girl by voting in favour of the upcoming Canadian Resolution to the General Assembly of the United Nations on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27316/11]

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will take to ensure that young persons who have to emigrate due to unemployment are assisted as far as possible to prevent them from falling into poverty and homelessness abroad and that the maximum number are enabled to return to Ireland for work and training; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance in 2010; the number of applications refused; the numbers of these refusals in which the decision was appealed to the social welfare appeals office; the number of appeals upheld by the social welfare appeals office; the corresponding figures to date in 2011; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 24 May 2011, the status of his review of the guidance given to local authorities on the social housing entitlements of persons holding Stamp 4. [27185/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason disadvantaged area payment has not issued in respect of the year 2010 to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that payment has been issued relating to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27263/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (4 Oct 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons in the 18 to 25 age group are being denied medical cards because their income falls below the threshold set out in the Health Service Executive medical card guidelines and they are therefore presumed, sometimes incorrectly, to be in receipt of other income; if his further attention has...