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- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister has already admitted, has he not, that the IMF, the EU and the ECB want the proceeds of the sale of ESB to go into the black hole of the banking debt. He has already admitted, certainly, that the Government's alleged plan to use the proceeds to aid job creation cannot proceed without the approval of that troika.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not only is the Government selling off a chunk of the ESB, it is doing so without any guarantee that the process can be put to real and productive use in terms of job creation.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it not time to admit that, once again, as has been the case historically, the Labour Party in coalition has become the limp tail of a rabid dog and that it is Fine Gael which is dictating the pace and going forward with its particular agenda-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and the Labour Party, once again, are absolute failures in trying to put any break on Fine Gael's intent?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Labour Party admit that to the people or will it get the backbone to stand up and support the manifesto and the commitments it made six months ago to the electorate?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The only thing empty were Labour's policies.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister is the one who needs to look in the mirror when he makes that statement.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, not at all.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No. We voted to protect ordinary citizens' savings, something that Labour was quite prepared to put at risk. Those are the facts.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister is the one implementing it.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Howlin has no ideology whatsoever. He has flushed it down the toilet. That is exactly what he has done.
- Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On several occasions I have endeavoured to draw the Cabinet's attention to the deteriorating situation on promised legislation from the Department of Health and the Minister for Health. I wish to highlight this deteriorating situation. The health information Bill was committed to in the last term for publication in late 2011. Now it is indicated that publication is expected in mid 2012....
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 809 of 14 September 2011, when the information on the number of children placed in relative care by social workers, promised in her reply to Parliamentary Question 145 of 23 June 2011 but not provided in the Health Service Executive's direct reply of 19 July 2011, will be provided by the...
- ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Well done.
- Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given the growing backlog of legislation in the Department of Health, and against the backdrop of nurses at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick feeling compelled to take industrial action today, will the Taoiseach ensure that legislation like the health and social care professionals Bill is brought forward as an absolute requirement? Nurses at the front line of service delivery do...
- Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is reflected at other hospital sites throughout the State. We have a real crisis here.
- Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach listening to these nurses and front line care providers, who would not take such action glibly? Will he do something about it? Will he ensure the necessary legislative measures to address the crisis in accident and emergency departments are brought forward and dealt with urgently?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have already put 80 proposals to the Government. Will the Taoiseach comment on this?
- Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The best interests of the patient would be the priority of the nursing staff. There can be no question about that.
- Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (20 Sep 2011)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the accommodation options available to an asylum seeker with a guide dog. [24521/11]