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Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do, Deputy Barrett.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would not do that Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for that decision. I welcome it, and it allows the House the opportunity to debate the matter. I hope the House will support it.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Perhaps there is a little confusion about this matter. There is a provision in the agreed Order of Business that the Minister and Opposition spokespersons will have an opportunity to speak for 15 minutes on the amendment on the secondary notices of motion. I am advised that the first motion is not being proceeded with while the second is being pressed.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I fully support the Technical Group's motion, which is compelling in its call on the Fine Gael-Labour Government to reverse the cuts to services for pupils with special needs. This is a heartless and cruel cut which is being applied across the education system. In its amendment to the motion, the Government notes that "the cap on Special Needs Assistants was introduced by the previous...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That would be regarded as truly outrageous. However, Deputy Buttimer should note that because children with special needs are in a minority, the IMF, the EU and the Government feel they can get away with placing a cap on the right of such children to a proper education. The Deputy's daily contributions in this House amount to him sniggering and launching snide comments across the Chamber....

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not accuse the Deputy of that.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not at all.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not interrupt the Deputy. His problem is that he does not allow other people to speak.

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a fact.

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made in emphasising alternative programmes for young offenders through extensions to the juvenile liaison officer scheme and the diversion programme in conjunction with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19879/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the special rapporteur on child protection has made numerous recommendations that the process of grooming be criminalised; the position regarding the joint work of his Department and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on the drafting of legislation to criminalise grooming;...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 08 June 2011, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive [20365/11]

Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Female genital mutilation is associated in most people's minds with African countries. It is rightly seen as a reprehensible practice but also something more from the past than the present and very distant from Ireland. It will come as a surprise to many people, therefore, to learn that it is estimated that more than 3,000 women in Ireland are living with female genital mutilation. These...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what the Government is doing.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is real life for people.

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Robbing the people is not excusable.

Order of Business (13 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given the intended publication later today of the report on clerical sexual abuse of children in the Catholic diocese of Cloyne, will the Government allow for the opportunity for statements and an exchange in regard to the findings and the content of that report? Will the Taoiseach accept, as he would know, that on the publication of the report there will be significant media and wider...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (12 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will establish the new child welfare agency. [19878/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendment on Children: Constitutional Amendment on Children (12 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish a draft Bill in respect of the children's rights referendum; and if she will confirm a specified time or date for the referendum to be held. [19877/11]