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Written Answers — Health Promotion: Health Promotion (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 631: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 627 of 3 May 2011 the status of the Health Service Executive's reply. [15138/11]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 665: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will maintain funding to all 36 rural transport programme companies beyond the end of June 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15265/11]

Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I heard the Taoiseach indicate earlier that there will be three referenda on the day of the presidential election. This is the first time that we have heard about the particular focus of each of those and none of them referred to children's rights. Can he advise us of the status of the proposed referendum on children's rights to enshrine those protections within the Constitution? Can he...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will it happen this year?

Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We still do not have an answer to what happened in that particular case.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he remains committed to investing €7 billion over the lifetime of the Government to create 100,000 jobs; and if he will outline his plans on this matter. [14726/11]

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Minister will be aware, the House is where he must answer them.

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I begin by deploring the fact the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, has yet to present himself to answer questions from Deputies in this Chamber on what has been a real crisis in nursing home care.

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He has not at any time presented to answer questions on this matter specifically in the House. These are statements which are taking place today and, despite our appeal on the Order of Business this morning, the Minister is not making himself available for questions, of which there are many. Last week and the week before, he did the same, putting the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen...

Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----to make this announcement because it is an appropriate place for him to do so. I hope this will prove to be the pattern in the future. However, it must be asked why it was necessary to suspend approvals. What was achieved by this other than the creation of real distress among many older people and their supporting families? I note that charges for acute beds in public hospitals are to...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That does not address the need today.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same issue, people are rightly appalled at the allegations of abuse at Rostrevor House. It would remiss of us not to acknowledge the courage of those who brought these abuses to the attention of the appropriate authorities. We should note from the information already provided that these were immigrant workers - all the more credit due to them therefore because their position would...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Okay.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy got an answer to his question about whistleblowers' legislation.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to the oversight of the conduct in nursing home and the management of same, it is important that we realise that we cannot depend on HIQA alone to establish best standards. Surely there must be some other additional mechanism of oversight and inspection of nursing home provision across the country. HIQA could not cope with the full extent of that observation of behaviour within...

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We did not need WikiLeaks last week to tell us of the U-turn by the Minister's party leader, the Tánaiste, on the second referendum on the Lisbon treaty. All WikiLeaks has done is expose his thinking and the duplicity of the positions he took, one in public and another in private.

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Those of us who were sincerely and genuinely opposed to the treaty pointed out that, with its passage, we would find that the decision making process would be ever more at a remove from ordinary people and elected representatives at this tier. That is exactly where we are at. We are now going to-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question is on promised legislation. We are now in a situation whereby, courtesy of the EU-IMF deal which the Government has now embraced, water charges are to be introduced, another major u-turn for the Labour Party. Will legislation be required to bring forward the Government's so-called proposals to introduce water charges across the country?

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If that is the case, when will that legislation be introduced and has there been any engagement with the Attorney General in relation to this particular proposal?

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When might that legislation present?