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Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----the closure of wards in Navan, the cessation of activities in Cavan General Hospital-----

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and the serious outbreak at our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. One should make no mistake about it but these all are consequences of the Government's policy pursuits in the health care area.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle should settle down. He lives in the north east himself and would not wish to be dependent on one of the hospital sites at present for any difficulties that presented in respect of his own health.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He should keep it calm. When will the Government bring forward the licensing of health facilities Bill, which is important to those institutions that currently pass as public hospital sites in the north-eastern region courtesy of the Government? With all respect, this is not good enough.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, I will not.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no other way and I intend to use this opportunity.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not at all. A Fine Gael Member has just left the Chamber now. Its deputy leader should note it seems to be a very effective ploy.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They are falling down. I specifically ask when this legislation will be brought forward. With respect to Deputy Reilly's points earlier, there is no point in complaining about these things and then being a party to further cuts that will only compound the already outlined difficulties that are taking place at such hospital sites.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Wait until I tell the Deputy. That is the rubbish-----

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ----- we have heard from those who have got us into-----

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ----- these difficulties. The economic illiterates are not on the Sinn Féin bench but are over there on the Government side-----

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ---- and are below me.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister for Health and Children come before the House on the issue of the national children's hospital?

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the plans he has to ensure fuller segmentation of public procurement contracts; the timeframe involved; to clarify if this will apply to capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36178/10]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress that has been made to date by the Industrial Development Authority in ensuring that 50% of new or expansion investments are located outside of Dublin and Cork; the geographic location of new or expansion investments to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36177/10]

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Clearly from the Taoiseach's responses this morning, the all-party consensus on the wording of the constitutional amendment to enshrine children's rights in the Constitution has been rejected by the Government. Over the past while, there has been much talk about achieving all-party consensus. We had all-party consensus after a protracted period of engagement between all the parties in the...

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----with the finest of legal advice, expert to this area. Now that the Taoiseach has indicated to the House that the Government will proceed to look at an alternative wording, will he advise us whether he has concluded his deliberations with the various Departments vis-À-vis the impact of the change in the Constitution on their respective areas of responsibility; whether the deliberations...

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Of course it is absolutely appropriate.

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let me assure the Ceann Comhairle that it is absolutely appropriate. I did not spend two years wasting my time so I want to know exactly what will happen. Many people from all parties, including Fianna Fáil, put much good work into this and I want to know whether we have been absolutely discarded and set aside or whether there will be any consultation whatsoever with what has been referred...

Constitutional Amendments (13 Oct 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach address the matter of the timeframe of the work in hand? Does he have any idea at this moment in time when the current process of drafting and consultation with the various Departments and the Office of the Attorney General will conclude? Will there actually be a product and, thereby by extension, a determination as to when a referendum would follow? On an unrelated issue...