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Order of Business (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——give their respective weight to the effort to secure public endorsement of the proposals that were agreed by the members. It is the responsibility of the Government to bring forward the question to be put to the people in the referendum. I ask the Taoiseach to give assurances to the House in respect of both of the matters to which I refer.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committees which have met since 8 July 2010. [32333/10]

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet Committees on which he serves and their membership. [32334/10]

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the heads of 11 State economic development, training and education agencies on 22 September 2010; if he will state the purpose and outcome of the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33366/10]

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is unfortunate that Question No. 9 was grouped with the other eight questions. It had nothing to do with Cabinet committees, was a specific stand-alone question and could have been taken accordingly. That said, the Taoiseach should provide Members with a couple of examples of practical measures that were identified and agreed in the course of his meeting with senior representatives of...

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let us have a little common sense. There are practical steps that can be taken. It is not in contravention of EU diktat to break down tenders into smaller parcels. It happens in almost all other member states. Why we cannot act imaginatively, ensure that work is created in Ireland, allow for the sustaining of existing employment and help in the creation of new jobs is simply beyond my...

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Bearing in mind that the meeting was just a week ago today, will the Taoiseach give us but two examples of practical measures, from what I am sure must have been a long agreed list, that will now be taken that resulted from the engagement with the 11 agencies and which we would be most happy to welcome if the Taoiseach is to stand over his proposals on job creation? Will he stand over them?...

Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal (29 Sep 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There are many so-called economic commentators who support the Taoiseach's particular approach. One of the flaws in their respective presentations time and again is the view that a stimulus package must wait until after the deficit is addressed by 2014. All these points must be addressed together. We must address the deficit, not by the means that the Taoiseach has promoted over three...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 29 June 2010, if he will reconsider his decision not to take steps to alter the current arrangements which can prohibit the owners of affordable homes from subletting them in view of the reality that an increasing number of persons have to relocate if they are to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 23: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to introduce uniformity across local authorities in terms of the income limits employed to allow persons onto the housing lists. [30470/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the aggregate cost to the State for each year, from 2005 to 2009, of tax expenditure relating to health, that is, the value of all tax concessions relating to the health sector, and within this cost, the value of the proportion attributable to personal tax relief in respect of health insurance premia; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics for each year, from 2005 to 2009, relating to the incomes, net of outgoings, deriving from general medical practice, of general medical practitioners in the State. [31628/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of each year, from 2005-2009, and on the basis of data available to the Revenue Commissioners, the aggregate income of all general medical practitioners in the State, and, separately, of all dental practitioners. [31629/10]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for occupational therapy and speech therapy in respect of children with autism, that is the average gap between diagnosis and provision of therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30835/10]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the extra provision she will make to provide essential therapies for children with autism and to reduce waiting times for these therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30836/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Health Service Executive circular 008/10 of 26 April 2010 to dentists who are cutting back services to medical card patients; if she has sought an explanation from the HSE of their definition of emergency dental procedures to which many treatments are to be confined; and if she will...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will reverse the cuts to dental services for medical card holders. [30884/10]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that both the rapid response vehicle 24-7 service, with its advanced paramedic, and the patient transport ambulance, staffed by two emergency medical technicians, are being removed from Monaghan to Castleblaney, despite the commitment from the Health Service Executive that the loss of...

Written Answers — Prescription Charges: Prescription Charges (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimate of the money which will be raised by the imposition of prescription fees on medical card patients in 2010 and in a full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30878/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated savings per year on the State drugs bill as a consequence of generic substitution. [30879/10]