Results 12,521-12,540 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin supports amendment No. 3 because the cost of regulation should be borne by the regulated bodies. We hardly need to point out the colossal costs which taxpayers must bear because of past regulatory failures. We do not want to see a repeat of that situation in the future. One way of dealing with the past failure of our regulatory regime is to recognise that previous assessments...
- Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister before us is not a Minister of State but the Minister for Defence who is here to defend the indefensible. I hold the Minister in great esteem. However, on the one hand he states the Minister for Finance intends to set in train a process which will lead to 100% cost being applied to the regulated bodies - hopefully they will be regulated - while on the other he refuses to accept...
- Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am mindful of the time so I wish to record my support of amendments Nos. 4 and 11. They have a common intent and purpose, and I understand from Deputy Burton's contribution that when we talk about the Central Bank of Ireland today, it is understood that the Office of the Financial Regulator is part and parcel of that entity.
- Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Therefore the proposition if accepted by the Minister and if the Bill is amended, will apply directly to the office of Mr. Elderfield, which is appropriate. There is nothing to be protected in the work and decision making of the Central Bank of Ireland and its respective elements. The application of freedom of information aids best practice, best decision making and an awareness of the...
- Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of head shops raided by gardaà since the ban on certain substances took effect on 11 May 2010; the substances and quantities of same confiscated; the numbers arrested, charged and against whom prosecutions are pending; the number of head shops open for business here during the week immediately succeeding the...
- Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects the investigations by Dóchas Centre visiting committee and the Inspector of Prisons into the reported decision of the Irish Prison Service to force the early release of a person (details supplied), are expected to conclude; if the recommendations of these inquiries will be published; and in advance of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the State properties and premises, including buildings occupied by Government Departments and State agencies, on which the State pays ground rent. [28627/10]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person who is denied benefit by a community welfare officer on the basis of not satisfying the habitual residence condition will be offered a ticket to return to the country they had previously been residing in; and if so, the number of Irish citizens to whom such an offer was made in 2008 and 2009. [28547/10]
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for his refusal to establish an independent complaints mechanism for residents of direct provision centres based on the best practice guidelines established by the Office of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/10]
- Written Answers — Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge: Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 219: To ask the Aire Gnóthaà Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an aontaÃonn sé gur fiú d'Ãirinn Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge a bhunú i gcroÃlár na prÃomhchathrach mar cheiliúradh, nà hamháin ar chéad bliain ón Ãirà Amach, ach ar an Ãirinn a bhà tuartha ag bunaitheoirà an Stáit i gcomhthéacs Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge an Rialtais agus ról lárnach...
- Written Answers — Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge: Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 220: To ask the Aire Gnóthaà Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta an aontaÃonn sé gur fiú d'Ãirinn Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge a bhunú i gcroÃlár na prÃomhchathrach mar cheiliúradh, nà hamháin ar chéad bliain ón Ãirà Amach, ach i gcomhthéacs Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge an Rialtais agus ról lárnach bhaill Chonradh na Gaeilge in Ãirà Amach 1916; agus an...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will preface my remarks on the amendments before us by stating that I am vehemently opposed to the passage of the Bill because it will result in the closure of St. Luke's Hospital as we know it by 2014. That is something with which I strongly disagree. I also disagree with it because it is part of a flawed plan on the provision of radiation oncology throughout the State that will see...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister arrived late, although I do not believe that is the reason she has chosen to present a particular view of Opposition Deputies' arguments. For my part, my voice is perhaps unique among all the voices in the House in saying that I am not happy with the Minister's cancer plan, as I will describe it. As I stated before the Minister took her seat, it discriminates against the...
- Saville Inquiry Report: Motion (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As a co-sponsor of the motion before us I confirm my support and that of my Sinn Féin Dáil colleagues for its unanimous passage. The report of the Saville inquiry is a vindication of the 14 dead and the injured of Bloody Sunday, 30 January 1972 in Derry. It is an affirmation of the steadfastness of the families of the dead who campaigned for truth and justice for all of 38 years. I begin...
- Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----includes the provision of a car and Garda driver. Whether that applies or is utilised in all cases I cannot say. Will the Taoiseach indicate how he feels about this scheme at this point in time, against the fact that there have been very considerable cutbacks in terms of the salaries and expenses of all sitting Members of the current Dáil and that this scheme has held in place and is...
- Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not know where the Taoiseach encountered that view. I have at all times spoken about the provision of two secretarial assistants, which is the entitlement from the 2001 scheme. If anybody is putting a spin on this issue, it is the Taoiseach. I am trying to deal with the facts of this scheme, which was introduced by a former Taoiseach and, as it happens, applies to all former taoisigh,...
- Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not making a speech. I am putting a question and the Ceann Comhairle's comfort with it is neither here nor there.
- Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I posed a parliamentary question and received a response which revealed details of the issue. I am now asking the Taoiseach how he views the issue and whether he believes it merits an immediate review given our current circumstances, the serious cutbacks that have already been imposed on so many sectors of Irish society and the further cutbacks pending in budget 2011. I urge him to revisit...
- Constitutional Amendments (30 Jun 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach the constitutional referenda he intends to hold during the remainder of the current Dáil [23056/10]