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Community Pharmacy Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Did the HSE and the IPU discuss the practicalities of implementing these charges?

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking in response to the widespread incidents of miscarriage misdiagnosis which have come to light; the date on which she was first made aware of this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25961/10]

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the terms of reference and the establishment of the review team in this case. However, a number of very serious questions remain. Why did the Minister, the Department and the HSE have to wait until after Melissa Redmond's story went into the public arena, when it was known from last August 2009? Did not the Minister, the Department or the HSE consider the implications of what was...

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the implications?

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister has already told us that. This was not an isolated case.

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the number of cases in question been established?

Hospital Services (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I warrant there is information to confirm misdiagnosis in some cases.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed. Will the Government facilitate an opportunity for the House to address the serious issues that have arisen recently in the course of the leaving certificate and junior certificate examinations? Given that there is no ministerial provision in that regard, the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills will not have an opportunity to address those matters between now...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----from an important leaving certificate accountancy exam.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but it is absolutely in order. What is not in order is cutting me off every time I try to ask an important and salient question. I ask again in the interests of the address of those important matters, and the questions that must arise in terms of whether the State Examinations Commission is properly resourced or if serious questions may be directed towards...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Just very briefly-----

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Are you saying, a Cheann Comhairle, that a Special Notice Question will be sympathetically considered?

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We look forward to a discussion on the matter.

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to speak on the same matter, namely, the imposition of the guillotine. Where previously it was a feature in the run-up to recesses both prior to the summer and Christmas, in the past year the guillotine has been employed quite freely at various times throughout each of the sessions. It is completely unnecessary. As recent experiences will show, some legislation passes through the...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want the Taoiseach to explain how he has apportioned-----

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On exactly the same point, I appeal to the Taoiseach and the Government team to heed the Opposition's appeal. The guillotine is totally unnecessary. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 22 be agreed to", put and declared carried.

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reliability of auditing reports in terms of their content; the actions or reviews that are being taken by his Department in looking at the suitability of the content of auditing reports; the discussions that are being had at EU and international level, of which he is party, on amending the content of auditing reports to consider a...

Written Answers — Credit Provision: Credit Provision (17 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will lay the small and medium enterprise lending plans of banks (details supplied) before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the way the banks worked out their lending plans by geography and sector; the considerations and criteria that were used in the organisation of lending plans by geography and sector; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (17 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 199: To ask the Aire Cosanta an aontaíonn sé go mba chóir go mbeadh An Chéad Chath ar an Rinn Mhór i nGaillimh ag feidhmiú go hiomlán trí Ghaeilge arís; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26062/10]

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At the same time we are targeting the most needy and deserving in society. That is the continued approach of this Government and it is a disgrace. We will not agree to the imposition of a guillotine on this Bill.