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Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to ask the Tánaiste, in her Tory blue this morning,-----

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the consequences of job losses at a company (details supplied) in the Border region in terms of education and re-training opportunities and employment prospects; if unemployment, education and training services will be capable of dealing with an upsurge in unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he or his Department still maintains contact with Justice for the Forgotten; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14695/10]

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has met with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly to discuss the potential loss of employment in the Border region; if there will be cross-border initiatives to relieve the pressures that mass unemployment in the region would cause; his views on whether the Border area can afford not to have joined up...

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would have preferred if Question No. 90 had been taken with Question No. 47. I am disappointed with the Minster's reply. The fact that he indicated he has had only three telephonic link-ups with his counterpart in the Assembly, Ms Arlene Foster, MLA, does not demonstrate the necessary focus on the very serious situation that has unfolded in the Border counties, specifically, Cavan and...

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We cannot divorce ourselves from the lead-in situation to the announcement of 900 redundancies in Quinn Insurance Limited last Friday week. Real and substantial questions must be put in respect of the decisions taken by the Financial Regulator. While I acknowledge the independence of his office, the Financial Regulator must be accountable in some way and there must be some basis by which...

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The fact of the matter is that when this announcement was made the Government failed to properly address what it could do in real and specific terms to save these jobs. It is all very well to refer to education and re-training afterwards. For heaven's sake, do not utter "taskforce" across this Chamber to me because I will surely take ill. The fact is the Government has yet to demonstrate...

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, there is not.

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is what I put to the Minister when I met him personally-----

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and I have repeated the proposal to all his ministerial colleagues. The Minister has never explained why he could not take this course of action.

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are not suggesting interference.

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At the meeting last night-----

Job Losses (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What we need is the restoration of access to all relevant areas.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I suppose there is a limit to the number of ways we can put this question to the Taoiseach. Is the Government committed to holding a referendum on children's rights and is it committed to holding such a referendum in the current year? The response we received from the Tánaiste here last Thursday was that the matter has not been finalised by the Government yet and the Taoiseach has stated...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That unfortunate and trite reply will do nothing to assuage the fears of Deputies here and an ever-growing body of interested observers as to the Government's intent on the back of the committee's recommendations. There can be no less awareness on the part of the Taoiseach than there is on ours that there is growing concern within non-governmental organisations dedicated to the service of...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not suggesting it.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I suggested that the Taoiseach has failed to make clear------

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach is the only one who can answer the question.

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How long will it take to consider it?

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On constitutional matters and on a further matter, will the Government act on the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Constitution to remove the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution? Does the Taoiseach agree with the committee when it stated in the 2008 report on the freedom of expression that in a modern constitution blasphemy is not a phenomenon against which there should be...