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Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that - as the Taoiseach will be well aware - there was considerable unease about the inclusion of the reference in the recent defamation Bill and given the Minister's own stated commitment on the record which reflects the views of the all-party Joint Committee on the Constitution which made this recommendation in 2008, will the Taoiseach, as leader of the Government, indicate his...

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Taoiseach a view?

Order of Business. (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I refer to the licensing of health facilities Bill. There is a great degree of distress and anger among patients and relatives of those who are and have been resident at Loughloe House in Athlone, which has now been earmarked for closure by the HSE. A HIQA report on this facility has not yet been published. It recommends significant changes but, I believe, it does not recommend closure....

Constitutional Reform (12 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost to his Department of the additional public sittings of the Moriarty tribunal and the projected final cost of the tribunal to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18791/10]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of building the new Health Service Executive community nursing hospital in Ballincollig, County Cork, including the purchase of the site; when she expects it will be fully equipped; and the anticipated cost of the equipment. [18853/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is the case that the new Health Service Executive community nursing hospital in Ballincollig, County Cork, which was built with public funds, is to be put out to tender to be run by a private operator as a profit-making business; and if so, when she anticipates that this will happen. [18854/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has adopted a general policy that hospitals built with public money will be handed over to private operators, or if this practice will cease when the public service recruitment embargo is lifted. [18855/10]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 31 March 2010, when she will reply to this question; the reason she is unable to answer a question regarding a meeting that she personally attended. [18993/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of Health Service Executive Circular 008/10 in respect of cuts to the dental treatment services scheme, she will advise of the types of circumstances in which a person in need of denture repairs will be deemed to have a clinical emergency entitling them to reimbursement under the scheme. [19044/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the instance of exstrophy-epispadias complex here; if surgical correction of this condition is available here; if not, if she will explore the possibility of making such surgery available on an all-Ireland basis through co-operation with the health authorities in the Six Counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...

Written Answers — An Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile: An Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 399: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair go díreach a bheas an Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile ag tuairisciú di maidir leis an mbreithniú ar nósanna imeachta nua a bhaineann le bunscoileanna nua a bhunú; an gcuirfear teanga na scoile san áireamh go dearfach sna nósanna imeachta nua seo do bhunú bunscoileanna nua i gcomhthéacs Bhunreacht na...

Written Answers — An Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile: An Coimisiún um Chóiríocht Scoile (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 400: To ask the Tánaiste agus Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth nár tugadh aitheantas do Ghaelscoil Ráth Tó i Meán Fómhair 2010 nuair nach bhfuil sé de chumas ag na scoileanna atá sa cheantar cheana féin i limistéar Ráth Tó, limistéar a aithníodh lena leathnú de réir critéir Rannóg Pleanála Chun Cinn na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna, freastal a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance, requiring urgent consideration, namely, the now signalled loss of 900 jobs at Quinn Insurance, which has come as a severe blow to the threatened workers, their families, communities and the wider inter-dependent community in each affected area in Counties Cavan, Dublin,...

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I require a clarification from the Taoiseach. In view of the report just published by the Ombudsman for Children about the systemic failures within the HSE to provide for the protection and welfare of children under "Children First", the national guidelines for child protection and welfare, will the Taoiseach accommodate a proper opportunity for statements and questions to the Minister of...

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Surely the Order of Business is the time to ask-----

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Indeed it is. This is not a matter of promised legislation; I am asking about the ordering of business. Given the seriousness of the report now published, which is the first overarching report published by the Ombudsman for Children - previous reports were all specific to individual complaints - this is important and must be addressed on the floor of the House. Will the Taoiseach provide...

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I beg your pardon, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not at all. Actually, of course it does. That proposition has not yet been agreed to and I have the right to withhold my agreement until I obtain clarification.

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I mean no disrespect to the movers of the Private Members' Bill, who will fully understand that I am seeking a response from the Taoiseach on a serious and damning report in which the Taoiseach should take a personal interest.