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Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have not had a response, with respect, and the Ceann Comhairle is happy to allow other speakers to go on ad nauseam.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have only started so he will allow me to finish.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want an answer from the Taoiseach as to his intentions regarding the three outstanding by-elections. One is now obviously vacant as of this morning but one is now but ten weeks short-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----of a full year in a constituency in the province of Ulster. Will the Taoiseach indicate to the House that an early - hardly an applicable word at this point - by-election will take place in a very short period of time? Will he announce it before the Easter recess?

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Great humour indeed but I am assured it is not at all humorous in Donegal South-West and make no mistake about it.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The people there are entitled to have a date set. There is one week leading into the Easter recess for which the Taoiseach proposes to take two weeks out. Will this drift on and on and on? Will the anniversary of this-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----vacancy be reached and still no date set? Will the Taoiseach give an answer to this Deputy's question? With regard to the situation developing vis-À-vis the intent to centralise the processing of applications for medical cards, something that will perhaps place the difficulties in the passport offices in the ha'penny place-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will there be time-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question is valid on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will time be allocated to address the issue of the proposed centralisation of the medical card application processing and-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To hell with this. Do you know what it is?

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I think a little bit of equity in this House would go a long way-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----that Deputies would be treated in the same way-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----when they get up to speak not only from your Chair but from other chairs across the Chamber.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are relevant questions to the Order of Business. I am asking whether the Taoiseach will accommodate-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----the provision of time in this House-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, the provision of time is absolutely-----

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----within the ambit of the Order of Business and every bit as valid as any other question that has been posed here since the Order of Business started.

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach accommodate time on the medical card centralisation proposals and the fact that we are seeing an increasing effect by the measures introduced in the budget on dental treatment services as exemplified once again yesterday by the Irish Dental Association?

Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are hugely important matters and they are not being addressed by the Department of Health and Children. Will the Taoiseach accommodate an opportunity for Members to address these issues here and in Government time?