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Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no avenue. How can the matter be finished if we have a situation where there is a contrary statement, a firm denial by the Garda Síochána-----

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----that it did not advise the Minister as he claimed in regard to the vexed and false statement he made against now Councillor Maurice Quinlivan.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let us make no mistake about it, the Tánaiste is a colleague and party member of the Minister for Defence, as is the Ceann Comhairle. We are now advised that the Minister allegedly instructed Fianna Fáil canvass teams to repeat his false allegation in the course of the local government election campaign last June.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a second question arising from the second matter raised by Deputy Kenny. How will the Tánaiste stand over her statement that young people are leaving our shores not because of the disastrous employment situation and the Government's failure to sustain, let alone create, employment, but because they are going off to enjoy themselves?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste and the Government facilitate a debate on emigration in this House so that we can get some understanding of her bizarre theory on the exodus of so many young people from our shores in recent months?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Tánaiste going to arrange for a debate on emigration? It is very important that this issue be addressed but the Government has constantly it put on the long finger and ignored it. Many young people are leaving our shores at this time.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I concur with Deputy Gilmore on the unacceptable structuring of the first proposition, which incorporates a reference to four specific sets of proposals and an additional structuring of the address of the financial resolutions covering 52 areas. It is beyond the compass of the House to give blanket approval to this without debate. I ask that the Chief Whip, with the Tánaiste, will agree to...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They are to be taken without debate.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle said a short time ago that spokespersons would have the opportunity to participate later.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not the case.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If we adopt the proposition there will be no further debate. The only issue we are allowed to address on the Order Paper is the procedural proposition.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Once that is agreed in this House, which the Government will clearly seek to force, that will be it. There will be no further comment and the Ceann Comhairle should clarify the matter.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What you said earlier is not correct.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an oral hearing has not been arranged regarding an appeal of a refusal of old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8269/10]

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies, I oppose this motion of confidence in the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea. We have no confidence in the Minister and no confidence in this Government. Dogged by the controversy, the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government has swiftly introduced its own motion of confidence in the Minister. It is a desperate effort to head off the issue and reduce...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach and his Fianna Fáil and Green Party colleagues in Government have further shredded their already tattered credibility by fully backing the Minister. They are parroting his ludicrous and blatantly false defence that this was a personal matter between him as a private citizen and another private citizen of Limerick. In the Dáil yesterday the Taoiseach repeated this when he...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He went on to say: ... the Minister was acting in a private capacity. It was not in pursuance of his ministerial duties that this issue arose. It is true that the Minister was acting. He was acting the maggot, as is his well-established inclination. Let us take a look at the facts behind this story. They are, of course, totally different from the assertions made in the Taoiseach's vain...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Even if one were to accept the Minister's original affidavit to the High Court, which he admitted was false, the Minister would still have a serious case to answer because of his false allegations that were published in the Limerick Chronicle - not to mention the even more serious charges which were not published but which he did utter and which were recorded on tape. This was totally...

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister in his affidavit defended his allegation concerning the brothel. He asserted: "I say and believe that I was fully entitled to raise this issue in my capacity as an elected public representative to whom enquiries and concerns about the existence of this brothel had been expressed by a number of constituents."

Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let there be no pretence that this was a personal matter and that Deputy O'Dea was acting as anything other than a Deputy and a Minister. Everyone knows that he is the face of the Government in Limerick and the entire mid-west region. Faced with this outrageous defamation, Maurice Quinlivan sought an injunction in the High Court to prevent the Minister from repeating his false statements....