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Hospital Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Lives have been seriously scarred as a result of the behaviour of Mr. Shine. Will the review the Minister referred to have the power to properly address the issues involved, not only for the HSE but the former health boards and those formally involved in the hospital administration? Will Mr. Justice Smyth have an opportunity for direct engagement with the Garda Síochána in this regard,...

Cancer Screening Programme. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question is not unrelated. First, to give the Minister a head-spin altogether, there is now a trio of health spokespersons from the Opposition saying "Well done." I agree fully with the decision to go ahead with this vaccine and I am pleased to say the Minister has done the right thing in this case. I refer to the issue of cost. The Minister's original estimate or the estimate provided...

Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While I accept that rushed legislation can often be flawed, I, as a member of Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, must nevertheless avail of the opportunity to urge the Minister to make the necessary intervention to expedite the introduction of the legislation, working from the first report of the committee on the subject of soft information. I say this...

Health Service Staff. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is unfair to the many good people who work with children in a credible way in various organisations to spread the idea that children are only at risk in those organisations. The tragic reality is that children are most at risk in the home.

Substance Misuse. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister aware of the European Charter on Alcohol and the Declaration on Young People and Alcohol? Have the Government and the Department of Health and Children given due consideration to the recommendations contained therein? Acting upon them would make a very helpful contribution to combating the abuse of alcohol, which is what we are trying to achieve. The charter and declaration...

Services for People with Disabilities. (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Jan O'Sullivan referred to the 500 complaints that have been made in the past two and a half years. The reality is that the people living in these institutions are often voiceless and are not in a position to make such complaints, which underlines the need to put in place an inspection regime.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not wish to be vexatious a Cheann Comhairle, but as that issue has been raised I would like to make a brief comment. I reject the Tánaiste's notion that it is inappropriate to discuss the matter on the floor of this House. I raised the matter yesterday with the Taoiseach and again this morning asked the Tánaiste, who has not yet replied to my question, if this matter in regard to...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is important that this is done. It is also important in the context of not alone trying to save these jobs but of saving countless hundreds of other jobs within that sector. I ask the Tánaiste to join with me in wishing Muscular Dystrophy Ireland every success with its information day on Sunday 14 February 2010, a date people will associate with something else entirely. However, this...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and that it will take on board the salient recommendations and act appropriately. My final question relates to promised legislation. I preface my question by commending the Joint Committee on Health and Children on its publication yesterday of its second report on primary care in the community, a fine report on which much excellent work has been done. The report which was launched...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking if the Government will take on board the urging of an all-party Oireachtas committee in regard to the health information Bill and the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, both of which I have inquired about and pressed for over a considerable period. These Bills have been repeatedly delayed by the Department of Health and Children. There appears to be no...

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is imperative the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill is introduced.

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The word "ridiculous" was used by a Member on the opposite side in the context of the questions I asked. I say to that Member that the only thing that is ridiculous-----

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----is the ludicrous response of the Tánaiste and representatives of this Government on this most important issue.

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is ridiculous a Cheann Comhairle.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Since I began my contribution on this Bill, I challenged the Taoiseach, Deputy Brian Cowen, during Leaders' Questions last week to rule out cuts to the statutory minimum wage. It was alarming that the Taoiseach failed to rule out such an attack on the lowest paid workers in our society. That is something that every political opinion, the wider public and in particular the trade union...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support Deputy Shatter's request that the Tánaiste provide an opportunity for the House to discuss the economic crisis in Greece and how it will impact on other member states. I am very conscious also of the prospective realities that will present if the European Central Bank rate starts to increase-----

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----leaving a second tranche of people in great difficulty with mortgage repayments

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The prospect of the emerging recovery in Germany and France and the likelihood of the European Central Bank increasing its base rate at some point during the course of the months ahead will have a huge negative impact on many mortgage holders' families in this State. We need to address this and consider what, if any, impact we can have as a collective European zone area within the ECB...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach on the Order of Business if he would arrange for the Ceann Comhairle to host an opportunity in the House to address the serious situation regarding the signalled loss of 750 jobs in Halifax Bank, the Bank of Scotland (Ireland) institution in this State, with the resultant closure of a branch network across the jurisdiction.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a reasonable question. Will the Tánaiste accommodate an opportunity for the House to address this matter with her, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and with the Minister for Finance? This debate would take place against the backdrop of the likelihood of there being even more job losses within the overall banking sector among ordinary workers in those institutions.