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Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ministers come to the Dáil to make themselves accountable to the elected representatives of the people but the people have never had, and we have to face up to this fact, less confidence not only in people in ministerial office but in politics right across the board. We must all be regretful of that. To help restore public confidence in politics, will the Taoiseach commit to a totally new...

Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek clarification. Two motions have been circulated on one sheet this afternoon. The first of which is a motion from the Minister for Foreign Affairs seeking Dáil approval of the treaty of Lisbon. It is not clear from the circulated text when it will be taken. When will the motion be taken and will it be taken with or without debate? I urge debate if that is permissible. I am putting...

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The "Yes" side in the recent Lisbon treaty referendum told us we had a choice between ruin and recovery. Some drew an equation between the passage of Lisbon and the creation of jobs. Will the Cabinet committee on economic renewal now address the need to formulate a plan or strategy to seriously tackle growing unemployment levels in this State, given that the Government has not produced any...

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would the Taoiseach give some sense of what innovative ideas the Government has been considering in tackling the growing unemployment? For instance, what is his position on the German approach of giving support to employers to retain people at work rather than facing the even more costly situation of growing numbers on the employment queues? Just to give us a sense of where he stands on...

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the data protection procedures in place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27252/09]

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the questions before us, does the Department of the Taoiseach have a co-ordinating role on data protection procedures across all Departments? Does that function arise and is it the Taoiseach's Department that would carry out same? On a more general point about data protection but in an area for which the Taoiseach is directly responsible, namely, social partnership, has progress been made...

Data Protection. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As social partnership is an area under the direct responsibility of the Taoiseach's Department I would have thought he would have an oversight on not only the proposal but the agreement within Towards 2016. Can he not give us something more than just a referral to another Department? Has any progress been made, to the Taoiseach's knowledge, in bringing about the commitment in Towards 2016...

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the membership of the Cabinet committee on economic renewal. [27253/09]

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report of the cross-departmental team on housing, infrastructure and public private partnership will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31183/09]

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on social inclusion has met since June 2007 to date. [31186/09]

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on health has met since June 2007 to date. [31187/09]

Cabinet Committees. (6 Oct 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if the work of the Cabinet committee on housing, infrastructure and public private partnerships and its supporting cross-departmental team has been subsumed into the Cabinet committee on economic renewal. [33523/09]

Statute Law Revision Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Bill, recognising that it is a necessary item of legislative housekeeping. I do not intend to keep the House long. The Bill is chiefly of interest to legal historians and family historians, given the nature of some of the Acts dealing with the naturalisation of individuals and the disposal of private estates. It is an interesting perusal but I would not call it a read. One's...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While I do not object in principle to the proposition that the Dáil be suspended next week, I ask that the Tánaiste, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, make a commitment that, on its resumption, irrespective of the outcome of the Lisbon treaty referendum, the Government will commit to hosting a debate on the unemployment crisis we face in this economy. It is critical.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are rising today a week in advance of the Lisbon treaty referendum following yesterday's announcement of the EU Commission's approval of a €54.5 million subsidy by the Polish Government-----

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is very important and the answer I will receive will determine whether I object to the adoption of the proposition. Yesterday, the EU Commission approved a €54.5 million subsidy for the relocation of 1,900 jobs from the Limerick area to Poland. This is absurd when many of the posters outside the House and throughout the country-----

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----are urging voters to vote "Yes" for jobs.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let us make no mistake that there is something fundamentally wrong when the EU Commission can approve the relocation of 1,900 Irish jobs to another country in the European Union. Expenditure of €54.5 million has been approved while our Government and those of other member states are supposedly unable to make such interventions.

Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste indicate whether she will seek to schedule a debate in this House on the unemployment crisis?