Results 14,781-14,800 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It happens to be the case that Members of this House are compelled to see that this matter is addressed by whatever limited means are open to us.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is of huge importance-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----in regard, presumably, to the business the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change is supposed to address.
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change has met. [20717/09]
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the membership of the Cabinet sub-committee on health; the number of times it has met since June 2007. [20718/09]
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach advise us of the membership of the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change? For example, is the Minister for Transport a member of that sub-committee? Given that public transport is a matter of concern, not only for those of us who would like to see more of it, does increased public transport not discourage the use of cars and reduce carbon emissions? I expect the...
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would this matter not be of concern to the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change given the serious and deleterious side-effects of that decision not only in terms of transport but also of carbon emissions?
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry that the Taoiseach lumped the question about the sub-committee on health with the others on climate change. His reply was unclear. Did he say that since the general election of June 2007 there had been 13 meetings of that sub-committee? Is the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for children a member of that sub-committee?...
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would these not also be valid reasons for that committee, or whichever one is responsible, to oversee child care provision in terms of State support-----
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would such a meeting be called to address these matters with some urgency?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Taoiseach for his responses to both sets of questions. Is it again the case that the Cabinet sub-committee on health, which also takes in responsibility for children, has met on 13 occasions since June 2007? Is the Taoiseach in a position to indicate the frequency of those meetings over the course of recent months as report after report unfolded regarding the very serious...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the sub-committee address policy?
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a terrible reflection on The Irish Times.
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With regard to the Broadcasting Bill, it has now become almost a matter of course that guillotines are part of the Order Paper proposal. While it has traditionally been the penchant of Governments to employ guillotines in the closing weeks before a summer or Christmas recess, it is now a matter of course. It must be objected to. It is not required. As we demonstrated yesterday, and made...
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Tánaiste confirm that as has been reported, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, intends introducing an amendment of the Constitution Bill to facilitate a second referendum on the Lisbon treaty and that Bill is to be addressed in the House in the coming week? Will it at least be published next week? What is the timeframe for the...
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given the precedent already established-----
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ----- and the import of the subject, will the Government facilitate address of that?
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have one last item to ask about, with your patience a Leas Cheann Comhairle. However, on the matter of the report into clerical sexual abuse in the Dublin archdiocese, will the Government facilitate address of that report here?
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My final question is about an internal HSE report leaked last week that exposed the totally inadequate system of child protection in the State. It refers specifically to the infrastructure in terms of social workers, emergency accommodation and out of hours services-----
- Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----that are clearly failing the vulnerable and endangered children in Irish society.