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Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How can the Taoiseach justify the outrageous cuts that are affecting children across this State today? I refer not only to cuts in the areas I have mentioned, but to cuts in areas I would have mentioned if the Ceann Comhairle had allowed me to do so.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The cuts in question cannot be reconciled with the commitments made by the Taoiseach and his colleagues, including the Minister, Deputy Gormley, two years ago. How can the Taoiseach continue to face the electorate in such circumstances?

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How can he have the gall to do that, while throwing the programme for Government's commitments in our faces?

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will conclude with this point.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it not the case that the programme for Government is an absolute dead letter and the Government is a dead duck?

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time for the Taoiseach and his Cabinet colleagues to resign their positions.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They should give the people the opportunity to pass judgment on their stewardship over the past 12 months.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The chickens are coming home to roost, particularly for those whose Ministries predate the establishment of the current coalition.

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made in implementing the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19975/09]

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Green worm has recently wriggled - a rare moment in itself - and the Taoiseach has now agreed-----

Programme for Government. (26 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----to undertake a review of the programme for Government. The Taoiseach is unclear in his responses as to how long this review process will take. In the interim, would he be prepared to have a full substantive debate in the House on the current programme for Government in the lead-up to the summer recess and in advance of address of the report of the review? Will he bring forward the...

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday I asked the Taoiseach to schedule at an early opportunity a Dáil debate to address the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. The report published yesterday contains what can only be described as a sickening litany of abuse and exploitation. It is an indictment of not only the religious orders, but also the State through successive Governments. The Department of...

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same matter-----

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will make a single point.

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It may well be. I fully concur with Deputy Higgins and stress the importance of including the mental health commission's report, which was published on 14 May.

Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is absolutely vital.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Motion (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome this debate and the opportunity to highlight the condition of muscular dystrophy, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, and the needs of people with this condition and their families. It is unfortunate that the Dáil cannot speak with one voice on this issue. While the motion put down by the Minister of State, Deputy John Moloney, sets out some of the key facts, it is narrow...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no difficulty with the stated purpose of the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 which is to affirm the purposes of the previous Health Insurance Acts, ensure that access to health insurance cover is available to all consumers regardless of age and health status, to strengthen the legislative provisions to achieve this purpose, to enhance intergenerational solidarity...

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Enhanced primary care teams have been presented as a way of addressing overcrowding in hospitals and, unbelievably, as a substitute for acute hospital care in the context of the downgrading of local hospitals in areas such as Monaghan, Dundalk, Nenagh, Ennis, Cork and Kerry. How is this enhanced care in the community to be delivered under the embargo on recruitment? From where will these...

Health Service Staff. (21 May 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no universal access. How will the Minister square that circle in relation to universal entitlement? These are not alternatives to existing acute hospital services.