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Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have asked the Taoiseach to have this matter addressed in the House. It is very important, and now that the alert has gone to level 5, one short of a declared pandemic, there is an onus and responsibility on this House properly to address this issue. The Minister should come into the House. She is at a meeting of health Ministers today in Europe. Will she come into the House and report...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, I would like to finish. This is on the Order of Business. I am explaining my objection to the fact that we will not assemble here again until 2.30 p.m. next Wednesday. I would like the opportunity to explain that. We can come up with any number of issues but this is one that requires urgent address in this House. Will the Minister return to the House to deal with it? The...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if and the amount by which funding to the National Drugs Strategy will be increased on foot of the Government decision to incorporate alcohol into the strategy. [16685/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, regarding representations made to her on 9 April 2009 by An Bord Altranais which outlined the reason she should grant approval to the Board to manage staff numbers within an overall employment ceiling of 47, causing no added financial burden on public finances, she will approve the request; and if she will make a statement on the...

Departmental Programmes. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach on which cross-departmental teams and interdepartmental committees his Department is represented; the purpose of each; the regularity with which they meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13190/09]

Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if it is intended to retain the communications unit within his Department. [16420/09]

Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not hear the Taoiseach's substantive reply to these questions and I apologise if he has already answered and I am repeating. Last November I asked the Taoiseach about the then proposed putting to tender of the work of the communications unit or a part of its work. He indicated that the tendering process was then in train, that he would be subsequently advised of the result of the...

Departmental Staff. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On a point of clarification, do I take it from that information that the tendering process did not proceed, that the Taoiseach has not allowed access to the service to external interests and that it remains an in-house provision?

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Special EU-US Summit in Prague. [16421/09]

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the June 2009 European Council meeting. [16422/09]

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the international official visits he plans for the remainder of 2009. [16423/09]

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the EU Council meeting in June address the so-called guarantees which the Taoiseach and his Government indicated have been won in principle? Will those guarantees be addressed at the EU Council meeting? Can the Taoiseach advise what stage these guarantees have reached? Are they in draft form? Have they moved forward from principles to actual texts? Is he prepared to publish those...

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——on 5 June, we now have an opportunity to enter into negotiations for a new treaty and to allow the Lisbon treaty to be buried with some dignity?

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach did not respond to my specific questions on whether the guarantees have been committed to paper in text form, what point this process has reached and what measures he envisages bringing forward in terms of their legally binding status. While Deputy Bruton referred to my point about not listening, he spoke only about the lead-up to the Lisbon treaty. My point is that the...

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it is not.

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a neutral position.

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will accept that, but I did not brand the Taoiseach's opinion and I do not like mine being branded either.

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not brand his opinion, so he should not brand mine. It is genuinely held and a wholly sustainable position.

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it does not.

Official Engagements. (29 Apr 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a new beginning.