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Written Answers — Public Service Expenditure: Public Service Expenditure (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programme is expected to report back to her on proposed changes in social welfare spending. [3203/09]

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of an application made in respect of a person (details supplied) under the long-stay repayment scheme; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3009/09]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on amending Regulation 3 of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 to allow a person whose name is entered on the register of the Royal College of General Practitioners to qualify as a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of Regulation 41(i)(f)(ii), in order that a Border resident's Six County general...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact his Department had with the family of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was taken seriously ill and subsequently died in Turkey on 12 January 2009; the way his Department responded to requests by their family for assistance, specifically their request for a translator with medical knowledge; the reason neither...

Written Answers — School Management: School Management (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has had contact with the boards of management of private fee-paying schools with regard to their desire to change to public status; his views on this change of status; and if he plans to contact these schools in relation to this matter. [3380/09]

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To cut to the chase, my curiosity has been aroused by the Taoiseach's earlier address in the statements on the crisis in the economy in which he referred to legislation to deal with pension related measures. Will the Tánaiste indicate the numbers of Bills that will be generated by the measures announced this afternoon? Rather than dignifying the house measures, will she indicate——

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——how much legislation will be required on the back of what the Taoiseach advised the Chamber?

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I believe the Tánaiste does know.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is either promised or threatened legislation.

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Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are more interested in the threatened legislation and what is coming down the track.

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are addressing the economic crisis once again in extraordinary circumstances. The breakdown of the talks with the trade union movement leadership in the early hours of this morning raises major questions about the intent of the Government in those negotiations and about its competence as negotiators. Why was the detail of the public service pension levy only tabled at the last minute?...

Expenditure Control and Economic Strategy: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: She has had the brass neck to call on everyone to share the pain of public spending cutbacks to finance her friends in the private health care industry. Shame on the intent she has driven with the support of Fianna Fáil throughout all of these years. This hypocritical approach to our public deficit has led to the collapse of the partnership talks and has resulted in the Government...

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I agree with and second Deputy Kenny's proposition that the ordering of today's business should be changed to accommodate a more complete opportunity for Members on all sides to participate and not only leaders or finance spokespersons.

Allocation of Time: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is what is absent from the proposition. Whether the Taoiseach can accommodate in ten minutes what he has to say is academic to this. He is limiting the opportunity to reflect on what he has to state to three contributions of ten minutes each from the three Opposition parties in the House. With respect, the people expect more from this House and this is not being delivered in terms of...

Regulatory Reform. (3 Feb 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government's White Paper on regulatory reform contains a list of actions in respect of the legislative process. One of the key commitments — about which I have asked the Taoiseach on previous occasions — relates to the information flow in respect of promised legislation. This flow includes the publication of the heads of Bills at the earliest opportunity. Since the previous...

Written Answers — Caiteachas na Roinne: Caiteachas na Roinne (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 19: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na ciorruithe atá molta dá Roinn in 2009. [2752/09]

The Economy: Statements (Resumed) (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach yesterday reverted to his former role as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He had much to say about the global causes and effects of the recession in the big bad world on poor little Ireland. He set his sights on the distant horizons of New York, Berlin and Tokyo for the sources of all our troubles. Even when he addressed the banking crisis he set his remarks in a worldwide...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same issue, I made repeated requests that this document would be made available to the Members of this House in advance of the commencement of the statements on the economy yesterday. The finance spokespersons, those entrusted with the lead positions on these issues in each Opposition parties' case, have now made their contributions in advance of any sight of the detail as presented....

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——drive to the irrelevant margins of this debate other voices in this Chamber.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We already——