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Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On promised legislation from the Department of Health and Children, the Minister of which is seated beside the Tánaiste, 11 Bills are listed, five of which use the wording "not possible to indicate" to detail when they will be published. This is just short of 50%. Only one is to be published this spring and three are expected to be published in 2009, two of which were expected to be...

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was hardly an answer.

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is her view that the crisis in hospital accident and emergency departments constitutes a national emergency in view of the fact that the numbers of patients on trolleys and chairs in accident and emergency units in January 2009 exceeded the numbers on the day she declared this a national emergency in March 2006; and if she will...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Motion (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Quinn. Sinn Féin supports the motion that will allow an extension of the specified period for the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. We are conscious that the report that will be produced by the commission is on a subject whose complexities should not be taken lightly, or rushed. The difficulties of conducting such investigations are not underestimated by me or by my...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I made all of my arguments yesterday. It is essential that, if we are to have the opportunity to participate from an informed basis, the information to which the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and others have access be shared. I am referring to relevant information. If people outside the House who are engaged with the Government in respect of the social partnership talks have access...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——collectively and individually. There is ample evidence of this.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We must address this problem in the round, but the Government is not doing so. The Government will certainly not do it today or tomorrow. To all intents and purposes, it is offering a very imperfect opportunity to comment on what we see in media reportage and on our analysis of what the Government tells us. It is not telling us the whole truth.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The time allocated for this is only 20 minutes. There is no time provision for the spokesperson for my party to participate. With respect, it is an important issue and is not just something to be glibly let go through. There is provision for the Government, Fine Gael and Labour in the 20 minutes allocated. Can we not have an acceptance of the right of participation? I am the Sinn Féin...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach has not answered my question.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The legislation I wish to raise was first signalled in the Government's health strategy in 2001 when it was stated new legislation to provide for clear, statutory provisions of entitlement would be brought forward by Government. The signalled target date was over six years ago, 2002. I speak of the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, which has been promised year in and...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, legislation is the Taoiseach's responsibility. I do not intend to put parliamentary questions to the Minister for Health and Children on promised legislation.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the opportunity on the Order of Business and I would expect the Taoiseach to be in a position to give a more informed reply on legislation that deserves priority and is long overdue.

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if pay cuts and job cuts are planned for the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Chief State Solicitor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1776/09]

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ní mise an chéad ceisteoir. I am not the first questioner.

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's pardon. On the Order Paper, Deputy Gilmore is first. I am happy to take the opportunity but I do not think that would be fair.

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach accept there is growing concern within wider society at the level of crimes committed by persons on bail and that there has to be a direct relationship between the resourcing of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and this very worrying statistic? Does the Taoiseach accept that rather than the argument of creating further restrictions on the right to bail,...

Criminal Prosecutions. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach not believe that it would be a useful exercise to inform himself and Members of the House of the factual situation regarding the cost to communities and the economy of serious, repeat offences by people already on bail, which occur on a frequent basis? I argue for the right to bail, but the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions does not have sufficient resources...

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his Department's Estimate for 2009. [1777/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I note that the pay and pensions Estimate for 2009 published for the Department of the Taoiseach in tandem with the budget shows a 9% decrease over the 2008 forecasted outturn. Can the Taoiseach explain to the House how this figure is arrived at? What are the specific reductions, cost savings, etc., that give rise to a 9% decrease in respect of pay and pensions? Does it include address of...

Departmental Expenditure. (28 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I referred to the steward's house at Farmleigh, as it was formerly known.