Results 16,621-16,640 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

European Council Meetings. (25 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation at the European Council meeting on 19 June 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan is in financial crisis due to the lack of funding allocated by his Department towards the building of an extension, that his Department allocated €478,000 to the project while the lowest tender for the development was €555,735, and...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of homeless people who are British citizens; the number who are EU citizens from outside Britain or Ireland; the number who are non-EU citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24349/08]

Written Answers — Electoral Management System: Electoral Management System (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that all polling places in future elections and referenda are accessible to people with disabilities. [24837/08]

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With obvious deferrals of planned investment in areas covering people with disabilities, the elderly and children and cutbacks already biting, what——

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——efforts are the Taoiseach and his colleagues making to introduce the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill?

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to address the composition of the task force. Will the Taoiseach confirm that one of the aims and objectives of the new task force in preparing an action plan is to see an improvement in the delivery of services through the public service? If that is the case — other questioners have raised the issue of engagement with other sectors — does the Taoiseach not agree that the...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept that. Having heard how the Taoiseach responded, I am still not convinced the cadre of people who have been appointed have any monopoly on the wisdom of how an action plan could be outworked in terms of the development of a better public service to ensure the delivery of services to the ordinary citizen which should be its central objective. I ask again whether the Taoiseach will...

Public Service Reform. (24 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the remit and membership of the task force to develop a new action plan for the public service of the 21st century; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20939/08]

Written Answers — Protection of Children: Protection of Children (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will publish the review of Children First National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children; the amendments that will be made to the guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24236/08]

Written Answers — Protection of Children: Protection of Children (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the extent with which Government agencies and others comply with the Children First guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24237/08]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress achieved to date in co-operation with the Six Counties authorities on the exchange of information for vetting persons working with children. [24238/08]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is contemplating changes in vetting services that would comply with or mirror the expanded services in the Six Counties under the new ACCESS NI background checking service. [24239/08]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sports organisations that carry out vetting of their paid and non-paid personnel working with children; and the number of vetting applications per organisation, to date in 2008. [24240/08]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of staff in the Garda Vetting Unit; the number of applications dealt with annually; and the average processing time per application. [24241/08]

Employment Rights. (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are secretaries and caretakers in schools who are working below the minimum wage in many cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23569/08]

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not a coincidence that many of the questions this morning have focused on housing related legislation and I, too, want to ask the Tánaiste about specific legislation. With the slowdown in the construction sector, we are seeing many major job losses and yet there is a considerable need for social and affordable housing. One of the promised pieces of relevant legislation which we have...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to call a halt to the cuts being imposed by the Health Service Executive which are adversely affecting the services provided to people with disabilities, including those of St. Michael's House which cares for over 1,500 adults and...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is important that we address this matter in the House and that it does not go through without debate. I highlighted earlier, in a request under Standing Order 32, the serious effect of the contraction of health services on members of the public, particularly young people. I ask that we avail of the opportunity for a full debate covering the raft of Revised Estimates in the current...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have had this so-called emergency legislation on the Statute Book since 1939. The element proposed for renewal today comes up every year. I am of the view very strongly that it is neither appropriate nor justified to continue to renew emergency legislation in a very changed situation on the island of Ireland, and a very welcome change it is. It is important we recognise that emergency...