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Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has adopted a policy that work permit applications will not be accepted from people who have been made redundant where it took over three months to secure a new offer of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20585/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda Síochána on street duty are authorised to confiscate the passports of non-Irish nationals; the circumstances under which this may be allowed; the procedures such members are required to follow including instructions that must be given to the passport holder as to where the passport will be held...

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach considering any changes to the Freedom of Information Act, in particular, in respect of the claims expressed in the OECD's recent report that requests for freedom of information should be free? Has that particular section of the OECD report been brought to the Taoiseach's attention? It acknowledges that applying fees has addressed some of the frivolity involved in requests...

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Taoiseach's reply which indicated an acceptance of the merit of what I sought to establish out of the question concerned. Will the Minister for Finance heed the point on the establishment of these new bodies? My supplementary question was not answered. While the Information Commissioner's position has been discussed, will the Taoiseach take on board the OECD report...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To clarify, is it the case that a Private Notice Question has been accepted?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will it be taken between now and 7 p.m.?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The net effect is that the House will have less time to address the motion on Thornton Hall.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to allow for an extension of time after 7 p.m. The order as presented only allows for Fine Gael and the Labour Party to directly speak in the initial reaction to the Government's proposal. This differs from the manner in which statements are ordered in the House where Sinn Féin has the opportunity to participate. My party's dependence on an extension of time to have an...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I ask for clarification?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask for clarification. My colleagues and I have tabled an amendment to this substantive motion. If the opportunity is not provided to directly participate in what is now being proposed, it will be as a direct result of the acceptance of a Private Notice Question on what I do not deny is also a very important issue.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have already indicated it is not agreed. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 8 be agreed to," put and declared carried.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Government allow time to address the report by the health protection surveillance centre on the increased spread of Clostridium difficile? This is a major health emergency and it merits a debate in this House as the Minister and the HSE have not responded to this crisis properly.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach accommodate such an opportunity?

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the purpose and remit of the interdepartmental group on security established in the wake of the 11 September 2001 atrocities in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/08]

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the interdepartmental group in question discussed the implications of the Government's ongoing accommodation of US military flights at Shannon Airport en route to its war in Iraq? Given that we are currently hosting an international conference that is addressing the whole issue of cluster munitions, whose intent I wish every success, what assurance can the Taoiseach give that the flights...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not understand how these matters would be irrelevant to the remit of the committee. Our understanding is that this is an interdepartmental group on security established in the wake of the attacks of 11 September 2001. Surely the potential for an attack, which has been raised on many occasions by different voices in the wake of the events of 11 September 2001 and in the fact that the...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking the Taoiseach to clarify the reason he can make the claim that the interdepartmental group does not have a function or role in addressing these matters. Surely the group should have such a role if it is tasked with addressing national security issues. Surely this is a matter of national security concern which would merit address by this interdepartmental group. Will the...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the issue be irrelevant until something happens? The Taoiseach's answer is incredible.

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in the first three months of 2008 compared to the first three months of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15230/08]