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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration: the need for the Minister for Health and Children to ensure that complete and comprehensive information is provided, including by way of a public inquiry if necessary, on the systems failures that have led to the situation where the HSE north east...

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if the working group established in his Department to monitor the awarding of contracts to public relations consultants by Government Departments is operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15227/08]

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach aware that the last time the House discussed this matter on Question Time, approximately a year ago, his predecessor said the Quigley report, which was published in 2005, highlighted the need for additional care? The then Taoiseach said that such attention is particularly needed in cases in which there may be a suggestion that a Minister or Minister of State might have an...

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a second question.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The normal procedure is that I have an opportunity to come back.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Others have already been in twice——

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and you are ready to make it a third time, yet are curtailing me to one.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I must object with respect.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am entitled to ask a subsequent question

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Perhaps you might explain to the Deputy why you are not according me the same courtesy and opportunity.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not what you are applying.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What you are demonstrating is that you are quite irked.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The former Taoiseach had indicated that special care needed to be exercised. That was part of the intent of the Quigley report. That is why I made the particular reference to individuals in public relations consultancy roles. Special care needs to be exercised where they have strong associations — past or present — with the current Government parties. In his reply the Taoiseach stated...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the approximate number of requests since 2002 for files in his Department from tribunals of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4984/08]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Was the Taoiseach quoted accurately when it was reported that he stated there was merit in the view expressed by his predecessor that the tribunals of inquiry should be scrapped? The former Taoiseach has called for a review of the Tribunals of Inquiry Act. In what I have read of his comments, he called for future tribunals under new legislation to be under the supervision of an Oireachtas...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Having given that lengthy reply, will the Taoiseach indicate his position on the raft of inquiries currently sitting and his intent in regard to legislation in this area? Does he accept that the critical concern of the vast majority of the public is the exorbitant cost and the inordinate length of time that these inquiries——

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The questions under discussion relate to tribunals of inquiry. The key issues of concern are exorbitant cost and inordinate delay. Does the Taoiseach agree with that and does he intend to address it? Does he also agree the public has no issue with the process of probing for the truth that is under way? The critical issues are exorbitant cost and inordinate delay. The Taoiseach was cited...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach see his predecessor in that light?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (20 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle is having no more of it.