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Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste must also respect the importance of debate on this issue.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste will shortly be running the country.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: All has not been shown to be false, with respect.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Correct. No scaremongering.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Let us hope for a fair debate.

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if a value for money audit has been carried out in his Department on the e-Government project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15232/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the impact of an expansion of low paid employment on the tax take, both in terms of income tax revenue and revenue from spending taxes. [15243/08]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the fact that tax revenues were 8.3% lower in January and February 2008 than in the same period in 2007. [15244/08]

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It just seems much longer. I feel weary thinking back on every day of the intervening period. She bears direct responsibility for a situation whereby public patients with symptoms which might indicate cancer have to wait as long as 18 months for vital tests. There is no excuse for this. The Minister says it is unacceptable, and she is correct. However, if it was unacceptable when she...

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry, I did not hear the Minister.

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry, I cannot hear what the Minister is saying.

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It will be of no comfort to the Minister but Fianna Fáil-led Governments for the past 11 years have presided over what is a catalogue of failures and delays in cancer care. What is urgently needed is comprehensive public cancer care, provided in the public health care system and available to all citizens on the basis of need alone, regardless of their ability to pay or where they are...

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last month it was revealed that public patients are still facing waiting times of up to a year and a half for vital tests on suspected cancers, including colonoscopy examinations. This is in spite of the false promises made by the Minister and the Taoiseach on improvements in cancer care, especially in the area of diagnostics. Last October, Susie Long died of cancer after her diagnosis was...

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Am I?

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Arising from the Weston Park talks, the British and Irish Governments jointly invited Judge Peter Cory to examine a number of atrocities that had taken place in the course of the conflict in the North of the island. One of these was the murder of Pat Finucane, and a clear recommendation was made to establish a full independent inquiry. The Irish Government was directly involved. We learn...

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question is based on a decision the House has already taken unanimously on this particular issue. I am trying to establish, in the advent of the Northern Ireland Office's decision to suspend any preparation — citing the Finucane family's opposition to the conduct of such an inquiry under the so-called British Inquiries Act 2005 — what the Tánaiste can and will do, as Taoiseach, to...

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will he act in the manner desired by the family itself?

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understand Mrs. Finucane is meeting the Taoiseach today. What steps will the Tánaiste take to meet the requirement of this House and the Finucane family in respect of the murder of Pat Finucane?

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are questions that must be answered.

Order of Business (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is surely in order. An all-party motion has been passed by the House. It is in that context——