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Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What will the Taoiseach do in terms of the glut of legislation from the Department of Health and Children? Is he aware that, under the heading of Bills in respect of which heads have been agreed and texts drafted, there is not a single item of legislation from the Department? What can the Taoiseach do regarding promised legislation? It is not possible to indicate at this stage the...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Those have been in the pipeline for ages.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The adoption Bill dates back to the Hague convention of 1993. This is 2008.

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures followed in his Department regarding his appointment of persons to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4981/08]

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the final occasion on which we may question the Taoiseach on his appointments to State boards. Did I hear a sigh of relief? Has the Taoiseach ever seriously considered the arguments put forward by this Deputy and others in favour of a more open and transparent system of appointments to State boards? Would the Taoiseach consider advertising vacancies, inviting applications for...

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach did not respond to my question on a code of conduct or ethics legislation applying to members of State boards. The Taoiseach quipped as to what he would like to do with people associated with Sinn Féin getting on to these boards. Does the Taoiseach recall that he has acknowledged, both in the House and outside it, that he has appointed friends of his to such positions? I...

Hospital Services (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Every week since the Dáil resumed at the start of this year has brought news of more cuts in our public health services as a result of the disastrous policy of this Government and disastrous management by the Health Service Executive. These cuts have come on top of the policy of over-centralisation which attacks the services provided at local hospitals. Nowhere has this been done more...

Hospital Services (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Protocols are being developed by management. Does anything else say it as clearly?

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the development of a secure digital radio system for An Garda Síochána; and the reason for the long delay in introducing this essential policing tool. [13993/08]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce emergency legislation closing the current loophole whereby the licence to sell alcohol appears to be transferred from the licence holder to the delivery person in dial and drink situations contributing to underage drinking problems. [14029/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the staff-to-case ratios of social work personnel in child protection; her plans to improve these ratios; and the timeframe for same. [14840/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 11 March 2008. [14918/08]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason no public school bus service is provided to the pupils of a school (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if she will take the steps necessary to ensure that children attending this school are serviced with this in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14289/08]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 408 to 410, inclusive, of 8 April 2008, the number of family members of these refugees who were subsequently allowed to join them in the State through family reunification procedures. [14041/08]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the first comprehensive preliminary report and the original first costings were received by his Department for the sewerage schemes in Glenties, Dungloe, Gweedore, and Burtonport, County Donegal. [14570/08]

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Sherlock for sharing time. I fully support the sentiments expressed in the motion tabled by Fine Gael and concur with the concerns expressed across the farming sector at the implications the WTO negotiations might have for Irish agriculture. The proposals by the Trade Commissioner to open up the EU to increased food imports, if accepted, will have massive and detrimental...

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join colleagues in extending sympathy to the wife and family of the late Michael Mills. Over many years he was an important commentator on political matters on this island and beyond. In being appointed the first Ombudsman, he set a very high standard. It was a difficult task but one that he approached with a seriousness and earnestness that was reflective of the man. The Irish for...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address a matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the catastrophic situation facing Monaghan and Cavan general hospitals, as clearly set out by hospital consultants in correspondence to the HSE, if the HSE proceeds with its plan to further downgrade Monaghan General Hospital resulting in the loss of...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is, unquestionably, a crisis of confidence in the Department of Health and Children and the HSE among the wider populace that is not only reflected on the Opposition benches here. What steps will the Tánaiste take to address the logjam in terms of legislation that is promised by Government under the aegis of the Minister for Health and Children? I speak specifically of the health...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is other legislation about which I wish to ask. If the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, about which we have asked on many occasions, is delayed any further, there might be very little left, given the way the HSE is proceeding. The nurses and midwives Bill has been promised, as has the dentists Bill and the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill. The list is endless.