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Social Partnership. (5 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach has indicated that he has just been conferring with his Minister of State. Is the Taoiseach aware that only last Wednesday, in response to a parliamentary question, the Minister of State, Deputy Kelleher, attempted to defend the Government's position in the European Union in blocking the directive to regulate employment agencies? In his reply, he claimed it would not be in the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 Feb 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, namely, the mounting toll of job losses throughout the country, including the loss of 130 jobs at Grove Turkeys, Smithboro, County Monaghan, and the need for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Agriculture,...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that the Health Service Executive has compounded the damage done by the imposition of the recruitment ban on front-line staff in the latter period of 2007 through the introduction of its employment control framework that kicked in on 8 January and which is already having a damaging effect, will the Taoiseach indicate when the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill and...

Social Partnership. (5 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Implementation Body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/07]

Social Partnership. (5 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he has scheduled in 2008 with the parties to the Towards 2016 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite measures to provide high standard facilities for persons with cystic fibrosis in order to address the low life expectancy of CF sufferers here compared to Ireland's EU neighbours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2198/08]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to further extend eligibility for the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2199/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Treatment Services: Cancer Treatment Services (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in establishing designated transport facilities for patients who have to travel long distances to gain access to cancer care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2807/08]

Barron Reports: Statements (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Only now has the Government finally scheduled this statement opportunity. This has been especially disappointing and frustrating for the families of victims of collusion. The form of the so-called debate is unsatisfactory as there is no motion and no proposal for action. It is also frustrating in the extreme that this debate has been given a title that...

Barron Reports: Statements (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A firm commitment was made by the Taoiseach during the Twenty-ninth Dáil that a full-scale debate on collusion would be held following the publication of the report of Patrick MacEntee, SC, into the Garda and Government investigation of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974. The MacEntee report was published in April 2007. The promised debate was not held soon thereafter as promised,...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin's approach to the issues raised by this motion is based on our own analysis and our own politics. It was put to me by a journalist this week that Sinn Féin was out of line with the other two Opposition parties in not concentrating all our fire on the Taoiseach over his lack of credibility at the tribunal. We were accused of clouding the issue by introducing all the areas of...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will keep you in place, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government previously indicated its intention to relocate the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to a site adjacent to the planned new super-prison at Thornton Hall. Does the Government intend to bring forward the mental health amendment Bill so that we can address the concerns already expressed not only by those patients and their families, but also by international experts who have...

Written Answers — Tax Forecasts: Tax Forecasts (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on and the contents of the findings and recommendations of the report of the Tax Forecasting Methodology Review Group; and the action he will take based on the recommendations of the report. [2393/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the constraints that directives from the European Union put on the ability of Ireland to make changes to the VAT regime here, including the State's ability to make changes to the number of VAT bands and the rates which they are set at. [2394/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a system of mandatory reporting of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36047/07]

Written Answers — Pharmaceutical Sector: Pharmaceutical Sector (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she has taken to intervene in the community pharmacy crisis since Dáil Éireann rose for the Christmas 2007 recess; if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive enters direct negotiations without preconditions with the IPU on all relevant issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2206/08]

Written Answers — Drug Prevention Programmes: Drug Prevention Programmes (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to establish an office of alcohol control along the lines of the Office of Tobacco Control. [1250/08]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on provision of the cervical cancer vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2208/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to expedite the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in seeking domiciliary allowance and adequate supports, including appropriate education and training and the immediate allocation of a social worker to this case. [2019/08]