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Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that. I conclude by asking the Taoiseach to take this on board and not to rest on the basis of having been informed there is all-party agreement. There is not, and those are the reasons. My question on the Order of Business is as follows. A quick examination of the legislative programme in the area of health——

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that we have been waiting for years for two key pieces of legislation promised, in the autumn 2007 programme, for 2008, I now find that in the new programme just published it is stated that it is not possible to indicate when they will be published. This is all about people's rights to access health and social services. I am speaking of the eligibility for health and personal social...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to take on board the concerns I have expressed.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if all fees and costs arising from the McCracken tribunal have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30968/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach still agree with his statement, at the time of the publication of the McCracken tribunal report, that "the acceptance of large gifts or payments or personal benefits in a surreptitious manner or the large scale evasion of tax and exchange control regulations by even one or two senior serving politicians or members of Government is deeply damaging to trust in politics"?...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding the Taoiseach's position at the publication of the McCracken tribunal report, I cited what he said at the time.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding criticisms of the scope of the investigations, the duration of the Mahon tribunal and its cost, many of these questions are also pertinent to other tribunals yet there is not the same focus from the Taoiseach or his Ministers. The Taoiseach has answered in part, referring to what has been done or what was proposed in respect of the curtailment of costs of tribunals. The Taoiseach...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister indicated a figure of €440 million in 2004. There is a major discrepancy and I am sure none of the counsels has paid a refund or returned moneys to the State. How can the figure be smaller today than what was indicated previously when a gap of four years applies?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He stated that the cost of all inquiries, completed and current, was €440 million.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will not discount that at this point. I must revisit what I have looked at.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is there an indication of what that figure might be?

Public Service Pay. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost to his Department of the implementation of the recommendations of the review body on higher remuneration in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30969/07]

Public Service Pay. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Broadly in the same vein, how does the Taoiseach respond to SIPTU, which has again pointed out that the trend within the private sector is for senior management grades to secure increases considerably above any relationship to others in middle management and all other worker levels within the private sector? Does he not accept that the broad majority of people and a growing number of people...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the arrangements his Department makes for direct provision or funding of childcare for civil servants in his Department; the average daily and weekly cost per child of such services as subsidised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35901/07]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the framing and implementation of national standards and inspection of residential centres and community homes for children and adults with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35900/07]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if entitlement to services under the general medical services scheme is valid across all Health Service Executive regions; if a valid medical card is operable in all regions; the procedures in place to ensure that these entitlements are uniformly recognised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35824/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with full medical cards as a proportion of the population at the end of 2007; and the comparable figures for 1992, 1997 and 2002. [35896/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons over 70 who have received the non-means tested medical card for over 70s since its introduction. [35897/07]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the implementation of the community childcare subvention scheme will be deferred until the end of 2008 and the EOCP accordingly extended until then, in order to allow comprehensive consultation with all stakeholders before the final details of a revised scheme are agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35898/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the closure of the female surgical ward at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the duration of the closure; the way the public bed places lost will be replaced during the closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35899/07]