Results 17,401-17,420 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Planning Legislation. (6 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the repeal of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006. I opposed the Bill's passage through this House in the final days of the session prior to the commencement of the summer recess in July 2006. Sinn Féin remains absolutely opposed to the anti-democratic intent of this legislation that facilitates the rushing through, railroading and imposition of major...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Once again I record disappointment primarily at the failure of the Minister to include a number of essential measures in this budget, the 11th presented by Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats with the Green Party now added into the mix. This budget is undoubtedly a bitter disappointment to those who were promised by this Government that more families would be entitled to the medical...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the same vein, in his budget speech and in what I can only describe as an effort to excuse the Government's reneging on its promise to extend the medical card, as contained in the programme for Government, the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance indicated that the Minister for Health and Children is carrying out a review of eligibility. The eligibility for health and personal social...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is not based on ability to pay. Somebody driving a 1997 car of the same cc as a 2007 car will be levied with the same motor tax demand annually. The other element is that many families today depend on dual incomes to make ends meet. Both parents are forced to work and often two cars are required particularly in rural Ireland where there is no public transport. That is the reality in...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Excise Duties (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Where are the statistics on motor tax for the past four years? The Minister should produce them.

Written Answers — Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal: Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the issues raised in an advertisement in the national newspapers on 27 November 2007 from the Irish Haemophilia Society, the Irish Kidney Association, Positive Action and Transfusion Positive highlighting the way the insurance scheme for people infected with hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated blood products is not...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement regarding the lack of financial incentives for safe driving offered by motor insurance companies. [32723/07]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether consumers have the right to know the reason an insurance company refuses to issue a quote or refuses to renew a policy; and if there is legal provision in legislation to ensure same. [32724/07]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether organisations representing youth and consumer interests should be given the same input into policy and equal representation on statutory structures concerning motor insurance as those representing the insurance industry. [32725/07]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether there is a need for more transparency and accountability regarding the way motor insurance companies calculate insurance premiums. [32726/07]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport if all 67 recommendations of the first report of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board published in 2002 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/07]

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duty (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I remember very well the whole thrust behind the banking institutions and the Governments of the day encouraging people to use the banking institutions as a means of operating their affairs. Payment of wages and salaries were directed through bank accounts to encourage more and more workers to use the banking system. At one time, people were forced into using a system that may not have been...

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1987 received by his Department in 2007 up to the end of October and the comparable number for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30964/07]

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To return to the kernel of these questions, the statistics, is the Taoiseach aware that the number of FOI requests made across the public sector in 2006 was 32% lower than in 2002? This points to the impact of the amending legislation of 2003. Requests for official and policy information as opposed to requests for personal information, in respect of which fees do not apply, as the Taoiseach...

Freedom of Information. (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach made the point very well in his reply, where I had indicated that the statistics do not show the whole picture, that the extent of those bodies to which the freedom of information legislation applies is huge. There is an almost 800% increase in the number of bodies and yet the statistics show a huge reduction in take-up. Does the Taoiseach not accept that the Information...

Commemorative Events. (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events under the auspices of his Department planned for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30965/07]

Commemorative Events. (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a number of quick points. In respect of the so-called Famine, does the Taoiseach have any difficulty in referring to it as such? It was an imposed hunger on the Irish people at a time of plenty. It equated with the genocide of the Irish people at the time and we must not lose sight of that. There was not a famine in Ireland. The potato crop failed and the people died in their...

Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Against the backdrop of the disgraceful action on the part of the management of Argos in flying in scab labour from England to cover its chain of stores in this country, when will the employment law compliance Bill be introduced? The purpose of this legislation is to establish a new statutory national employment rights authority and it was to be published during this session.

Written Answers — Personal Indebtedness: Personal Indebtedness (4 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is yearly statistical data on the number of people seeking advice from the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; and if the number of house repossessions in recent times has coincided with an increase in the number of people asking for help from the service. [32307/07]

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (4 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will restore child benefit to the children of asylum seekers and those awaiting a residency decision. [32306/07]