Results 17,501-17,520 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Health Services. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the matter of the crisis in our hospitals with the continuing proliferation of MRSA and other fatal hospital-borne infections. I was prompted to raise this matter when it was revealed yesterday that Beaumont Hospital is so overcrowded and lacking in beds that it is unable to provide isolation facilities for a third of its patients with...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to ensure that a proportion of any newly built or acquired social housing is given to those progressing out of homelessness. [28625/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to initiate support for social housing schemes for women and men who are victims of domestic violence and who are leaving crisis accommodation and have ongoing support needs. [28624/07]

Written Answers — Motor Insurance: Motor Insurance (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the cost of motor insurance in this State particularly for young drivers; and the measures he will introduce to reduce these insurance costs. [28793/07]

Child Care: Motion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I repeat that the community child care subvention scheme is fundamentally flawed. As I stated last evening, we should be moving towards the universal provision of preschool child care. The mooted scheme moves us in the opposite direction towards a two-tier structure that mirrors our grossly inequitable two-tier health service. We in Sinn Féin have set out our vision of how the State...

Child Care: Motion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin also advocates the introduction of paid paternity leave and payment in respect of parental leave. Sinn Féin fully supports the Opposition motion and urges the Government to think again, to listen to child care workers and parents and to return to the drawing board and design a scheme that is worthy of Members' consideration and of the important need they seek to address.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The current critical crisis in cancer care, especially in mammography, has highlighted once again the inadequate powers of the Health Information and Quality Authority. It has been acknowledged on all sides of the House that the failure to include the private hospital providers within the powers of HIQA is a fundamental weakness——

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The question is about the deficiencies in the legislation on HIQA itself——

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am referring to legislation that will ensure that HIQA has the required powers to carry out its remit efficiently and effectively across the board, in both the public and private sectors.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No it has not. There are deficiencies. Surely——

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That attitude achieves absolutely nothing.

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join colleagues in expressing sympathy to both the McElhill and McGovern families on the tragic loss of the parents and children in the terrible fire in the town of Omagh yesterday morning. On what can only be described as the brutal and savage murder of Paul Quinn in my constituency, I once again condemn this murder in the strongest possible terms. I do so again here today, and in...

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that.

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept that. Nevertheless, it was important to put those remarks on the record. In the programme for Government under the "Peace and Unity" heading, the Government commits itself to the development of cross-Border projects. Included among these are the Monaghan-Derry dual-carriageway link along the N2-A5, the Ulster Canal and the bridge at Narrow Water. Progress has been made on each of...

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall——

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I ask a brief supplementary?

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not get a second opportunity. It is a brief point.

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: All I ask is to be given the same opportunities as other speakers.

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall that one of the key outcomes of the St. Andrews talks was the commitment to ensure the language rights of Irish speakers within the Six Counties area. The Irish language Bill for the Six Counties has been blocked in the Assembly. Does the Taoiseach agree that, nevertheless, this remains an important commitment arising out of the St. Andrews engagement? In the...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding the Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007, it has become the pattern during the closing days of any session for the Government to force through legislation with a guillotine attachment. It is objectionable at any time, but to see it imposed mid term is outrageous. I am not sure as to whether there is a precedent. Members are entitled to the opportunity to participate fully...