Results 17,521-17,540 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussions he has had with the new British Prime Minister, Mr. Gordon Brown, on the Irish peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20607/07]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on extending the spousal work permit scheme to cover persons waiting for the outcome of their application for residency based upon marriage to an Irish citizen, particularly in view of reports that some Irish emigrants are refusing to return home as their families cannot afford to live on one income during the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used to determine if the non-EEA spouse of an Irish citizen is granted a C visa or a D visa before entering Ireland for the first time. [28132/07]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has begun recording figures for the number of residency applications based on marriage to an Irish citizen that have been refused as the marriage was believed to be fraudulent; and if so, the number of applications refused on these grounds to date. [28133/07]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the asylum applications of persons (details supplied). [28602/07]

Child Care: Motion (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The debate on child care we should be having is about how to ensure the best care for our children, including in the home, at school and in crèches. We should debate how the State can support such a caring system and how it can be delivered to all who need it on the basis of need alone. Instead, once again, we are addressing a critical situation, a botched Government scheme that has thrown...

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the list of promised legislation, the sale of alcohol Bill is listed under the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. However, as recent reports have indicated, the issue of alcohol is primarily one of health. All Members are mindful of the very dangerous and negative impact it is having, particularly on young people at present. Can the Taoiseach advise whether the Department...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (13 Nov 2007)

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 need for immediate Government action to provide additional beds, isolation units and single rooms to combat the continuing spread of MRSA and other very serious and potentially fatal infections in our hospitals in light of the report...

Social Partnership. (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach recall that two of the key issues addressed at the ICTU conference in July were the vital concerns of all Irish workers of trade union recognition and the ongoing disgraceful abuse of agency workers by employers? When will the Government bring in legislation to make it mandatory on employers to recognise trade union activities within their respective work places? How does...

Social Partnership. (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the ICTU conference in July 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25354/07]

Social Partnership. (13 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his ongoing contacts with the parties to the Towards 2016 agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25357/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has been approached to sponsor, fund or accommodate in anyway a film called Connolly on the life of James Connolly. [27574/07]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (8 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the detail of the cervical cancer screening programme, scheduled for rollout throughout the State from January 2008, particularly with regard to eligibility, cost and screening intervals; if she is satisfied that this programme will fully comply with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27838/07]

Written Answers — Marine Safety Staff: Marine Safety Staff (8 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of jobs that will be affected with reference to the decision to relocate the Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre at Malin Head; and the number that will remain in Malin Head and Valentia. [27839/07]

Written Answers — Citizenship Eligibility Requirements: Citizenship Eligibility Requirements (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the introduction of an English language test for applicants for long term residency citizenship will be introduced on an [i]ad hoc [/i]basis or if the Government will put in place the structures necessary beforehand and then introduce the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26632/07]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on reports over summer 2007 that thousands of defective summons were in circulation due to problems with the PULSE system following changes to the legislation governing the District Court rules necessitating Gardaí to track down court summons and re-write them by hand. [27396/07]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her plans to co-locate private for profit hospitals on the sites of public hospitals; the number of locations involved in the process; the stage which the tendering process has reached in each case; the contracts which have been signed and the companies to whom contracts have been awarded; the cost of the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in processing to full and final approval the essential works required at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; the status of the application in her Department; the prospect of an early approval to proceed to tender issuing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27695/07]

Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What does the Minister propose to do to bring to a satisfactory standard the current inadequate regulation of radiological equipment in hospitals? Why have the HSE and the Department of Health and Children failed to provide for the replacement of old equipment in the various radiation units in our hospitals? How does the Minister respond to the charge that patients have been denied access...

Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (7 Nov 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will it be located in either Letterkenny or Altnagelvin?