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Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What we need is for these three alleged parties to a programme for Government to come in here and be party to a debate so that we on the Opposition side can listen to and scrutinise what they are saying and establish once and for all whether they are all singing off the one hymn sheet.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is clear to many of us that they are not singing off the one hymn sheet. I put it to the Taoiseach that an opportunity exists to establish whether this programme for Government represents all parties.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach facilitate a debate at the earliest opportunity?

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A debate on the programme for Government is completely in order and the Taoiseach should indicate when he intends to facilitate such a debate in this House. I have no doubt that colleagues in the other parties——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Brian will fiddle while Bertie burns.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The committee system is of major importance to the work of the Oireachtas and an essential element in proper democratic representation for the people who elect the members. It is amazing they are of such relatively recent origin and that it took the Oireachtas so long to see the vital role committee work plays in representative government. We are all aware that very often far more detailed...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I refer to a matter which the Minister signalled in his address, the committee on children. The situation seems to move and change not only by the day but by the hour. I have kept abreast of the feedback at Whips' meetings and yet today we learn the Government proposes an entirely new committee regarding children from that signalled in the missive circulated at a previous Whips' meeting....

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Children are a very important part of our society and the House must address issues concerning them. The case for this is self-standing. I welcome the establishment of the committee on the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. There is no indication yet of the intent of the commencement of this committee. When will the committee be constituted? Have Members of Parliament from north...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The record of committee engagements needs to be speeded up and, if possible, its publication brought into line with the Official Report of the Dáil. This aspect of committee work does not serve the appreciation by the media and public of the importance of committees. If an increase in staff is necessary to speed up the preparation of the transcripts of all committee meetings I encourage...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In 2007, it is bizarre that the Parliament must order the time it allows for committees to sit and Members to do their work on the basis of the constraints of space. I urge the Chief Whip to address these serious deficiencies so that we can have a better opportunity to play our part to the full. Welcome developments took place in 2000 but we are only a handful of years from that and it is...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil Under Standing Order 32 (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the continuing damaging impact of cuts imposed by the Health Service Executive including the freezing of funding for community care packages, resulting in hospitals being unable to discharge patients and a consequent inability to admit patients as in the case of the National...

Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government has signalled its intent to set aside the funding provisions contained in the equal opportunities child care programme for community-provided child care services, which will have a clear effect, particularly in the area of low-income families and those already struggling to meet demands. There is legislation promised in the Government's programme of legislation that is...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join previous speakers in extending our sincere sympathy to the wife and family of the late former Deputy Seán Keegan. On behalf of Sinn Féin Deputies and our Seánad representative, I also extend our sympathy to the Fianna Fáil Party on its loss of a long-serving colleague who clearly invested a considerable part of his life in the service of the party's development. I did not have...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach give us a firm date for the publication of the nurses and midwives Bill? Will he advise if the heads of the Bill have come before Cabinet and, in line with his commitment last week, will he undertake to have the heads of the Bill published for all Members once they have been agreed by Cabinet?

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to State boards since June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18784/07]

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What is the position regarding Oireachtas membership of the National Economic and Social Forum? Have changes been made or are changes intended in line with the recent general election result? The technical group was represented by the former Deputy Jerry Cowley, who was not re-elected to the Dáil, and the Progressive Democrats representative was the late Senator Kate Walsh. What is the...

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach said that membership of the NESF must change and that changes are pending. Is he directly involved in deciding who will fill the vacancies? The Taoiseach indicated that representatives from Fine Gael and the Labour Party will be on boards. Is he willing to consider the appointment of a Sinn Féin representative to the board of NESF as reconstituted following the general...

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I suppose if it is based on a formula of numbers — the Taoiseach is a man of great skill with numbers and accountancy — that suggests that perhaps we would not have automatic entitlement to one of the 15 positions. Perhaps the Taoiseach will be good enough to consider the contribution we could make.

Standards in Public Office. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if it is his intention to amend the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18785/07]

Standards in Public Office. (10 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Code of Conduct for Office Holders states with regard to people who move from Government office to private business that "...office holders should act in a way which ensures it could not be reasonably concluded that... an unfair advantage would be conferred in a new appointment by virtue of, for example, access to official information the office holder previously enjoyed". The former...