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Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Dublin Well Woman Centre and others have raised serious concerns about cervical smear tests being sent to the United States for testing in laboratories there. The Minister for Health and Children dealt with questions in the House last week before this matter became public. In the absence of the Minister and the Minister of State, will the Taoiseach provide an opportunity to address the...

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach share the concern of many trade unionists and wider interests in Irish society at the refusal by Babcock and Brown, the current owners of the privatised Eircom, to pay their workers the 2% increase due under Towards 2016 unless and until the workforce of some 5,000 sign a memorandum of understanding on work practices? How does he view this stance and what in his opinion...

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach saying the terms of Towards 2016 have another hurdle to cross and that management may lay down impossible demands on the work force before it can benefit? Surely that cannot be the case. Towards 2016 laid down quite specific pay increases for the duration of its term. How can the Taoiseach say that management has the opportunity to lay down new conditions and new hurdles...

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That sounds absurd.

Middle East Peace Process. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of EU aid to Palestine; and the rationale behind the EU Ministers' decisions, including his, to first withhold and then reinstate aid. [18761/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of urgent public importance: the need for the Minister for Health and Children to increase the income threshold for medical card eligibility in light of the Combat Poverty Agency report showing that almost 250,000 people at risk of poverty were unable to access medical cards and that 43,000 of these...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government is asking us to approve No. 10 without debate. This represents a significant change in Standing Orders and the conduct of business on the floor of the House. Two separate sets of motions were presented in the days leading into this week's sittings, but the Taoiseach and Chief Whip have taken only one of them. No. 16 on today's Order Paper which directly impinges on the...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If they are based on numerical strength, we are surely entitled, even though our percentage may be small, to a squeak in some debates in the course of a 12-month period. I have discussed this issue with the Chief Whip but he does not hold out much hope of the Taoiseach having a change of heart. The latter's kicking to touch at this point will not in any way answer what I have requested....

Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Standing Orders provide for that; it is not a concession.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Perhaps the Taoiseach will facilitate us in calling another election.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in recent contacts between the Government, ICTU and IBEC regarding current economic trends under the relevant provisions of Towards 2016, as outlined in the Taoiseach's statement of 7 June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16484/07]

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will talks on a new pay agreement be brought forward, as called for by the trade union movement due to the ever-spiralling inflation we are witnessing currently? Has the Taoiseach noted the comments of the SIPTU president, Jack O'Connor, who has pointed out that many factors leading to inflation are well within the control of Government? On house price inflation, for example, Mr. O'Connor...

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As he clearly is accountable here, I ask that he outline the purpose and the issues addressed and who attended.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is the meeting before the election in which we are interested.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Mr. O'Reilly.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach call him Sir Anthony?

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (28 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of tenders accepted by the Health Service Executive since the dissolution of the 29th Dáil, for private for-profit hospitals to be located on public hospital lands; the number of beds planned in each of the private hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17451/07]

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise for missing the announcement of requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32. Can the Tánaiste tell us if the Nurses and Midwives Bill will be published before the resumption of the Dáil in the autumn session? He will appreciate that the Government has just come out of a very heated confrontation with members of the Irish Nurses Organisation and the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the implementation of the Teamwork report proposals which would see further loss of services in Monaghan, Dundalk and Navan hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17351/07]

Co-location of Hospitals: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Sinn Féin Members fully support this motion opposing co-location and emphatically reject the Government amendment. It is a sad day for Irish democracy that a policy that is so wrong and so widely rejected should still be pursued in this manner. It is also sad and disgraceful that the Green Party and Independent Deputies who expressed strong opposition to co-location are now likely to...