Results 17,881-17,900 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the use of public private partnerships been looked at in the context of any of the reviews of which the Minister has advised the House this afternoon? Would the Minister support the initiation by the Comptroller and Auditor General of a full review of current and previous PPPs to compare Revenue costs and wastage to the long-term projected costs and potential costs of the alternative...

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not ask for a defence. I asked if it had been included in the review.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Fair enough. We both know where we stand on this issue.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Minister not answer the question?

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Please.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister saying he has not reviewed and will not review?

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When did the Minister review it?

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked the Minister a question.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We know that.

Departmental Expenditure. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister is not prepared to look into the matter.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A Cheann Comhairle, will you allow a point of clarification?

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle indicated in his response to Deputy Kenny that if Standing Orders did not suit the House we could have them changed.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not allowed to participate in Leaders' Questions for the first time in over five years.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We submitted four proposals for a matter on the Adjournment this evening, each of which the Ceann Comhairle has disallowed, which proposed addressing changing Standing Orders here on the floor of the House. I ask is that fair?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to immediately halt the plan to co-locate private for-profit hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals as this plan will reinforce the two-tier public-private health system which discriminates against public patients and subsidises the private health...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I speak to both that amendment——

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the Order of Business——

Order of Business (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have limited enough opportunities. I recall Deputy Enda Kenny's remarks here when he talked about respect for mandates.

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the Dublin-Monaghan bombings, we saw the 33rd anniversary recorded at the height of the general election campaign, a week before polling day. In light of the MacEntee report and the further deliberations of the Oireachtas sub-committee, has the Taoiseach moved forward in any way towards the central demand of Justice for the Forgotten, representative of the victims and the survivors of the...

Tax Code. (26 Jun 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In light of the fact that value added tax is a fundamentally regressive tax, will the Minister in the course of his review consider the possibilities of reducing VAT in a number of areas in order to relieve the burden on low income families in particular? What is the Minister's reaction to the proposal by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions that in order to combat the pressures on workers of...