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Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is very good.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is most unfortunate. I am sure the Minister will adopt it regardless, out of goodwill. I am conscious that it has been disallowed.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to speak on amendments Nos. 5 and 6 as they are the same, as Deputy McManus says. These amendments have been presented for consideration by this Minister and other Ministers across a number of portfolios where appointments will be made to specific bodies, councils and so on. Gender equality is the objective. We have dealt with recent legislation where this matter was addressed and we...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are working hard on it.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Happy days.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How is a level of 40% ensured?

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendments of this nature are not repeatedly placed before Ministers as fillers. My party has a strong belief in gender equality. All our representatives in Europe are women.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have two MEPs and are far from being impaired by their input. One cannot make a direct analogy with the make-up of the respective political groupings in the House, although parties must consciously strive to achieve gender balance. It is important to ensure women from across the range of experience, particularly among the various health interests, make an input. We should encourage and...

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We surely can not.

Pharmacy Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: So the Deputy should.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a very important piece of legislation and has been long expected. It is unacceptable that it is to be truncated by guillotine. There are many interested parties to the amendments and they must be debated. I urge that the guillotine be lifted.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that private developers interested in the hospital co-location sites are threatening to sue the State in the event of a future Government democratically deciding not to proceed——

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is, if the Ceann Comhairle allows me to finish the sentence.

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While the Tánaiste knows I strongly disagree with the co-location proposal, nevertheless——

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can any legislation protect the position of the Government——

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I think the Ceann Comhairle left out the word "entertaining" for our guests. Last week, I and other Deputies tabled parliamentary questions to the Tánaiste, as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, because concerns had been raised with us about the role of gardaí and former gardaí in the car insurance business. On Sunday, the Tánaiste will know that a newspaper claimed to have...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I also had another question which did not elicit a response. I asked whether concerns had been raised with the Tánaiste about compliance by insurance companies or their agents with their legal obligations under the data protection legislation. I also asked about specific contracts between the Garda Síochána and individuals serving in the force, or former members of the force, with any...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Tánaiste not think that this represents a special relationship with one player in the sector? The pilot project is of several years standing and the declared intent of the Garda Commissioner is to roll it out across the State, if it proves useful and effective. The project has not been lived up to or honoured, however. Will the Tánaiste tell the House what he knows to be the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Tánaiste for his full reply and the clarity of his response in terms of the commitment he and his office have made to establish the full facts and the truth of the situation, reflecting also on the intent of the commissioner's office. Serious concerns have been raised in the article in question, concerns that reflect a variety of opinions expressed to Deputies, about the...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join my colleagues in opposing the imposition of the guillotine in this case. I understand from Deputy Ó Snodaigh that the recommittal process will not allow Deputies the opportunity to table amendments on Report Stage tomorrow. The closing time is 11 a.m. today. It is very unsatisfactory. The Tánaiste was putting down amendments up to yesterday evening. Where and how can Opposition...