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Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is an absolutely valid question.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is a valid question.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I have an answer then?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I have an answer to my valid question?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Why do you not have——

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Do you want to hear it twice?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You want to hear it twice. Maybe there should be a little equity in the treatment of Members.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Your tolerance in relation to other parties is particularly stark this morning, as it usually is.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Do not worry, because we will not.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will Oireachtas scrutiny be provided for in the proposal that was confirmed in the reply I received to the parliamentary question I asked the Minister for Health and Children yesterday?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a second question.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I understand it, Oireachtas scrutiny is an appropriate matter to be raised on the Order of Business

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Was there not a question mark at the end of my earlier remarks? I was certain there was a question mark. Is secondary legislation required? Perhaps the Minister will be good enough to respond on this hugely important issue. Is legislation required, given that there was a commitment to establish the redress board in the Neary case before St. Patrick's Day?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is now more than a fortnight past and the redress board has not been established.

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister should tell us the facts. What tapping is he doing apart from dancing?

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I agree with Deputy Gormley in this regard. While I have no objection in principle to the proposition to refer the matter for further scrutiny, there is a requirement on the Tánaiste to give a bounden guarantee that this matter will be properly addressed in the House. Members need to know where exactly stand the Tánaiste and his colleagues in respect of the proposed developments on the...

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste will have heard, as we all did, the appeals this morning from his co-professionals, representatives of those practising barristers who indicated very clearly that the Tánaiste is on a dangerous course. It is important to remind ourselves that protections of innocent citizens are at stake and it is not only about addressing those who are law breakers. We are dealing with major...

Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (28 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, with regard to the private for profit hospital co-location plan, the competitive dialogue phase of the process with the Health Service Executive and the relevant hospitals has been completed; the core requirements identified in respect of each public hospital site involved in the scheme; if preferred bidders have been invited to...

Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Amendment No. 20 in my name is pertinent to this evening's private Members' business. Many times, my Sinn Féin colleagues and I have raised the unacceptability of the manner in which people are appointed to State bodies. This Bill is different in that the members of the Medical Council will be nominated by specified bodies. Five lay people will be appointed by the Minister. As we have...