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Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the status of the peace process in Nepal. [4338/07]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the UN proposal for Kosovo and on its implications for other separatist movements in eastern Europe. [4337/07]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay on the part of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee in making a decision on the introduction to the routine childhood immunisation schedule of the vaccine for pneumococcal disease; the discussions she has had on this matter; the action she proposes to take to expedite the decision; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when she will issue increased income guidelines for qualification for the medical card and general practitioner only card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4535/07]

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste mentioned in one of his replies that the House had agreed the Order of Business today. However, we had no opportunity to reflect on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yes, it is appropriate. There was no proposition before the House as to whether the European Communities Bill 2006 was something this House should address today. The elements in that and the powers the Tánaiste would like to see vested in his office as a result are obnoxious.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to make that clear.

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the setting of offences and maximum penalties, I am aware of the type of jurisdiction the Tánaiste would like to preside over——

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——but hopefully he will not get the opportunity in that regard. The Ombudsman amendment Bill is promised for 2007. Will that legislation be brought before the House before the dissolution of the Dáil or is it, again, dependent on a new Government taking office after the general election?

Order of Business (8 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Once the Deputy mentioned Monaghan at all it would not be appropriate on the Order of Business.

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a savings scheme for low income households, on a pilot basis for two years, in the form suggested by the Society of St Vincent de Paul, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and the Combat Poverty Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4048/07]

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance the role he played in formulating the national development plan; their role in implementing the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2101/07]

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of the Sinn Féin Members I support the motion in the name of the Fine Gael and Labour Deputies and I reject the Government's amendment. I welcome the fact that last night the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, set aside her script and replied to the points made by Members in the debate. I read her remarks with interest. If she really believes half of what she said,...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The adoption Bill, providing for the Hague Convention and the adoption authority, is promised for early 2007 or the spring session. Will it make its passage through the House before the dissolution of the Dáil?

Official Engagements. (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he has scheduled for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1128/07]

Official Engagements. (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1581/07]

Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Was the Lisbon strategy discussed at the recent meeting of the EU Council? Is the Taoiseach concerned that the European Commission's annual report on the strategy tries to justify decreases in social welfare spending and insists on further so-called flexibility in the labour market, which would unquestionably be to the detriment of pay and conditions of workers throughout the EU? Was the...

Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think it is something the Taoiseach should defend.

Avian Flu. (6 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister, Deputy Coughlan, for attending. I also thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this very important matter. I do so both as a spokesperson on health and children and as a Deputy representing Cavan-Monaghan, a constituency where the poultry industry is one of the cornerstones of the local economy. Hundreds of people are employed in the industry, which has...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (6 Feb 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report by the Irish Refugee Council titled Making Separated Children Visible; her views on the report; and her plans to act upon its recommendations that relate to her Department, specifically in regard to amending the Child Care Act 1991 to specify the role and duties of the Health Service Executive in...