Results 19,161-19,180 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to note that in my initial response to what he said——

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a question I am asking.

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicated a welcome for these changes because I understood the Taoiseach was indicating the inclusion of people who had reached 100 years of age——

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——now residing on our shores.

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach again clarify the position because there is some confusion? It is not only on the basis of——

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If it is not the intent of the new conditions to include people now resident here, I ask the Taoiseach that we do so.

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach clarify the position? I understand he will do so.

Centenarian Bounty. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They are hardly going to flock here just to collect the cheque.

Northern Ireland Issues. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the action which will be taken arising from the report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights on the report of the independent commission of inquiry into the murder of Séamus Ludlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13426/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no doubt the Taoiseach will join me in condemning the brutal sectarian murder in Ballymena of young Michael McIlveen and extending sympathy to his family, condemning all sectarian acts and calling on all political leaders to use whatever influence they have in their respective communities to help to root out this terrible scourge. Did the Taoiseach raise the joint committee's report on...

Leaders' Questions. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There has been much concern and a debate in this House recently about the terrible toll arising from road traffic accidents. Is the Taoiseach aware the number of deaths on our roads is exceeded by the number of deaths from suicide and that we have one of the highest rates of suicide in the world? It is the most common cause of death among young people and in particular among young males...

Leaders' Questions. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach agree that to take one's own life is an act of sheer desperation and not one of selfishness? Is the Taoiseach aware that a recent report has indicated that somewhere between 40% to 60% of people who suffer from schizophrenia will in the course of their lives attempt to take their own life and that some 10% of people with schizophrenia die by suicide? Will the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not see Deputy Neville nodding his head in assent.

Leaders' Questions. (9 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not muddled thinking. I cited what is in the report.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on demands to have the NESC report recommendations for a net increase of 73,000 units of social housing included in the National Development Plan 2007-2013 which is being prepared. [16554/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of units of social and affordable housing provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2002 in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16555/06]

Poultry Sector. (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue and the Minister of State for attending. This issue is in the context of the recent missive from Brussels of 25 April, in which the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mariann Fischer Boel, stated: Some countries have suffered a serious drop in consumption and prices in the poultry sector which could not be...

Poultry Sector. (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I urge the Minister of State and her Department to put forward the most appropriate measures, with the greatest speed possible.

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government amendment to this motion claims that the development of Ireland's natural resources benefits the citizens of the State — if only that were true. It would benefit the citizens if the natural resources were properly developed and under proper public supervision. However, as other Deputies have pointed out this afternoon and last evening, neither of those objectives is being...

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: While welcoming the proposition to ensure there was a further list of bodies brought forward — the Garda Síochána has been mentioned but neither do the vocational education committees come under the remit of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 — can the Tánaiste indicate when it is intended to progress the inclusion of the VECs and a number of other bodies highlighted at the Committee...