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Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach reverse the decision of December 2002?

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Legislation is required.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What will happen at 11 p.m. is that those amendments tabled by the Minister and not discussed will be put to the House. None of the other amendments will be considered and the House will not have had the opportunity to discuss, hear the arguments for and tease out the detail of any of the amendments presented by the Minister. Those amendments will be agreed on the basis of the voting pattern...

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He may protest but I have no doubt that he recognises the absolute unsuitability of the process. Contracting this debate into four hours is ridiculous and unsatisfactory, and accordingly I oppose the proposal.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As regards the Harding Clark report on the maternity unit of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, the Tánaiste said last week she would bring proposals to Cabinet today. She indicated that legislation would be required for the issue of pursuing the insurers but not for the redress scheme.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not debating it. I am speaking on promised legislation that the Tánaiste indicated in the House last week for the potential securing of funding from insurers and other possible sources for the proposed redress scheme. This was to be addressed today at Cabinet. Has the Taoiseach done so and has he made a decision to bring forward legislation in the way the Tánaiste described? How soon...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join with the Taoiseach and Deputies Kenny and Rabbitte in expressing sympathy to the child and family of the late Donna Cleary. I absolutely deplore her brutal murder, which underlines the need to consider other, more effective ways of addressing the supply of guns and weapons in our society. The focus should be on the drugs trade in particular, which sustains the armed criminal gangs not...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As a result, the Taoiseach and his colleagues facilitated, letting off the hook, those whose responsibility it was to provide 20% social and affordable housing within all private developments. The Government rammed through and guillotined in Christmas week 2002 a revisitation of that requirement, which allowed those developers to buy out of their responsibilities to address the social and...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am happy to say that my colleagues on Dublin City Council have a very honourable record on the issue of housing and development, something I doubt that the Taoiseach could place his hand on his heart and claim. The Taoiseach has an interest in accountancy. When he talked of dividing by two and multiplying by 20 I wonder what in the name of God this would bring one to. What was it all about?

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Just to give the Taoiseach some real statistics, the reality since 2002 is that more than 230,000 homes have been completed and put on sale. Approximately a third of these were bought as second homes or to be owned by investors. At best, it is estimated that only 1,600 houses have been provided under Part V since 2002. The Taoiseach should check the statistics with his colleague in the...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I supported it. It is a measure that needs to be implemented. Will the Taoiseach revisit the amendment he rushed through the House in Christmas week 2002 and restore the original intent and purpose of the 1999 Act? This "get out" clause is making an absolute ass of the entire intent, if it was real from day one. I remind the Taoiseach of what the then Minister said on that day. He stated:...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It reads like a sick joke for any of the 43,000 people in question and their families, more than 130,000 citizens who are waiting to be properly housed in the State. It is an indictment of the Taoiseach and his Government's failure to recognise their primary responsibility to the ordinary citizens and not the interests of the developer class. Will the Taoiseach reverse the amendment of...

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he has scheduled for the March 2006 European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5366/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the services directive be on the agenda of any of the meetings the Taoiseach will attend on the margins of the upcoming summit this month? In the context of 50,000 people demonstrating in advance of the passage of the services directive, did the Taoiseach make any intervention or representation to his party's representatives in the European Parliament with regard to the impending vote?...

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach employed the word "bizarre" in his initial response but that term more aptly applies to his own response in its entirety. I specifically asked if it was intended to address this matter in any of the bilaterals that will take place on the margins of the upcoming summit, but the Taoiseach did not answer.

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The second question was on health-related services and the issue of country of destination. I did not ask the Taoiseach to go through the 1,000 amendments he cited, rather those two issues in particular. I cannot for the life of me understand how the Taoiseach can believe that the stance taken is in the interests of Irish workers. There are very few who would agree with that analysis.

Written Answers — Medical Inquiry: Medical Inquiry (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Harding Clark report on the obstetrics and gynaecology unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8375/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the communications she has had with the Health Service Executive regarding the consultancy report it has commissioned on hospital services in the north east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8376/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take to implement the mental health expert group's report, A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8743/06]

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Harding Clark report on the obstetrics and gynaecology unit at Out Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; the actions she proposes to take arising from the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8742/06]