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Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——as the great socialist.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Like the student who wasted his or her college years, the Government is trying to cram in leading up to the big final test, the next general election. With this budget Fianna Fáil is attempting to erase the memory of all those budgets that champagne Charlie McCreevy introduced which rewarded the very wealthy and allowed the gap between rich and poor in our society to widen ever more. The...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Government provide child care places? Not at all. Who will deal with the issue of supply? The attitude is to throw some money at it and others will take up the responsibility. We consistently argue that the responsibility is on the State to make provision. While we wish well those providing private care or care in the community well, the responsibility in the first instance lies with...

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Families are facing into Christmas in mourning for loved ones avoidably lost in the course of these past 12 months.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sadly, the Taoiseach need not think for one moment he is excused from responsibility. The Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil stand in exactly the same shoes as the Tánaiste and the Progressive Democrats on this issue. The Government must face up to its responsibilities.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In June this year, the Tánaiste stated the fact that an increasing number of people are getting private health care is good and is a sign of increasing disposable income. There is complete incoherence on the part of the Government in this key area of social provision. The Minister for Finance carried that contradiction into the budget when he extended tax breaks for the developers of private...

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome this Bill and the opportunity it affords to address a number of issues. It is right that there should be legal protection for those who, in good faith, try to assist people in danger or in the wake of accidents. In proposing the legislation, Deputy Timmins stated that the primary motivation is to assist in encouraging the availability of defibrillators in the community through...

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc ar chur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ina Roinn. [31432/05]

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tá brón orm ach níl mé cinnte ón bhfreagra. An gcuireann Roinn an Taoisigh ranganna Gaeilge ar fáil don fhoireann? Cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha go dtí seo ag Roinn an Taoisigh le scéim faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a chur i bhfeidhm? I wish to know if Irish language classes are being made available within the Department of the Taoiseach. As well as according the public the...

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will be brief. Does the Taoiseach accept there will be a degree of nervousness within the Irish speaking community and those of goodwill towards the language throughout the country at the response he gave to Deputy Rabbitte to the effect that he was keeping an open mind on the exercise of measures in the Act?

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach accept it is important to reassure the House that cost factor is not always the priority consideration?

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach reviewing how to have documents translated or whether there is a need for them to be translated?

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events it is planned to undertake in 2006 to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31429/05]

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the exact format of the State's 1916 commemoration been decided? Will it be held on Easter Sunday or Easter Monday? Will it be in Dublin only or will ceremonies take place in different locations throughout the country? We are anxious to know what the Taoiseach has to say on these questions. With ceremonies, what other initiatives, if any, is the Taoiseach considering to mark the...

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach indicate if there could be liaison with the trade union movement or other groups to establish scholarships for education in the ideas of James Connolly or the Irish language?

Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would appreciate the Taoiseach's detailed reply. I concur with Deputy Rabbitte's question on the first Dáil. I look forward to that event being recorded and commemorated. Would it not be a worthy response if both Deputy Rabbitte and Deputy Kenny would agree to the Taoiseach's proposal for the participation of MPs from the North in a committee of the entire Dáil? Would that not be an...

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In previous responses in respect of the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill and the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, the Taoiseach indicated they would be ready before Christmas. With one week remaining in which to take these very important Bills under the aegis of the Department of Health and Children, will the Taoiseach indicate if we will have sight of them...

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not what the Taoiseach said previously.

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have been subjected to inspections by the labour inspectorate in the past 12 months; and the number of these employers which employ migrant workers. [37916/05]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a copy of the report by the ESRI entitled Degrees of Equality: Gender Pay Differentials Among Recent Graduates; and the action he is taking to tackle the issue of gender pay differentials. [37915/05]