Results 19,941-19,960 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The proposal to take No. 14 without debate has far-reaching consequences for inland fisheries. The Farrell Grant Sparks report clearly indicates the demise of the regional fisheries boards as we have known them and the establishment of a national fisheries authority. While there is a genuflection with regard to local input in terms of the proposals within the current proposition, the absence...

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicate the import of what is proposed in the report. The issue needs to be addressed in the House. It is simply unacceptable that the House will consider the motion without debate. I absolutely reject that and will oppose it.

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the agreement she has reached with British Health Minister in the Six Counties, Mr. Shaun Woodward, regarding the treatment of cancer patients from this jurisdiction in Belfast; if this access is confined to patients from County Donegal or if it will apply on a wider basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I take this opportunity to welcome the agreement the Tánaiste reached with the health authorities in Belfast. We need to see much more co-operation and integration of health services where that is feasible. I give the Tánaiste every support in that pursuit in the interests of all the people of Ireland. However, there are serious questions about the Government's proposed roll-out of...

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If I may ask a brief supplementary——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will ask a brief supplementary, if the Chair will accommodate me.

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I only want to ask——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste accept that we are not comparing like with like in regard to the Six Counties and any other comparable region within the jurisdiction of the Twenty-six Counties, given the reality of the infrastructure? Will the Tánaiste also——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I cannot pursue any other line of questioning, I wish to say to the Tánaiste that I agree with her that partition has been more than a damned nuisance.

Care of the Elderly. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has attention been given to establishing a team of people who would be available to provide home care services for those who need it? At present, the process is only set in train when a need is identified. With all the requirements, there is a delay of several months — certainly for Garda clearance the delay is at least two months. In the meantime a patient with an immediate need has to...

Care of the Elderly. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Should the Health Service Executive do that rather than a private company?

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the facilities or supports available to staff within his Department to meet their child care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/05]

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not know if one should express surprise or thank the Taoiseach for the brevity of his reply. Does he agree the child care supports offered to some civil servants are fair compared with those offered to other workers, especially those in the private sector and lower paid workers generally? Is the Taoiseach aware that one of the real difficulties is that entitlements, to which he alluded...

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I know that but in the context of his Department, is the Taoiseach aware that 20% of workers——

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Ceann Comhairle will allow me to finish the sentence, it will become apparent——

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I never get latitude. I never seek it and if I were ever granted any, I would be gobsmacked. Only one in five workers can avail——

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If I am allowed, I ask the Taoiseach if the same figures apply in his Department. If there are reflective statistics for his Department of the figures I have outlined for the State experience, does he agree a right in law to parental leave is required?

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I view child care as other than crèche facilities that have been mooted for this institution for a long time. Child care is a much more comprehensive issue than the mere provision of a room and guardianship.

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am trying to establish, if the Chair would allow a Member of this House to do so, whether the Taoiseach agrees, from his experience in his Department, that we need statutory provisions and not just the options exercised out of long negotiations and agreement.

Departmental Staff. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach reply to my valid questions, which are exactly to what Question No. 1 refers?