Results 2,021-2,040 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I urge the Chief Whip to forgo the employment of this unnecessary guillotine.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wished to raise other points. Will I raise them now or will you call me again, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The points that have been raised by other Deputies are very important. Over the past couple of weeks I have put down questions to the Minister for Health and Children and there has been a long delay in getting replies. I put down a supplementary question asking when the answers would issue. The reply was that the replies would issue that day. It is a magic formula because they issued on that...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——of the spokesperson for Patient Focus. I have two questions about legislation. Will there be primary or secondary legislation regarding the proposed severe restrictions on hospital visiting? This is creating tremendous distress for patients, particularly long-stay patients and older and very young patients. It is not good enough to scapegoat visitors for the serious issue of MRSA in our...

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]

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hope both Deputy McManus and I will have time for a brief supplementary question later. Can the Tánaiste indicate if legislation will be required to establish the redress scheme she envisages so the women victims of Mr. Neary and others can win redress? I stress, as I did yesterday, the phrase "and others". It was not only Dr. Neary who was involved. What is the timescale for the...

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a brief question.

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a brief question.

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thought Question No. 2 and Question No. 5 would have parity.

Departmental Investigations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will find another mechanism.

EU Directives. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wanted to come in on that last point. Under the European working time directive, there is a clear need to ensure more consultants in the system. In line with what Deputy Twomey has already put to the Tánaiste, can she outline to us what steps she is now taking and what further measures she is considering to ensure greater throughput, not only regarding indigenously trained staff from...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question concerns the free flu vaccine which has already been offered to those in the poultry sector. This was an initiative launched by the Tánaiste before Christmas. What level of proactivity was employed by the Department in promoting its uptake by those who are involved in the poultry sector and their families, as well as by those numerous categories of people who were listed in...

Vaccination Programme. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Tánaiste anything at all to say regarding the scheme she introduced before Christmas for the poultry sector?

Health and Safety Regulations. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the reference by the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to the earlier question I put to her. While that may be the experience in the circle of acquaintances to whom she has spoken, would she recognise that others may have a very different experience and that the visiting opportunities of people is an integral part of the curative process of those who are...

Infectious Diseases. (2 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I sought this Adjournment debate on learning of the revelations in a study that shows a significant increase in TB infection in parts of Dublin. This has been highlighted and has caused serious concern. The increase shows the inadequate hospital treatment provision for TB patients in the wake of the grossly irresponsible closure of the chest and respiratory unit, commonly known as the TB...

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]

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?...