Results 2,181-2,200 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——-or even come close. In my opinion and in the opinion of many people, they are working to extreme opposites and this is clearly the case. Has the Taoiseach seen the report by the Nenagh Hospital Action Group? Has he taken on board the clear information that it indicates the importance of smaller hospitals in the provision of accident and emergency care? Has he taken on board the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time to listen to alternative experts.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should consider where their advice led him.

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the bilateral meetings he held on the fringes of the European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12217/06]

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall that in December the British Presidency of the EU proposed the allocation of some €200 million for the peace programme in the Six Counties and the Border counties for the period 2007-13. Sinn Féin very much welcomes this. We encouraged this at meetings with the Taoiseach and with Prime Minister Blair and with the EU Commission. What progress can the Taoiseach...

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should hope that that might be the only media that will concern him.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thar cheann Teachtaí Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom ár gcomhbhrón a ghabhaíl do chlann Brugha ar bás Ruairí Brugha. Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis. On behalf of Sinn Féin Deputies, I join in the expressions of sympathy to the Brugha family. I convey our sympathy to all the bereaved on the death of Ruairí Brugha. As many have already noted, Ruairí Brugha was the son of the...

Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding HIV, hepatitis C and the failure to pursue the pharmaceutical companies, can a proper debate be accommodated in this Chamber as the matter has caused tremendous concern throughout the State?

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends taking, independent of a Medical Council inquiry and in the interests of patient safety, following the publication of the Judge Harding Clarke report that highlighted the conclusions reached by the three consultant obstetricians chosen by the former doctor, Michael Neary, and the Irish Hospital...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the urgency and importance of the issues raised in Question No. 198 of 28 February 2006, she will intervene with the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive, to whom she has directed the question; and if an immediate response will issue. [12455/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions regarding the residency rights of Irish citizens' same sex partners from outside the European Union; the measures he intends introducing to address the current discriminatory situation that maintains; if amending legislation is planned; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Britain has recently...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Minister and colleagues in an expression of sympathy to the families of those who tragically lost their lives off Hook Head yesterday. Will the Minister join with me in welcoming the decision of the High Court yesterday which has significantly strengthened the enforceability of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998? The Minister may not be privy to the detail of it but the...

Irish Language: Statements. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis seo chun na Gaeilge a phlé sa Dáil. Tá séíorónta go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé inniu, díreach tar éis fhoilsiú thuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga. Is tábhachtach an tuarascáil sin, agus molaim an Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, aisti. Tá scéal uafásach nochtaithe aige, scéal náireach don Státseirbhís. Is scannal é go bhfuil...

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that relocation for public service workers under the decentralisation programme is entirely voluntary, is not linked to promotional prospects and is based on consultation procedures; the mechanisms in place to ensure that this is the case in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12711/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister still claims the relocation programme for public service workers is voluntary yet the reality is quite different in practice. Does the Minister accept the situation for employees of State agencies is radically different from that of civil servants? I emphasise that the situation is radically different because there is transferability between Departments for civil servants but...

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the move of FÁS headquarters to Birr is to happen, what career and promotional prospects will apply to those members of FÁS who opt to remain in Dublin? That is the key question. FÁS is one of the most decentralised of the State agencies, with arms and representative offices in many provincial towns.

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have a supplementary question.

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What proactive measures have the Minister or the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, employed to bring about an early address of the difficulties, given that we have an indication of industrial action being taken by FÁS staff, with all of the serious associated consequences? What steps have been taken in this regard? I must also ask the following question. While the Minister and the Minister...

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking the question. He can hardly respond until it is asked.

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not think that either I or the Minister spoke for too long. I rarely do that.