Results 221-240 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Decentralisation Programme. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: How did the Government reach that figure?

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish also to address the record of the Minister, Deputy Brennan, not the projected one in his new portfolio but rather the legacy he has left following his departure from the transport Ministry. I speak specifically in regard to Aer Lingus. Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is a scandal that the national airline has been sized up for a sell-off, a privatisation, to the management team at...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What projects were those? I thought that was the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hardly think the Taoiseach's reply amounts to a categoric rejection of any proposal to countenance a managerial take-over or any other privatisation of the national airline. He perpetuates the concerns, not only of the workforce but of broad opinion on this issue across the country. Is the Taoiseach aware that in its last major redundancy offer Aer Lingus medical staff in the axed medical...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This matter should be dealt with in the House in the first instance rather than being referred to committee at this stage. What is at stake here is an additional €300 million over the next four years. In effect, this amounts to multi-annual ring-fencing of public money. This would not happen in the case of funding for cancer care or for the needs of those coping with disabilities. However,...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government must surely have him by now. Perhaps Deputy McCreevy knows more about that matter. Perhaps Shergar is in County Meath, I have no idea.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that more cases have presented and that more evidence is offering, has the Government considered or will it now consider extending the Residential Institutions Redress Act to address the abuses that day attendees had to suffer at a number of such institutions? In terms of the extended number of institutions, we referred this to committee. The Taoiseach must be aware of the number of...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We simply cannot ignore this matter and sweep it under the carpet. On another matter, I ask the Taoiseach to outline the programme for the introduction and passage of the Disability Bill 2004.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Why is it not envisaged?

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste state when the second report of Mr. Justice Henry Barron into the British bombings in the city of Dublin in 1972 and 1973 and other incidents will be published and brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas?

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste state whether it is intended to proceed with the second report as with the first?

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was appropriate in the past when a report commissioned by the Houses of the Oireachtas was coming back. I am asking about the procedures the Government will adopt regarding its introduction in the House.

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach has addressed these questions before.

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, the precedent is long established. In my own short years of presence in the House, this matter has been answered by the Taoiseach during the Order of Business and with the approval of the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste indicate if it is intended that the sub-committee of the Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights will address this?

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is all right. I thank the Tánaiste.

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tá Teachtaí Dála Shinn Féin ag tacaíocht leis an rún. Molaimid na Teachtaí Neamhspleácha as an rún a chuir os comhair na Dála, atá oiriúnach mar tá Aire nua sa phost. Is mór an trua nach bhfuil an tAire sa Teach, ach an tAire Stáit. The Sinn Féin Deputies will support this motion, even though I am disappointed the Independent Deputies highlighted the case for some hospitals...

Health Services: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When one is talking about accident and emergency services, it is obvious why the word "emergency" is used. It is not just today or yesterday that we have been addressing these issues in Cavan and Monaghan. The Minister, Deputy Martin, said ten additional beds would come on stream immediately, but the new Minister tells us the board intends to commission ten additional day beds. There is more...