Results 2,621-2,640 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach give us a sense of how much of the work of the cross-departmental team is concerned with housing? I know it is not possible to go back over the various minutes of meetings. Will the Taoiseach agree that in response to previous questions on this matter, the housing issue was not a major concern of the cross-departmental team? Will he refer last week's Permanent TSB-ESRI...

Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it is not agreed.

Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not believe we can agree to the Supplementary Estimate for the HSE being taken without debate. It must be taken in this Chamber in the first instance. We are dealing with extremely serious issues arising from the HSE's tendering process for administration of the repayment scheme for those who were illegally charged for nursing home care over the years. This is an absolutely outrageous...

Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——have the opportunity to address it, since, as reported this afternoon, it was intended by the tenderer presumed to be favoured that it be contracted outside the country and the EU.

Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am offering reasons for us to address it in the House, and why it should be addressed in this Chamber in the first instance. The relevant sums and the import of all that is involved require that it be addressed here. We should not support the Supplementary Estimate without first having that debate. It should not happen the other way around.

Order of Business. (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill has been brought forward within the current session, as was committed in the programme, does the Taoiseach intend to ensure that the child care amendment Bill, formerly known as the foster care guardianship Bill, which was also scheduled to be taken within the current session, will be accommodated before the conclusion of next...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 185: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to reverse the crisis faced by the State's Sexual Assault Treatment Units, as described in the new report Sexual Assault Treatment Services A National Review; if, in particular, she will ensure that funding is made available for these units, only one of which is currently funded by her Department;...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (27 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the residency application by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [24451/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his role in the talks on the social partnership process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22692/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the reports published by the National Economic and Social Forum since June 2002; the procedures in his Department for responding to such reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/06]

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach making a commitment to accommodate a full debate in this House in the autumn, but with no prospect of it being accommodated in the coming week, prior to the summer recess? I would welcome such an opportunity. Is the Taoiseach aware that a recent NESC report found that the richest 20% of the working population in the State earned 12 times as much as the poorest workers? That...

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was a question. Can the Taoiseach identify what measures are in the agreement to protect workers' rights over and above the enforcement of existing labour laws? Does he accept that these laws should already be in force and should not now be used as a concession or a carrot on the part of employers or the Government? Sadly, that is the case. Regarding the NESF, does the Taoiseach recall...

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question No. 4 in my name is quite specific in its focus on the NESF report. I ask the Taoiseach if he will comment specifically on the recommendations in that report.

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not the case.

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the new partnership agreement and the important factor of low pay?

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not the case.

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach ever read anything we say? I know that he never listens.

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle should ask the Taoiseach to answer the question——

Social Partnership Agreements. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——instead of proceeding with this rant against Members. The Taoiseach will not answer the question.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed. I cannot agree to the second proposal on guillotining Report and Final Stages of the Criminal Justice Bill at the conclusion of this evening's business at 10.30 p.m. This is a regressive, disproportionate and unnecessary Bill, which is yet another attack on the civil liberties of the citizens of the State by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It is...