Results 2,761-2,780 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Hospital Staff. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it acceptable that five years after the Government's health strategy which promised a new consultants' contract talks leading to it have not even begun? What is the Tánaiste's view on this? Gabh mo leithscéal, I meant former Tánaiste. Will she acknowledge that this Government, of which she is an integral part, and a succession of other Governments, have allowed an elite in the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the meetings or contacts he has scheduled with the British Prime Minister in relation to the Irish peace process before the resumption of Dáil Éireann in September 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25991/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of meetings he or his officials have held with representatives of loyalism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28282/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Prime Minister about the Irish peace process since the adjournment of Dáil Éireann in July 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28283/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department uses the services of economic advisers; and if such advisers are engaged to advise on economic issues in relation to the Six Counties and all-Ireland matters. [28284/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach aware that the continued participation of Sinn Féin in the Hain approach at the Assembly is geared solely towards the full restoration of the Good Friday Agreement? Is the Taoiseach aware there are real concerns, both within Sinn Féin and across Nationalist and republican opinion within the North of Ireland and throughout this island, that many Unionist representatives...

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle is welcome back from Monaghan. In light of the evidence given today, will the Taoiseach recognise that the call I made to him previously to seek a special summit with the British Prime Minister on the whole area of collusion has been given greater impetus? Over the summer period did the Taoiseach ask the British Prime Minister to accede to such a request for a special...

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach did not reply to my question on the evidence given today by a senior Garda officer at a meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Barron Report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights.

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That information was known prior to the event.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the crisis in hospital services in the north-east region in the wake of the Teamwork report and the report into the death of Mr. Pat Joe Walsh and the resulting decisions of the HSE to cut vital services at Monaghan General Hospital thus placing further pressure on hard-pressed accident and...

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given the recent reports of housing developers refusing to build social and affordable housing under Part V of the Planning and Development Act, will the Taoiseach bring forward the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill and include in it the reinstatement in full of Part V, which the Government gutted at the behest of developers and speculators? The eligibility for health and personal...

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will it restore Part V of the planning legislation?

Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the independent private inquiry into the death of Mr. Patrick J. Walsh at Monaghan General Hospital on 14 October 2005; the discussions she has had on this report with the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29463/06]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had with the Health Service Executive in relation to the development of acute hospital services in the north east region, including the recommendations of the teamwork report, Improving Safety and Achieving Better Standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29293/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 303: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the processing times for naturalisation applications and post-nuptial citizenship applications. [29020/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 401: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his recent comments that the Government does not need all the money it is raising, he will consider devoting additional resources to the immigration section to help clear the long backlogs in residency and citizenship applications, to facilitate access to the telephone helpline, which is...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the citizenship application by a person (details supplied) and the reason for delay in processing same, in view of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 8 June 2006, which stated that this application was likely to be finalised within the next few months. [29683/06]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of disposable income of the poorest 10 per cent of the population taken as indirect tax and the percentage of disposable income of the richest 10 per cent of the population taken as indirect tax. [28217/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Sep 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out a review of the State's tax system to determine the extent to which vertical equity is achieved; and if he will make available the results of any such review. [28255/06]