Results 261-280 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Disability Bill is due to come before the House on Thursday next. Is the Taoiseach aware that the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has scheduled hearings with representatives of various disability groups and that they have called on the Government to defer--——

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question relates to the scheduling of the Bill. The disability groups have called for a deferral of Second Stage until after the hearings so that all Members of the House would be fully appraised of the concerns they have expressed regarding the Bill. Will the Taoiseach consider the request of those groups?

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move: That Dáil Éireann, —noting that —over five years since the publication of the national child care strategy, child care provision is still, in the words of the strategy, "uncoordinated, variable in quality and in short supply"; —the Government's failure to ensure comprehensive child care provision, has negative consequences for children, women, families, society and the...

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: For the Chair's information the order is Deputies Finian McGrath, McHugh, Gormley and Eamon Ryan.

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As did the forced cost of mortgages.

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It resulted from the Government's failure to provide social housing and the abuse of the property market for domestic purposes by speculators who are driving house prices beyond the reach of ordinary parents.

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Minister of State in praising the committees.

Child Care: Motion. (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thought the Minister of State had forgotten about the motion.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 235: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when her Department will grant approval for the development of a village complex for 60 residents with an intellectual disability on the campus at a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that health board approval was granted nearly three years ago and the present facilities are most...

Written Answers — Cancer Strategy: Cancer Strategy (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she received a report on radiotherapy from the Irish Society of Medical Oncologists in 2003; if that report recommended radiotherapy centres in eight hospitals; the way in which the report was considered by her; the reason the proposed configuration was rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27181/04]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if thousands of persons over 70 have been charged illegally for nursing care despite their exemption from such charges under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001; the way in which it is proposed to reimburse those affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27182/04]

Written Answers — Military Incursions: Military Incursions (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the British Government the overflight incursion some two miles into County Monaghan, and over the town of Clones, by a British Army helicopter on 17 October 2004; if he will report on the response he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26876/04]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (2 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received an application for capital funding from a group (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if the capital grant will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/04]

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach dropped the red flag again.

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in the reorganisation of the Chief State Solicitor's office. [28840/04]

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Chief State Solicitor's office still responsible for the conveyancing of all State property? Is the office involved in the current sale of all State lands under the decentralisation programme and other programmes, such as the Minister for Health andChildren, Deputy Harney's proposed sale of lands attached to various health facilities throughout the State? Is any of this work contracted out?

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would the Taoiseach come back to me on that?

Regulatory Reform. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28841/04]

Regulatory Reform. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In June 2004, when these questions were last raised, I referred to the section of the White Paper on Regulatory Reform that commits Departments and offices to publish draft heads of Bills where feasible and possible. I asked the Taoiseach if the heads of the Health Bill would be published. The record of the House shows that he replied: "The reform process envisaged by the Health Bill is so...

Regulatory Reform. (16 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The heads of the Health Bill have not been published.