Results 301-320 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I object to the guillotining of the Second Stage of the Health Bill on Friday. I do not know whether it is an accident or can be attributed to the change in Chief Whip, but there have been very few votes on the Order of Business in this sitting. This is because there has been an acceptance by the Government that guillotines are not appropriate and are not acceptable to the House, particularly...

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join other Members in wishing well all who wish to see a satisfactory and sustainable resolution of the current talks engagement. If agreement is reached, does the Taoiseach envisage a peace dividend for the southern Border counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, given that over the period since the Good Friday Agreement, the expected peace dividend has not...

Council of Europe Development Bank Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome that we have reached Report and Final Stages of the Bill and I will support its passage. I welcome Deputy Burton's amendments and join in her presentation of them, as we did on Committee Stage. On the broad areas addressed by colleagues, it is important to reflect on the backdrop to the Bill, which was introduced following the end of the Second World War. Both the Council of Europe...

Health Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This Bill will not provide one extra bed in our hospital wards. It will not reduce by one hour the waiting time of a single patient in any of our chaotic accident and emergency units. It will not lead to the employment of a single extra nurse, doctor or paramedic. It will not extend radiotherapy services to the regions. It will not restore a single service that has been lost to local...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress to date on the decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29973/04]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress in his efforts to secure a PEACE III programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29974/04]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 152: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times she has met the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety or the British Minister for Health within the past 12 months; the matters discussed at these meetings; if further meetings are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29651/04]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the contacts she has had with the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety or with the British Minister for Health since 30 September 2004 relating to all-Ireland co-operation on suicide prevention. [29652/04]

Written Answers — Suicide Prevention: Suicide Prevention (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost associated with the national task force on suicide; the breakdown of the cost; its priorities for action for the coming 12 months; and the good practices which have been identified through its work. [29653/04]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Buncrana, the second largest town in Donegal, is without both an ambulance service and an appropriate out-of-hours doctors' service; and if the necessary funding for these essential health services will be provided sooner rather than later. [29738/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action being taken as a matter of urgency to fill the vacant dental surgeon position at Portiuncula Hospital. [29739/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will take action to shorten the waiting time for appointments with hospital consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29740/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she or the national treatment purchase fund has collated statistics indicating the average waiting times for outpatient appointments with hospital consultants; and if so, if she will provide these statistics. [29741/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for pre-operative outpatient appointments with hospital consultants for patients requiring hip replacement operations. [29743/04]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting times for hip replacement operations in each of the health board areas. [29742/04]

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) will be transferred to a nursing home in County Monaghan. [29744/04]

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her meeting of 17 November 2004 with officials from the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in relation to the establishment of a North-South child protection forum. [30260/04]

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a pre-budget 2005 submission from the End Child Poverty Coalition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/04]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-nationals who were granted permission to remain here on the basis of their having Irish citizen children are facing discrimination by employers who wrongly believe that a decision (details supplied) retroactively stripped them of their employment rights; the way in which...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Nov 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-nationals who were granted permission to remain here on the basis of their having Irish citizen children are facing discrimination in accessing rental accommodation through landlords who wrongly believe that a decision (details supplied) retroactively stripped them of...