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Departmental Bodies. (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the communications unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40254/06]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his proposals regarding the essential repairs grant scheme and the special housing aid for the elderly scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42465/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the establishment of an all-Ireland environment protection agency in view of the OECD recommendations that environmental issues should be dealt with on an-island wide basis; and if he will raise this issue when he meets his Six Counties counterpart in the North during their next meeting. [42464/06]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in assessing the application for domiciliary care allowance for the parents of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if it will be expedited in view of the hardship being suffered by the family. [42416/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the proposed private hospital co-location plan for Letterkenny General Hospital and Galway University Hospital will not be proceeding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42504/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 7 November 2006. [42830/06]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will consider the request from the Donegal County Council Islands Committee to allow islanders to continue drift net salmon fishing which in their view will not damage the levels of salmon stock but would ensure a sustainable livelihood for those involved in salmon fishing on islands here; if he will...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (12 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the assistance he, his Department or other Departments have given or will give to aid the European Parliament's recruitment of a full complement of translators, 60 in number, to facilitate the full implementation of the promised official working status of the Irish language within the European Union; and if he will...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is the time of year when many people, older people in particular, face the worry and distress of illness and hospitalisation. Is the Taoiseach aware that the fears of many of these older citizens are compounded by the further fear of acquiring hospital based infections such as MRSA? Is he aware of the concerns that exist in all communities? Last month, I raised this issue on Leaders'...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The wall of silence is real. Relatives are not being told — that is a fact. The last time I raised this matter with the Taoiseach, I mentioned the position in the Netherlands. The Taoiseach responded by saying that the Government would not go down that road. It is clear that one of the stark and critical differences between the system in the Netherlands and the system here is that there...

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting on 16 November 2006 with the family of the late Sinn Féin councillor, Mr. Eddie Fullerton, who was murdered in his home in Buncrana, County Donegal, in May 1991 (details supplied); the action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39355/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the action he proposes to take in response to the final report on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Bombing of Kay's Tavern, Dundalk, and other acts of collusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42280/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to record my welcome of the fact that the Taoiseach has met with the family of the late Councillor Eddie Fullerton. I pay tribute to the steadfastness of that family and recall that the late Eddie Fullerton's son, Albert, was tragically killed earlier this year. He had tirelessly campaigned for truth and justice in his father's memory. Following on the Taoiseach's meeting with the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and the then Buncrana Urban District Council. In that context, will the Taoiseach indicate to the House today that he will move to establish all the facts by such a method, recognising something which is not a small matter, namely, that in the fullness of time if Councillor Fullerton had lived, I have no doubt he would have been sitting on these benches just as Taoiseach and I?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to make a similar point regarding the import of this Bill. As a general practice, I do not believe this to be an appropriate approach to carrying out the business of the House. While all Members appreciate the importance of what is entailed, the continually repeated practice of cramming and ramming through legislation with guillotines in the last week of a session is inappropriate...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding from his Department that has gone to supporting social options for those who choose to socialise in a drug and alcohol free environment in particular late opening cafes targeted at teenagers. [42864/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the British Government to extend child benefit to pregnant women from the seventh month of their pregnancy, to assist them in meeting their extra nutritional requirements during that time; his plans to introduce a similar benefit here; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The proposal contains 12 separate items, including motions, amendments of Standing Orders and even legislation. I agree with my colleagues it is inappropriate to create a lumpen mass of all of these and to ask us to make a decision on whether to proceed without debate. Like many colleagues, I have concerns about a number of these items while I welcome others. This is a poor approach to...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It must be recognised that following a month of recess it is not acceptable to return to this House on 24 and 25 January and for us not to have an opportunity to address whatever important issues may present in the weeks ahead. Accountability of Government is critically important and any number of issues will arise that will be relevant and appropriate to raise either by way of Leaders'...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Having the Minister, Deputy McDowell, with responsibility for equality issues is a contradiction in itself.