Results 21-40 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is no substance to it. We need to see Dáil reform brought forward urgently, and we will all participate in that. That is what needs to be done and I hope the Taoiseach will facilitate it at the earliest opportunity.

Care of the Elderly: Motion. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ar son Teachtaí Shinn Féin, ba mhaith liom tacú leis an rún in ainmna dTeachtaí Neamhspléacha. Is ceist fíor-thábhachtach é cúram na sean-daoine agus is cinnte gur theip ar an Rialtas seo cúram ceart a chur ar fáil do an-chuid daoine aosta atá ina n-aonar agus atá i mbochtanas sa tír seo. On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies, I support the motion on the care of the elderly in...

Hospital Inquiry. (3 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share a minute of my time with my colleague, Deputy Crawford. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important issue and I join Deputy Brendan Smith in welcoming the Minister to the House at this late hour. The failure so far to have the promised inquiry into the dispute involving two now-suspended consultants at Cavan General Hospital is grossly unfair to...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister in London on 17 December 2003. [1032/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received the annual report of the North-South Ministerial Council for 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1036/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach the role he will play in the review of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1578/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to provide for Six County representation in the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2004. [1699/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister on 19 January 2004. [1790/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Government a strategy to end the suspension of the institutions by the British Government and to move the Good Friday Agreement forward to full implementation? If so, will the Taoiseach outline the strategy to the House? Does he agree with the response of both Sinn Féin and the SDLP to the DUP proposals last week that they are, in essence, unworkable and amount to a blueprint for a...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In respect of Deputy Kenny's point regarding the DUP's particular focus on paramilitary activity and his assertion that that refocuses attention on Sinn Féin, does the Taoiseach not agree that in reality the address of paramilitary activities, in all their shapes and guises, is the responsibility of all elected representatives and all parties? Does he agree we should be moving forward...

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Very briefly, a Cheann Comhairle——

Leaders' Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach is aware that many of those who gave large donations to elected representatives of his party, including Mr. Tom Gilmartin, have stated that they were donations to Fianna Fáil. They also stated that they made that clear to the recipients at the time, including to former Minister, Pádraig Flynn. The Taoiseach told the Dáil in his statement on 27 January 1999 that he had asked...

Leaders' Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has there been a series of investigations, given that there has been a series of claims that substantial moneys were given by donors to senior members of Fianna Fáil and that, as has been subsequently stated, the moneys did not find their way into the party's coffers? If so, what is the current status of such investigations?

Leaders' Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply but he did not respond to one of my key questions.

Leaders' Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Did former Commissioner and Minister, Pádraig Flynn, respond substantively to the questions posed by the former Fianna Fáil general secretary, Mr. Martin Macken? Has that response been received? Were the questions properly answered and explained by former Minister Flynn? Does the Taoiseach have an estimate, or an approximation, of the sums, in terms of donations, ostensibly given to Fianna...

Leaders' Questions. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It must be a substantial sum of money. The £50,000 of which we are speaking was paid some years ago. That is, in today's terms, a substantial sum. On the statement made this week that the Fianna Fáil ethics committee will address the issue concerning Deputy Cooper-Flynn, is this the first time that committee has addressed this matter and all that swirls around it?

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share my time with Deputies Joe Higgins and Sargent.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In his opening remarks in statements on the Gilmartin controversy in January 1999, the Taoiseach, when referring to the relationship between planning decisions and big business, said, "The people are entitled to the assurance that the public interest is paramount at all times and that such decisions are taken on legitimate grounds, having regard to employment, effects on the environment and...

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A corruption of politics forms the background to this debate. The Government is fooling itself if it thinks for a moment that the public is not aware of that. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos at the end of last month, the Taoiseach warned Sinn Féin in a very clear statement to stay quiet on issues of corruption. The party has no intention of doing so.

Mahon Tribunal: Statements. (10 Feb 2004)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicated earlier.