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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Dec 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the residency application of a person (details supplied); and if same will be expedited as their current work permit is nearing expiration. [35877/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if all fees and costs arising from the McCracken tribunal have been discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30968/07]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach still agree with his statement, at the time of the publication of the McCracken tribunal report, that "the acceptance of large gifts or payments or personal benefits in a surreptitious manner or the large scale evasion of tax and exchange control regulations by even one or two senior serving politicians or members of Government is deeply damaging to trust in politics"?...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding the Taoiseach's position at the publication of the McCracken tribunal report, I cited what he said at the time.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding criticisms of the scope of the investigations, the duration of the Mahon tribunal and its cost, many of these questions are also pertinent to other tribunals yet there is not the same focus from the Taoiseach or his Ministers. The Taoiseach has answered in part, referring to what has been done or what was proposed in respect of the curtailment of costs of tribunals. The Taoiseach...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister indicated a figure of €440 million in 2004. There is a major discrepancy and I am sure none of the counsels has paid a refund or returned moneys to the State. How can the figure be smaller today than what was indicated previously when a gap of four years applies?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He stated that the cost of all inquiries, completed and current, was €440 million.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will not discount that at this point. I must revisit what I have looked at.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is there an indication of what that figure might be?

Public Service Pay. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost to his Department of the implementation of the recommendations of the review body on higher remuneration in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30969/07]

Public Service Pay. (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Broadly in the same vein, how does the Taoiseach respond to SIPTU, which has again pointed out that the trend within the private sector is for senior management grades to secure increases considerably above any relationship to others in middle management and all other worker levels within the private sector? Does he not accept that the broad majority of people and a growing number of people...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the draft plan by the Health Service Executive to cut services in all hospitals in the north-east region, comprising counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath; the grave implications of this plan for patient care and the need for the...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The promised debate is not now to take place. The Taoiseach referred earlier in response to questions during Taoiseach's Question Time to the upcoming debate on collusion. We do not have a debate and the word "collusion" is not even in the text of the terms or theme of address as presented on the Order Paper. As Deputy Costello indicated, we were expecting a motion and without a motion...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to correct a point the Taoiseach made earlier about the proposal from some voices to decouple the addressing of the spill-over from the C case from the addressing of the substantive issue of children's rights in terms of the Constitution. Sinn Féin has not given its agreement to this proposition. In fact, at the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children last week I...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that. I conclude by asking the Taoiseach to take this on board and not to rest on the basis of having been informed there is all-party agreement. There is not, and those are the reasons. My question on the Order of Business is as follows. A quick examination of the legislative programme in the area of health——

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that we have been waiting for years for two key pieces of legislation promised, in the autumn 2007 programme, for 2008, I now find that in the new programme just published it is stated that it is not possible to indicate when they will be published. This is all about people's rights to access health and social services. I am speaking of the eligibility for health and personal social...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to take on board the concerns I have expressed.

Written Answers — Tax Forecasts: Tax Forecasts (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on and the contents of the findings and recommendations of the report of the Tax Forecasting Methodology Review Group; and the action he will take based on the recommendations of the report. [2393/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the constraints that directives from the European Union put on the ability of Ireland to make changes to the VAT regime here, including the State's ability to make changes to the number of VAT bands and the rates which they are set at. [2394/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a system of mandatory reporting of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36047/07]