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Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question relates to legislation. She stated that she would consult with the Attorney General to find what measures could be introduced to overcome the interpretations placed on the Competition Act 2002.

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Tánaiste advise the House on whether the Attorney General has given his advice——

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and whether promised legislation is part of the address of the ongoing difficulties that affect not only the IPU, but the Irish Dental Association and others?

Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will legislation be introduced and has the Attorney General reported back to the Minister on his deliberations on this matter? These questions are in order and I would appreciate if——

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Kenny referred to motions that were put before the Joint Committee on Health and Children by both Labour and Fine Gael, but that is only part of the story. A motion had been put before the committee by the chairman of the committee, Deputy John Moloney, which had the indication of support of all opinions in the committee. I commend Deputy Moloney's preparation of that motion because...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At the outset, I join Deputies Kenny and Gilmore in an expression of sympathy to the families of the two Polish men who were so cowardly and brutally slain in this city this week. I wish to refer to promised health legislation, that is, Bills in respect of which heads have yet to be approved. I note that the Minister for Health and Children is sitting next to the Tánaiste and Members spoke...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It hardly compares——

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——to the health legislation situation. Can the Tánaiste advise the House whether the Minister sitting beside him is responsible for the dentists Bill, the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, the health (corporate bodies) Bill, the health information Bill, the human tissue Bill, the mental health (amendment) Bill, the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill and the public health...

Order of Business (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is it not the case that the former Tánaiste and current Minister for Health and Children is barely treading water in her brief?

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The primary reason this issue is being dealt with in this format — statements — is that the overwhelming majority of Government Deputies would not want a division on it today. That is regrettable because from working with many of them and speaking to several of them privately I know they hold the same views as voices that will be heard from the Opposition benches in the course of this...

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: However, this is not the only part of our primary care sector in severe difficulty. I already referred to the virtual collapse of the free dental scheme, while much more serious is the rapidly emerging shortage of GPs. We have an aging general population and an aging GP population, with older doctors retiring and not enough younger doctors coming on stream to replace them. There are major...

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will include Deputy Flynn as well.

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I urge them to act in unison and to demand facilitation of a negotiated settlement, before tens of thousands of patients, many of them elderly and infirm, are subject to further worry and distress.

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Who will be the losers? Where does the Minister believe they are located? Will they only be pharmacists? How many medical card holders and drug payment scheme dependants will be on this list of losers forecast by the Minister? Is there an analysis of the numbers of people who will have their current arrangements significantly displaced? What contingency arrangements have been considered,...

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not, by a long shot. I recognise that other Members wish to contribute. Has the Minister any difficulty with the point repeated in the motion that no changes in the current contract or remuneration will take place until the independent body will report and, likewise, that the pharmacists will refrain from any reduction in services?

Pharmaceutical Pricing: Statements (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the Competition Act?

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take measures to prevent English retail stores marking up the euro price of their products here. [8252/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (28 Feb 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to any situations in the past where companies based in the North and South of Ireland discriminate against their southern work force. [8251/08]

National Archives. (4 Mar 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of files withheld by his Department from the National Archives in respect of the year 1977; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4974/08]

National Archives. (4 Mar 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Taoiseach outline the process employed in making decisions to withhold files? The Act states that a Department may withhold a file if its transfer to the National Archives would be contrary to the public interest. Can the Taoiseach explain if there is a single officer entrusted with this assessment responsibility within each Department or whether there is wider consultation and if...