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Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Go raibh maith agat. We are now on the one level here.

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The all-Ireland charter of rights, the all-Ireland parliamentary forum and the consultative civic forum are the subjects of a number of promises contained within the Good Friday Agreement. Can the Tánaiste indicate his hope and expectation for the delivery of these solid commitments within the Good Friday Agreement and whether legislation is envisaged in order to assist the delivery of...

Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Cad mar gheall ar focal scoir?

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 20 February 2008. [13740/08]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when replies will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 85 to 87, 89 to 90 and 94 to 95 of 14 February 2008. [13741/08]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 26 February 2008. [13761/08]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (10 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 4 March 2008. [13763/08]

Death of Former President: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Teachtaí Shinn Féin ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann Uí hIrighile ar bhás an dochtúra Pádraig Ó hIrighile. Déanaim an comhbhrón sin chomh maith le ceannaire Fhianna Fáil agus le baill an pháirtí sin agus le pobal Chontae an Chláir a raibh an Dóchtúir Ó hIrighile mar ionadaí tofa acu le blianta fada. On my own behalf and on behalf...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address a matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the catastrophic situation facing Monaghan and Cavan general hospitals, as clearly set out by hospital consultants in correspondence to the HSE, if the HSE proceeds with its plan to further downgrade Monaghan General Hospital resulting in the loss of...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is, unquestionably, a crisis of confidence in the Department of Health and Children and the HSE among the wider populace that is not only reflected on the Opposition benches here. What steps will the Tánaiste take to address the logjam in terms of legislation that is promised by Government under the aegis of the Minister for Health and Children? I speak specifically of the health...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is other legislation about which I wish to ask. If the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, about which we have asked on many occasions, is delayed any further, there might be very little left, given the way the HSE is proceeding. The nurses and midwives Bill has been promised, as has the dentists Bill and the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill. The list is endless.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is clearly a logjam in the Department. Is the Minister on top of her brief? With regard to the pharmacy (No. 2) Bill, is the Tánaiste aware pharmacies throughout the country have been issuing notice to their customers that as of 1 May they may withdraw from the State-sponsored schemes of access to medication?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What steps are being taken? Will the Tánaiste intervene with the Minister for Health and Children to ensure an adequate address of this fearful situation presenting? This matter has been addressed by the health committee but it has not been addressed substantively in the Chamber. Will he ask the Minister for Health and Children to come before the House and be accountable for what can only...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What of the eligibility Bill?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What of the dentistry Bill?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Tánaiste agree there is an inordinate list?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I care. The Tánaiste has to demonstrate he does.

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join colleagues in extending sympathy to the wife and family of the late Michael Mills. Over many years he was an important commentator on political matters on this island and beyond. In being appointed the first Ombudsman, he set a very high standard. It was a difficult task but one that he approached with a seriousness and earnestness that was reflective of the man. The Irish for...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Sherlock for sharing time. I fully support the sentiments expressed in the motion tabled by Fine Gael and concur with the concerns expressed across the farming sector at the implications the WTO negotiations might have for Irish agriculture. The proposals by the Trade Commissioner to open up the EU to increased food imports, if accepted, will have massive and detrimental...

Hospital Services (17 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Every week since the Dáil resumed at the start of this year has brought news of more cuts in our public health services as a result of the disastrous policy of this Government and disastrous management by the Health Service Executive. These cuts have come on top of the policy of over-centralisation which attacks the services provided at local hospitals. Nowhere has this been done more...