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Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last month it was revealed that public patients are still facing waiting times of up to a year and a half for vital tests on suspected cancers, including colonoscopy examinations. This is in spite of the false promises made by the Minister and the Taoiseach on improvements in cancer care, especially in the area of diagnostics. Last October, Susie Long died of cancer after her diagnosis was...

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Am I?

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It just seems much longer. I feel weary thinking back on every day of the intervening period. She bears direct responsibility for a situation whereby public patients with symptoms which might indicate cancer have to wait as long as 18 months for vital tests. There is no excuse for this. The Minister says it is unacceptable, and she is correct. However, if it was unacceptable when she...

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry, I did not hear the Minister.

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sorry, I cannot hear what the Minister is saying.

Cancer Reports: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It will be of no comfort to the Minister but Fianna Fáil-led Governments for the past 11 years have presided over what is a catalogue of failures and delays in cancer care. What is urgently needed is comprehensive public cancer care, provided in the public health care system and available to all citizens on the basis of need alone, regardless of their ability to pay or where they are...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the impact of an expansion of low paid employment on the tax take, both in terms of income tax revenue and revenue from spending taxes. [15243/08]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (24 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the fact that tax revenues were 8.3% lower in January and February 2008 than in the same period in 2007. [15244/08]

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if a value for money audit has been carried out in his Department on the e-Government project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15232/08]

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sure the Minister of State has set a record here today with his earlier reply.

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will be brief in putting my question. Are specific guidelines and practices in place within the Civil Service for the procurement and commissioning of IT within Departments and State bodies? A succession of less than successful procurements of computer systems has taken place within State bodies and among the major players in the Civil Service. We need only remind ourselves of the...

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There has not been a striking performance in that area.

e-Government Projects. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I refer to my earlier question about the lessons that must be learned from this series of disasters, several of which have been enumerated. Are specific guidelines and practices in place to ensure there will be no recurrence of the squander of public moneys that we have addressed this afternoon and on many occasions previously? What are the guidelines and practices required of Departments,...

Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have been advised that a sum of €110 million was set aside specifically for the introduction of the fair deal scheme and that it has been diverted. Will the Minister of State be specific and tell us if, indeed, that €110 million has been diverted and, if so, to what purpose? Has she taken the required steps to ensure it is specific to the needs of older people or is it the case that...

Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am just finishing the question.

Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am very sorry. I am grateful to you for your patience. We may need this support ourselves some day. Is it the case that the difficulties are around the whole area of the contribution that is expected from senior citizens and their families and the real concern rests around the whole issue of up to 15% of the estate of the person being provided for? I ask the Minister of State to be specific.

Nursing Home Support Scheme. (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I asked if the €110 million has been diverted and, if so, to what purpose?

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The differences of opinion that the Tánaiste and I may have on this issue aside, I agree that we need all of the information available. The electorate has a right and entitlement to all the facts. We all also have a responsibility to respect the right of others to offer an alternative view and it should be conducted in a mature and respectful debate process over the six weeks remaining up...

Order of Business (29 Apr 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is in order. I am requesting, with respect——