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Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if the code of conduct for office holders is under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7914/08]

Special Educational Needs. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I, too, want to avail of the opportunity to wish the Minister well in his new portfolio and congratulate him on his frontline responsibilities. Does his response represent the fact that the new Minister for Education and Science is approaching the whole issue of autism spectrum disorder with a new copy book? I must take hope from what he says, that the discussions, as he terms them, will...

Capitation Grants. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I accept the Minister's remarks on the encouragement of young people and schools to engage in water conservation, but we cannot single out schools, penalise them and force them to fund-raise for water, thus distracting them from the provision of quality teaching, which is their primary responsibility. Why not apply the same principle to Garda stations, military barracks, Departments and the...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I fully appreciate that the Minister is new to his portfolio and the likelihood is that he will not be able to answer my question.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to put him on notice that this is information he should be able to offer to Members when they seek it. How many additional teachers would be required to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary education by one? What additional resources would be needed to fund that intent? Is the Minister in a position to answer the question? To give the Minister some light relief, his predecessor...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a most regrettable decision.

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the opportunity were open to me I would of course wish to move a Sinn Féin amendment to the motion. As amended on our proposal, the substantive motion tabled by both the Fine Gael and Labour parties would read as follows: That Dáil Éireann, noting: the announcement of a national cancer strategy; the proposal to develop eight centres of excellence at various locations around the...

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: She does not want to listen, which is her problem.

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: She does not want to listen to the people——

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——or public representatives. The Minister and her colleagues in the Department and at Cabinet created what I have described previously as a quango from hell. In this case it is the monstrous quango of the HSE. She has removed democratic accountability in toto. The Minister for Health and Children would rather listen to corporate executives in the private health business and her HSE has...

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It has been given a major role in the provision of dialysis in our health services in the mid-west and south east. The Minister, Deputy Harney, and the HSE trust the likes of these private profiteers in the health care industry more than they trust frontline health care workers——

Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——in the Irish health services and the communities they serve. People should be very clear on the position being taken by Government and Government-supporting Deputies in the vote this evening. There is nowhere for them to hide. If they vote for the Government amendment they are voting for the total centralisation of cancer services and the ending of services at Sligo, Mayo and the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the long-term status of Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal. [20197/08]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (21 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the visa application for a person (details supplied). [20211/08]

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the purpose and remit of the interdepartmental group on security established in the wake of the 11 September 2001 atrocities in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/08]

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the interdepartmental group in question discussed the implications of the Government's ongoing accommodation of US military flights at Shannon Airport en route to its war in Iraq? Given that we are currently hosting an international conference that is addressing the whole issue of cluster munitions, whose intent I wish every success, what assurance can the Taoiseach give that the flights...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not understand how these matters would be irrelevant to the remit of the committee. Our understanding is that this is an interdepartmental group on security established in the wake of the attacks of 11 September 2001. Surely the potential for an attack, which has been raised on many occasions by different voices in the wake of the events of 11 September 2001 and in the fact that the...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking the Taoiseach to clarify the reason he can make the claim that the interdepartmental group does not have a function or role in addressing these matters. Surely the group should have such a role if it is tasked with addressing national security issues. Surely this is a matter of national security concern which would merit address by this interdepartmental group. Will the...

National Security Committee. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the issue be irrelevant until something happens? The Taoiseach's answer is incredible.

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in the first three months of 2008 compared to the first three months of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15230/08]