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Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach considering any changes to the Freedom of Information Act, in particular, in respect of the claims expressed in the OECD's recent report that requests for freedom of information should be free? Has that particular section of the OECD report been brought to the Taoiseach's attention? It acknowledges that applying fees has addressed some of the frivolity involved in requests...

Freedom of Information. (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the Taoiseach's reply which indicated an acceptance of the merit of what I sought to establish out of the question concerned. Will the Minister for Finance heed the point on the establishment of these new bodies? My supplementary question was not answered. While the Information Commissioner's position has been discussed, will the Taoiseach take on board the OECD report...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To clarify, is it the case that a Private Notice Question has been accepted?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will it be taken between now and 7 p.m.?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The net effect is that the House will have less time to address the motion on Thornton Hall.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to allow for an extension of time after 7 p.m. The order as presented only allows for Fine Gael and the Labour Party to directly speak in the initial reaction to the Government's proposal. This differs from the manner in which statements are ordered in the House where Sinn Féin has the opportunity to participate. My party's dependence on an extension of time to have an...

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I ask for clarification?

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask for clarification. My colleagues and I have tabled an amendment to this substantive motion. If the opportunity is not provided to directly participate in what is now being proposed, it will be as a direct result of the acceptance of a Private Notice Question on what I do not deny is also a very important issue.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have already indicated it is not agreed. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 8 be agreed to," put and declared carried.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Government allow time to address the report by the health protection surveillance centre on the increased spread of Clostridium difficile? This is a major health emergency and it merits a debate in this House as the Minister and the HSE have not responded to this crisis properly.

Order of Business (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach accommodate such an opportunity?

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have the surgery they have waited 18 months for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20697/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a delay on the part of the Health Service Executive in allocating funding for disability services allocated for 2008, including funding for transitional services for children with autism completing school in 2008 and requiring assistance in their transition to day...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a national working group comprising children with specific speech and language impairment and their parents and key agencies involved in service provision including her Department, the Department of Education and Science and the Health Service Executive, with a view to reviewing and establishing agreed...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 April 2008. [21199/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 295: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has adopted a policy that work permit applications will not be accepted from people who have been made redundant where it took over three months to secure a new offer of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20585/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (27 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda Síochána on street duty are authorised to confiscate the passports of non-Irish nationals; the circumstances under which this may be allowed; the procedures such members are required to follow including instructions that must be given to the passport holder as to where the passport will be held...

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his visit to the United States. [11533/08]

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not wish to go over much of this again, but given that at least on one occasion the former Taoiseach offered little hope of success in relation to the lobby regarding immigration reform in the United States, will the Taoiseach give us a sense of what his expectations are in relation to the current lobby in which he and the Irish Government are directly engaged? What hope of success does...