Results 4,801-4,820 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Official Engagements. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, however unsatisfactory.

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with political leaders in the context of the tenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15228/08]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18721/08]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May is the deadline for the transfer of policing and justice powers from the British Government in London to the Executive in Belfast. We are in the last few days in May. I welcome the Taoiseach's statement that the time is now right for the transfer of these powers, with which I fully concur. Is the Taoiseach aware the setting of a clear and realisable date for the transfer of these...

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday, a 70 year old man had to wait for eight hours in the outpatients department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda for an X-ray that took but a few minutes.

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: He had to sit in the discomfort and the indignity of his own wet because he could not access the toilet facilities in that department.

Order of Business. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: These are the realities and stories coming to Deputies from all over the jurisdiction. I am asking in the context of the eligibility for health and personal social services Bill, what the Taoiseach can do to bring forward legislation and to make some concerted effort with the Minister and the Department to have these disgraceful situations stopped once and for all.

Garda Complaints Procedures. (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give the go ahead to a Garda Ombudsman Commission request to examine the management of crowd protests and civil disobedience with the object of reducing the number of related complaints against Gardaí in the future. [21068/08]

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the assessment of both the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors that the Garda Reserve is a failed and costly exercise which should be scrapped. [21069/08]

Written Answers — Health Care Associated Infections: Health Care Associated Infections (28 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate action she will take to implement in full the recommendations of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre on the alarming spread of C. difficile and other hospital based infections. [21505/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with an intellectual disability and those with autism accommodated in psychiatric hospitals; the number of same accommodated in de-designated units which were formerly designated as psychiatric services; the numbers of same moved from psychiatric hospitals prior to 2002 to alternative accommodation which is now...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of her Department's programme to transfer persons with an intellectual disability or autism from psychiatric hospitals and other inappropriate placements; the progress made in implementing this programme since 2002; the number of persons moved from inappropriate placements to appropriate accommodation in each year since...

Written Answers — Alcohol Advertising: Alcohol Advertising (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the 2007 report of the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21692/08]

Written Answers — Alcohol Advertising: Alcohol Advertising (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the revised voluntary code to limit the exposure of young people to alcoholic drink advertising will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21693/08]

Written Answers — Alcohol Advertising: Alcohol Advertising (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research and analysis she has undertaken in advance of revising the codes to limit the exposure of young people to alcoholic drink advertising and to determine the effectiveness of the current voluntary code; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21694/08]

Written Answers — Alcohol Advertising: Alcohol Advertising (29 May 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will implement the recommendations of the working group on tackling alcohol misuse in Sustaining Progress to include representatives of the social partners on the Alcohol Marketing Communications Monitoring Body. [21695/08]

Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The cost of a litre of diesel today is 143.9 cent.

Commissions of Investigation. (4 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the further action he has demanded of the British Government in regard to collusion, including recommendations arising from the reports of Mr. Justice Barron and the resolution passed by Dáil Éireann in March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18722/08]

Commissions of Investigation. (4 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall that the Sub-Committee of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights issued reports on the outcome of the independent commission of inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and the three related Barron reports, including the inquiry into the bombing of Kay's Tavern in Dundalk and the other incidences in Castleblayney and...

Commissions of Investigation. (4 Jun 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In his reply to Deputy Kenny, the Taoiseach referred to these as "ongoing matters". This is 2008 and the Dublin and Monaghan bombings occurred on 17 May 1974. Some 34 years later for many of the survivors and bereaved of that day's terrible events in this city and in my home town, time has marched on significantly. For many of those directly caught up and their immediate families, the...