Results 5,401-5,420 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Benchmarking Awards. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach referred to the oft cited disparity between public service and private sector pension provisions. Will he agree the Government has failed to address the other serious disparity, the denial of the right to collective bargaining and trade union representation in the private sector? Is he prepared to take the appropriate legislative address of this serious disparity and afford...

Benchmarking Awards. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the right to negotiation?

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government; if modifications have been made to the programme in view of changed economic circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29531/08]

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would the Taoiseach accept that the programme for Government no longer has any credibility? Two of the signatories to the programme for Government, Deputies Bertie Ahern and Trevor Sargent, are no longer the leaders of their respective parties, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party, and the third signatory of the programme, Deputy Mary Harney, does not have a party. Does the Taoiseach accept...

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach has indicated to the House that he believes the Government should, as indeed we all would, feel bound by the signatories of our predecessors or whomever for the time being was leader of our respective parties and that he feels duty bound in terms of the delivery of the commitments contained in the programme for Government because that was what his...

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach might accept the recommendation that looking seriously at delivering on commitments such as social housing and essential infrastructural projects can help both to arrest the decline in construction sector employment and help rejuvenate an economy in serious difficulty.

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach has a very confused memory. I am more concerned about how confused he will be in future.

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When the Taoiseach resorts to that sort of reply he clearly does not have the answers.

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should address the issues I have raised instead of taking swipes at Sinn Féin.

Programme for Government. (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach can keep that for the podium at next year's elections.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to briefly——

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Sinn Féin Deputies supported Deputy Gilmore and the Labour Party in their opposition to the Order Paper as presented yesterday morning on this same issue and we do so again today. They have clearly identified a mechanism to challenge Government's clear intent to silence, to censor and to set aside what it regards as a thorn in its side. The Combat Poverty Agency is a body which has...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Unquestionably, the arguments presented by Deputy Gilmore deserve the support of all in this House who wish to see an end to poverty in our society.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will again support the Labour Party today.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I object to the imposition of the guillotine on the Second Stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill. All Deputies should have the opportunity to contribute to this important legislation at any time but particularly at this time of economic woes.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Finance Bill implements what can only be described as one of the most disastrous budgets ever imposed on the Irish people. It seems that as the Taoiseach and his Ministers were returning from their summer holidays they witnessed with growing panic the major recession facing the economy. The fundamentally flawed economic decisions of the past decade were clearly coming back to haunt...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: "Codology" is a fine word upon which to conclude at this point.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach tried this morning to imply a lack of support by Sinn Féin for the construction sector, because we pointed out the serious dependence the Government has had on this sector for the economic activity of the State in the past decade. I described this as codology and stated that it was an indication that the Taoiseach had no contribution to make when he was resorting to such...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (26 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of the SPEAK programme installed in community development programmes; if an evaluation of the programme has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42992/08]

Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Order Paper does not accommodate the issue raised by Members which concerns the wider public. This issue is the significant erosion of confidence in FÁS as a very important body entrusted with the training and retraining of people in the workforce, the greater number of whom are unemployed. That is a very serious matter which must be addressed in the House. I do not believe, with the...