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Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My point is that for Members to have a properly informed debate, information must be shared.

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Members of all opinions have a contribution to make. They have both a responsibility and a duty to play such a part in seeking to find solutions to the current difficulties. However, the Taoiseach is not affording that chance to Members. It is a game to ask Members to await the framework document's agreement with the social partners——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——just as was asking them to sign up for the Anglo Irish Bank——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——-with all the failure to share the necessary information.

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My final point relates to the programme of legislation, which now validly is within the ambit of the Order of Business. Is the Taoiseach aware that since the general election in 2007, the Government thus far has published 44 Bills, of which 38 have been enacted? Is he aware that at the equivalent point in the life of the 29th Dáil, the Government had published 65 Bills, of which 58 had...

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Moreover, when one considers the position regarding the Department of Health and Children——

Order of Business (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——it is absolutely disgraceful.

Child Protection: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank Deputy Howlin for sharing time. A wave of revulsion swept across the nation as the details of the Roscommon child abuse case emerged during the course of last week. This case of appalling abuse, while shocking, is a symptom of the thoroughly defective system of child protection in operation across this State. Each year, approximately 2,500 cases of suspected child abuse are reported...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs he will request that the Euro-Med Agreement, under which Israel has privileged access to the EU market, be suspended until Israel complies with international law in view of Israel's recent bombardment of Gaza and the killing of more than 1,000 Palestinians, a third of them children. [1881/09]

Written Answers — Sports Sponsorship: Sports Sponsorship (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the working group to examine sports sponsorship by alcohol companies has been established; the membership of same; the number of meetings held to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1767/09]

Written Answers — Food Supplements: Food Supplements (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions at EU level regarding the prospect that the EU Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General will set maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; if she has assessed the way such regulations would affect the health food retail sector here; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Food Supplements: Food Supplements (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has had discussions at EU level regarding the prospect that the EU Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General will set maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements; if she has assessed the way such regulations would affect this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Health Service Executive Property: Health Service Executive Property (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended use of the Health Service Executive owned land that has been lying idle for 30 years at Blackcourt Road, Corduff, Dublin 15. [47895/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Executive Property: Health Service Executive Property (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if previously allocated money is available in the Health Service Executive capital programme for a primary care centre in Corduff, Dublin 15, if lease negotiations prove unviable. [47898/08]

Written Answers — Health Centres: Health Centres (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 339: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if private bids have been received to build a primary care centre for Corduff, Dublin 15; and if so, the proposed location of same. [47896/08]

Written Answers — Health Centres: Health Centres (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the intended use of the Corduff Health Centre, Dublin 15 when the new primary care centre is built. [47897/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children who have had to be given emergency accommodation in Garda stations as a result of lack of appropriate care provision by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1031/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in the care of the State for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 with a year-by-year breakdown by an age group of children under five, five to ten, ten to 15 and 15 to 18. [1426/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of residential care for children and fostering children in the care of the State for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. [1427/09]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (27 Jan 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing residential care for children outside the State for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; and the institutions in which children provided with residential care outside of the State were provided with specialised care. [1428/09]