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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss the following matter of national and regional importance, namely, the need for the Ministers for Transport and Finance to reverse the decision to halt the building of 78 major road schemes, including the N2 Dublin to Derry primary route from Clontibret, County Monaghan, to the border with County Tyrone, which involves the essential bypass of the...

Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With regard to the upcoming budget on 7 April and the introduction of a finance Bill to give effect to the measures contained therein, can the Taoiseach indicate at this point if the Government has decided to follow this with a social welfare Bill? Have there been serious deliberations on that prospect? Is the Taoiseach prepared to discuss such a proposition with the Opposition in advance...

Order of Business (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That was a very long "Yes".

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At the end of February we were presented with catastrophic unemployment figures. There were then more than 350,000 people out of work and we are losing jobs at a rate of 1,000 per day. Predictions of more than 500,000 on the dole by Christmas might very well prove to be conservative. This will mean tens of thousands more families becoming dependent on social welfare. When I asked the...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has appointed an aviation expert in relation to the closure of a company (details supplied); the identity of the person; their role and remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11235/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a bed will be made available in the Mater Hospital, Dublin, in respect of a person (details supplied). [11207/09]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposed relocation, under the decentralisation programme, of the Health Information and Quality Authority, addressing the issues of the location to which it is proposed to move; the preparatory steps that have already been taken that is site acquisition and development and so on and cost and interim upkeep; and if...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) will be given an operation at St Vincent's Hospital for osteoarthritis. [11284/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 807: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of letters have been sent by her Department to deceased persons advising them of the new system of electronic social welfare payments and of the distress this is causing to the bereaved families who receive these letters; the steps she will take to ensure these incidents...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the European Central Bank interest rate cut of 0.5%, announced on 5 March 2009, will be passed on in full to local authority mortgage holders. [12235/09]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 918: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the decentralisation of his Department's offices to Cavan; if he will confirm the details of the site purchase for this project; the location, size, cost and any ongoing outlay, that is, security and so on; his expectations of the plan to relocate to Cavan proceeding post the 2011 review; and if...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1054: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has been denied special needs assistance because their diagnosis is PDD-NOS rather than autism; the reason for this decision in view of the fact that PDD-NOS is recognised as being within the range of autistic spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11205/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1055: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a county breakdown of all schools at pre-architectural planning stage. [11206/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Programme: Schools Building Programme (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1058: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the conditions in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Galway, such as crumbling windows covered in bird wire to prevent the children from breaking glass and dangerous fungus growing on the walls which forced the closure of the school for several days and leaking prefabs with poor...

Written Answers — Schools Building Programme: Schools Building Programme (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1059: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in each year over the past three years that have progressed to architectural planning stage. [11233/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Programme: Schools Building Programme (24 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1060: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the final costs of each school that completed stage five in 2008; the number of pupils in each school; and the location of same. [11234/09]

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the planned European Council meetings for the remainder of 2009 in which he will participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/09]

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was reported at last week's European Council meeting that the Taoiseach updated his heads of government colleagues in Brussels on the Lisbon treaty and the development of the so-called legally binding guarantees. When will the Taoiseach be in a position to brief the Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas on the same progress that he was in a position to share with the other heads of...

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach's response on the progress with the matters pertaining to what I describe as so-called legally binding guarantees as an attachment to the Lisbon treaty was very vague. Apart altogether from the next planned address of these matters at the June European Council meeting, when will he be in a position to give a definitive report to the Houses of the Oireachtas in regard to them?...

European Council Meetings. (25 Mar 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is wholly within their ambit. This horrific action on the part of a democratically elected Government is in breach of article 2 of that particular Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement with Israel. Is it not now time to take those actions or what other actions is the Taoiseach considering?