Results 641-660 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Was the Minister consulted, advised or aware at any time of the cases of those who complained and had their charges stopped? Will he accept that if he had even an inkling of such cases, it should have alerted him to the fact that something was seriously wrong with the whole matter of the application of charges for people in long-term nursing home care? Given that the Tánaiste, as the new...

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking the question of the Minister, not his advice centre.

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the determination of these cases, was it brought to the Minister's attention? Had he any knowledge of those cases?

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The cases of people who complained and had their charges stopped. It is a very simple question. At any time, was the Minister aware of such cases where charges were stopped?

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister was not aware of charges being stopped at any time?

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: At what level would decisions like that be taken?

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am sure that was referred up.

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Would the Minister answer my second question? Does he accept that if he had any inkling of those cases——

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We would not call it reform in Monaghan under the Minister's tenure, with all respect, as I told him many times.

Report on Long-Stay Care Charges: Motion. (10 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister answer the question?

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Minister of State statistical information, not only on the numbers actively engaged in agriculture, but also the number of people, including children, dependent on it as the primary source of income provision? How many citizens are wholly or in part dependent on agriculture as a primary source of income and provision for life's needs? Will the Minister of State indicate whether that...

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect to the Ceann Comhairle, I am within the scope of the question and want to know if that information is available. Any evaluation of this type is valuable only when we appreciate the number of people dependent on agriculture to provide for life's needs. It would be outside the scope of the question to recognise the significant——

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and dramatic decline. It would be interesting to know whether the Government has any strategies to arrest that decline. I will probably be told that this is not the responsibility of the Minister of State.

Computerisation Programme. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Over recent days, concerns have been expressed on the national airwaves regarding the capacity of broadband roll-out in terms of speed. The concerns are that the capacity of the new system being introduced falls significantly behind that of other European players. What is the Government's position and what view does it take? Has the Government responded to the criticisms aired by the national...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This morning in my constituency, along with Deputy Crawford and local councillors, I visited Iorball Sionnaigh national school in Scotstown, County Monaghan. We witnessed no less than six classes with in excess of 30 pupils. In the pre-secondary year, in sixth class, we found 36 pupils. Does the Tánaiste recognise this is the reality which many of our young people, particularly in the...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Tánaiste knows there is a significant difference between the pupil-teacher ratio and the average class size but she and her colleagues continue to refer to it almost as a crutch for their own failures to address the real need in the education system. She should make no mistake. It is like saying there are 166 Members in the Dáil and seven political parties and, therefore, we can say the...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The average class size is the important figure.

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ba mhaith liom ar son Sinn Féin comhghairdeas a ghabháil don bheirt Teachtaí nua. On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies, I congratulate Deputy Catherine Murphy and Deputy Shane McEntee on their achievement in their respective by-election contests. I agree, not often but certainly on this occasion, with Deputy Kenny that it is a signal honour to be returned from any constituency to represent...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding legislation to be introduced by the Department of Finance which seeks to update the legislative basis of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, namely the Revenue Bill, no date has been posited so far in the programme of legislation for this year. Will the Tánaiste clarify if a date has now been determined for the publication of this Bill and will she clarify to the House, with...

National Development Plan: Statements. (22 Mar 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to share time with Deputies McHugh, Cowley and Boyle.