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Official Engagements. (10 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation at the United Nations Assembly on 23 September 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33527/09]

Official Engagements. (10 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach his engagements during his recent visit to New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33528/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (10 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) regarding the progress on the implementation of the national drugs strategy for service user involvement in the Irish health service; her views on this correspondence; when she will reply to the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40236/09]

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach aware of the growing and justified cynicism in Ireland and throughout Europe at the wheeling and dealing around the appointment of someone to the newly-created position of the presidency of the Council of Europe? Would he accept that what is involved here is the putting in place of someone at a very senior position within the unelected bureaucracy of the European Union and...

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In case he is wondering, the Taoiseach does not have the confidence of all his colleagues. However, I am looking at the situation as it presents. My concern is that I see the wheeling and dealing and the fact that there is no particular criteria. The Taoiseach may deny the presentation of it as he pleases but it appears he was wrong footed and that there was not in place a process by which...

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach said that he was a fellow Irishman and is that not good enough.

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It must go a little deeper than that. Let us make no mistake about it and it is not lost on people that the Taoiseach would not have supported Mr. Bruton if his nomination had been presented for the Presidency of Ireland. There is no question about it.

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is not about John Bruton.

EU Council Meetings. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No. My comments were about the Taoiseach and the criteria.

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referenda he plans to initiate during the remainder of the current Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39055/09]

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last week, the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, published a shocking report that highlighted the need for greater protection for children under the Constitution. I noted the Taoiseach's earlier reply that he understands the majority of members of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children do not support the constitutional amendment route. This Deputy...

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and the presentation of a constitutional amendment that would enshrine the rights of children in the Constitution. Does the Taoiseach agree that this most recent report, with all that has gone before, compels support for a constitutional amendment and that it is the only and appropriate way to proceed to ensure we reach a point that will guarantee not only the care system but the...

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Briefly-----

Constitutional Amendments. (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach not agree that the Ballydowd facility has only been in existence for nine years? It is a tragic exposure of the failure of our system that when HIQA finally presents its report, the centre has to close. This should have been picked up along the way so that the necessary remedial interventions could have been undertaken to avoid the closure of the centre and the...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was put to the Taoiseach that he should not proceed with the decisions in the budget measures in April regarding the Christmas payment to social welfare recipients and pensioners. I reiterate that proposal. Following on that, is it intended to have a social welfare Bill following the budget? If so, is the Bill likely to be presented before the Christmas recess? Is the Taoiseach in a...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (11 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on families falling into the hands of money lenders as a result of the Christmas bonus cuts. [40671/09]

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Sinn Féin Deputies do not agree to the Order Paper as presented by the Tánaiste this morning. Very simply, we oppose the NAMA proposition absolutely and the guillotine to be applied. Make no mistake about it, 37 amendments coming back from the Seanad is tantamount to an acknowledgement — an admission on the part of the Government because they are Government amendments — that what...

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have a crisis in the largest hospital in the north east, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. Four deaths have been associated with an outbreak of C. difficile, three wards have been closed and absolute chaos has resulted from the spin-off situation. Will the Tánaiste indicate to the House if the Minister for Health and Children will accommodate——

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In relation to the arrangement of the ordering of business of the House, will the Tánaiste indicate whether the Minister for Health and Children will accommodate an opportunity to address this very serious situation and outline what additional measures she is introducing to ensure patients are not playing a game of Russian roulette with MRSA or C. difficile in taking up opportunities in...

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Ceann Comhairle is well aware, this is an extremely important matter. I have made a reasonable request to ascertain whether address of the issue can be accommodated on the floor of the House.