Results 7,521-7,540 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Have the arrangements for the proposed new standing committee been discussed with the other Government colleagues in the Green Party? Will the Taoiseach clarify whether any engagement with the Green Party has taken place on this matter? This morning I arrived here early and until 10.30 endeavoured to contact the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I tried the...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Taoiseach had the opportunity to discuss this matter with the leader of the Green Party and his colleagues? Where does the Taoiseach think he might be? I did not see him here all day yesterday. I saw him on the television news on the plinth last evening.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have not seen him here all day today. Up to the commencement of business at 10.30 a.m. we could not contact him in any shape or form. Will the Taoiseach advise whether the Minister-----

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----is suffering from some fit of pique over recent matters of discussion between Fianna Fáil and the Green Party or at least whether he is suffering from some sort of a fit in any event? Will the Taoiseach clarify where he is and whether he will present himself in the Chamber today?

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The legislative programme just published contains the prescription charges Bill, which proposes to give effect to the disgraceful measure in the budget to impose charges for prescriptions on medical card holders. When will the prescription charges Bill be published? Would the Taoiseach avail of the opportunity, after careful reflection, not to proceed with this proposal? Given that this...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No 105 of 4 November 2009, when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive. [2564/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing the application for unemployment benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if this will be processed without any further delay. [2278/10]

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (20 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his role in the co-ordination of efforts to address the severe weather conditions; if a Cabinet sub-committee was tasked to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1238/10]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the progress of his aim to expand the social and affordable housing scheme to meet the needs of 90,000 households as laid down in the programme for Government. [2332/10]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 12 November 2009, when a reply will issue. [2882/10]

Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 89: To ask the Taoiseach the manner in which the Central Statistics Office determines the range and scope of questions for inclusion in the 2011 census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3471/10]

Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can the Minister of State indicate to what extent public advertisement was employed by the Central Statistics Office in announcing the public consultation process on the construction of the census documents in advance of next year's census, which he has indicated will take place on 10 April 2011? How extensive was that trawl and what was the extent of the response? Was the HSE invited to...

Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The expectation of the response indicated by the Minister of State should not dissuade us from forwarding a very sound case for the inclusion of specific questions that could help inform not only Deputies and Senators but also, and most important, wider society. I instanced diabetes and asthma. Surely the information gleaned thereon would inform the health authorities, including the HSE and...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (26 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if work has commenced on a bilateral agreement to allow adoption from Ethiopia; when this agreement will be concluded; if the agreement will be in place before the Adoption Bill 2009 becomes law; if couples already granted approval by the Health Service Executive will be facilitated under any transitional or interim arrangements; and...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (26 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of unattached homeless children known to the Health Service Executive on 31 March 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. [3598/10]

Order of Business (27 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last week when I asked after the publication date for the prescription charges Bill, I was advised it would be taken this session. This Bill has been contextualised by the Minister for Health and Children regarding the high costs of drugs and medications which I do not accept. However, the reference pricing for drugs Bill, which is directed at the high cost of drugs, is not listed for...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (27 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ar son Teachtaí Dála Shinn Féin, ba mhaith liom ar gcomhbhrón a ghabháil le clann Kenneally ar bhás an iar-Theachta Billy Kenneally. On behalf of the Sinn Féin Deputies I extend our sympathy and condolences to the Kenneally family, to the wife and children of the late former Deputy, Billy Kenneally, and especially to our Dáil colleague, Deputy Brendan Kenneally, on their family's...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This legislation is part of a package agreed with the trade union movement to strengthen the protections for workers, particularly those on low incomes, through the employment regulation orders and the registered employment agreements. As such, it can be welcomed, particularly at a time when a number of employers have ignored Labour Court recommendations on pay, leading in some instances to...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (27 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the re-opening of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3957/10]

Departmental Correspondence. (28 Jan 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of new evidence proving the State's complicity in the detention of women in the Magdalene Laundries, he will support extending eligibility for redress to these women. [4230/10]