Results 801-820 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Questions must be raised about why this Bill is necessary. How did it come about that the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 refers to the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 and not to the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978? This Bill has come, quite clearly, out of the blue and it is difficult for us to address its detail in so short a time, little though that detail may...

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government has a responsibility for this. The Minister sent me a reply to a written parliamentary question about a request from Monaghan County Council to meet him regarding the Ulster Canal, which is a critical issue.

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am not straying from the debate. This issue is about inland waterways and is about canals and so on. Despite his missive to Monaghan County Council, the Minister is clearly accepting the situation of a care and maintenance mode under the direct Ministers. He should not accept that. As a democratically accountable Minister, he has a binding responsibility to the Irish people to pursue...

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——this issue at every turn. The Minister will have his opportunity to reply. He should be good enough to allow me to use my time.

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We do not want them here at all. We want them to pack up their bags and go. Until that is achieved, the Minister has a responsibility in the interim. I am speaking about the Bill and this is an issue that is integral to it. I want the Minister to accede to the request of Monaghan County Council to meet the council and discuss this issue. I want him to assure us that he is continuing to do...

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I hope the Minister is not competing with Deputy O'Dea to be the heckler of the year. I will await the Minister's reply when he has the opportunity. In the meantime, I will not oppose the Bill as I wish the matter to be addressed and progress to be made. The Minister should also take into account my remarks on a ground rent Bill, which the Government has trundled out in legislative programme...

Special Educational Needs. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Chomhairle as deis a thabhairt an cheist seo a phlé. The decision of the Department of Education and Science to axe the jobs of more than 70 special needs assistants has caused shock throughout the State, especially to those working in the special needs area. I compliment the trade union IMPACT, which represents special needs assistants, on bringing this...

Special Educational Needs. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is a shortfall.

Special Educational Needs. (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: However, it could be.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made regarding the sections of his Department which will relocate to Carrickmacross, County Monaghan under the decentralisation programme; if so, the sections to be relocated; the timescale involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/05]

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the social partners; the agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/05]

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When the Taoiseach meets the social partners at the next scheduled meeting on 14 July, will the very important issue under Sustaining Progress, housing, be on the agenda? Does the Taoiseach agree that but for the commitment by Government in the course of the negotiations for Sustaining Progress to provide an additional 10,000 affordable houses, that agreement would likely not have been signed...

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If the Taoiseach has it within his gift to elaborate on the statistics he indicated to me last February, will he indicate the breakdown of those statistics and where the houses are, understanding the difference between additionality, as committed in Sustaining Progress, and those that come under Part V of the Planning Acts? I am particularly concerned with the Taoiseach's answer in that...

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a question about Sustaining Progress and the re-engagement with the social partners, which is very important. I hope the Taoiseach will give us substantive information on both issues.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I beg the Taoiseach's pardon.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I ask the Taoiseach to give consideration to——

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are not interested in Part V.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not my intention. However, I would like him to address my question.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: May I ask a supplementary question?

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach accept that two years after 10,000 additional affordable houses were promised under Sustaining Progress, not one of these houses has reached the planning permission stage? Does he agree that only a few hundred units have yet been provided under the earlier Part V planning rules, which were introduced four years ago?