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Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----is the Government considering strengthening the legislation in order to ensure that it is adhered to and is properly enforced? What steps will the Government now take to ensure that FÁS and any other agency will not act in contravention of the 1954 Act? On a separate matter-----

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what I am asking.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The legislation is in place but is it being enforced?

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Public money is being used.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a serious matter and not something to be dismissed lightly.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I expect the Taoiseach will answer appropriately. I have a second matter to raise with him which is equally as serious. The monuments Bill is No. 52 on the list of promised legislation. Is the Taoiseach aware that only the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, can save Nos. 14 to 17 Moore St. and its streetscape and walkways from a decision of An Bord...

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle, of course it is.

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Of course it is. There is promised legislation, if the Ceann Comhairle would listen to the Deputy. I am speaking about the monuments Bill, No. 52. I would like to know what the Taoiseach proposes to do given the fact that Nos. 14 to 17 Moore St. and its environs is a declared national monument that will be irreparably damaged by the decision to grant permission to proceed with the...

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and that the Government, the Taoiseach and the Fianna Fáil Party in Government should take a collective view and responsibility-----

Order of Business (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----on the protection of this important national site.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the continuing delay in bringing forward the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16434/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (27 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens born here who were refused payment for failure to satisfy the habitual residence condition over the past 12 months. [16730/10]

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will set out the role of the National Economic and Social Council and the National Economic and Social Development Office now in view of the dissolution of the National Economic and Social Forum and the National Centre for Partnership Performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11532/10]

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. As I have indicated before, the NESF produced a series of extremely useful reports over the years which were always intended to inform the policy making of Government. Having taken significant guidance from several of the reports produced, I believe that they have stood the test of time. I am thinking in particular of the 2002 report on the health...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I agree with the Taoiseach that the work of the NESF was indeed invaluable. However, my concern is now about what will be done with the body of work it produced over the years. I am particularly interested in the area of health and children, but across all subjects the Government has sadly ignored much of what the NESF has commended to it in terms of policy direction. The Taoiseach...

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach raised the point and I am responding to it. I will not delay.

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not acceptable that the Government negotiated a new consultants' contract and then left it to the consultants themselves to police their adherence to it. There is not 100% adherence-----

National Economic and Social Development Office. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----and it is important that Government takes up this issue. The last question in my opening engagement with the Taoiseach was about the role of the National Economic and Social Council. I ask again for clarification. Is it intended that the NESC will continue the work that hitherto had been done by the NESF, including research and the recommendation of specific policy directions across...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will state the Cabinet committees on which he serves and their membership. [11533/10]

Cabinet Committees. (28 Apr 2010)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the changes in personnel in Cabinet committees arising from the Cabinet reconfiguration of 23 March 2010 [13708/10]