Results 841-860 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have asked the Taoiseach a question.

Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will not give the Chair that satisfaction.

Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Vótáil.

Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the role and function of the task force on active citizenship which he announced on 14 April 2005; the responsibilities of his Department with regard to the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/05]

Commissions of Investigation. (11 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the further reports from Mr. Justice Henry Barron that he expects to receive in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/05]

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State is back from his wanderings now and I am back also. What is the current level of co-operation between the CSO and the Statistics and Research Agency north of the Border? Is the Minister of State aware that a mistake is continually made between population comparisons of various census results? The census of 1901, an all-Ireland census, showed the population at that time...

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Health Service Executive is to withhold payments due to nurses and midwives under the Sustaining Progress agreement and under benchmarking, which fall due on 1 June. What is the Minister's view of what I can only describe as very provocative action? Is he aware that this threatened action by the HSE has evoked a very strong response from the Irish Nurses Organisation, that is, to consider...

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister must recognise that it is Government's responsibility and duty to help avert a deterioration of the situation in our accident and emergency units throughout the country and across the range of hospital services, which industrial action would undoubtedly precipitate. Is it enough to say this is a matter of industrial relations? The Health Service Executive and the Government must...

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Minister say whether non-publication of the uncompleted Dunne inquiry report was as a result of the Attorney General's advice? Will that advice be published? In the context of the appointment of Dr. Deirdre Madden by the Minister to complete the Dunne inquiry, will her new terms of reference be brought before the House for approval?

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The terms of reference for an inquiry is the business of the House.

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of her commitment to provide a fully funded and resourced senior citizens day care unit at the health centre in Cootehill, County Cavan; when same will be fully functional; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16109/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will establish a detailed account of the women-centred services in place at Monaghan General Hospital; the days and times of access; her plans for a development of these services over the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16110/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the Kinder report proposals for the introduction of a midwifery service at Monaghan General Hospital; the preparations which are under way for its commencement, that is, physical accommodation, staffing and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16111/05]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the timeframe and terms of reference for the Madden inquiry into organ retention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16225/05]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on her recent proposals for the placing of extra beds in hospital wards to address the accident and emergency crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16227/05]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses who have left the practice of nursing in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16378/05]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of nurses who have left the public health service and moved to the private health sector in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16379/05]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (18 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs to his Department of the Moriarty tribunal in the first quarter of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15070/05]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (18 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach stated in February that the expected completion date for the Moriarty tribunal was January 2006. Is that still his expectation? Will he clarify the position which would apply if the tribunal were to continue beyond January 2006? Would the new fees payable to the legal profession come into effect as of that month or would the current exorbitant rates the legal profession is...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (18 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach clarify whether the figure he cited of in excess of €200 million referred not only to legal fees but also to other costs involved because it runs contrary to the information he gave in February? Does he appreciate that almost every citizen views the fees paid to the legal profession as a massive rip-off? Will he clarify when, if ever, the new fee regime will kick in for...