Results 941-960 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Very good. I will conclude with the following remarks. I appeal to Members to take courage from all opinion in the House and to recognise that amendment No. 98 seeks to affirm the right to an assessment of need. That such a basic, simple right can be denied is shameful. I appeal to Members to have the courage to support the adoption of the amendment and appeal to the Minister of State to...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I listened to the Minister of State's response to me. He continues, as do his colleagues who make similar arguments, to deny the core issue at the heart of this debate. Amendment No. 98 clearly reflects a core issue, namely, that this Bill should have been rights-based. The Minister of State may well believe everything he said in response to the amendment. I have no reason to doubt that he...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time we took a lead.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, it is time we took the lead.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State should not go down that cul-de-sac.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is wrong. I spoke on it at the very start.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The only person fooling people, with respect, is the Minister of State. I am sorry the Minister of State had to revert to that type of useless nonsense.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a sure sign the Minister of State is losing it.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that parliamentary questions referred by her to the HSE are often not replied to for several weeks and that some replies have been outstanding for several months; her views on whether this demonstrates an erosion of accountability since the health boards were abolished; her...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government remains committed to bringing 120 civil service jobs to Buncrana, County Donegal, under the decentralisation programme; and, if so, the timeframe for same. [17780/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is there a Cabinet sub-committee dealing with decentralisation? If there is no such sub-committee, would the Taoiseach consider putting one in place, given the complexities of what is proposed within his Department and in all other Departments, especially in the context of the crossover between Departments whereby people will seek relocation and, therefore, transfer between Departments. Is...

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus last met and the number and dates of meetings it has held in 2005. [16178/05]

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus has not met during 2005 and that the Cabinet made the decision on Aer Lingus and Dublin Airport a fortnight ago, what function does the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus perform? What relevance does it have? Does the Taoiseach envisage it having a role in the future? Will it have a function in implementing the Cabinet decision to sell the...

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: So it is finished. It is over.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What of the position in regard to the State's majority shareholding? Is that such a recent——

National Economic and Social Council. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18085/05]

National Economic and Social Council. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In that grouping I have not had the opportunity to ask the Taoiseach——

National Economic and Social Council. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There were two Deputies in that grouping and we should have been accommodated with at least one brief question at the end. To be completely excluded is grossly unfair.

Migrant Workers. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific reasons for the State's failure to ratify the UN convention on the rights of migrant workers and their families. [18093/05]

Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Responding to the scandalous revelations on the television last night, the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, indicated on the radio this morning that a review of the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 would be undertaken. When will that review conclude and will amending legislation——