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- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is unacceptable, we will not accept it and we are calling on the Government to resign and on the Taoiseach to allow the people a chance to have their say.
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What I would like to know is whether the details of the arrangements or deal, call it as the Taoiseach pleases, with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund be published? Will it be debated here in the House? Will we have the opportunity-----
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----to address the detail of what has been agreed or arranged with the ECB, the EU and the IMF in this House? Can the Taoiseach tell us when first the engagements with these entities took place, how long have the long-denied engagements with the ECB, the European Commission and the IMF in the context of coming to an arrangement, now signalled over the course of the weekend gone by-----
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is important. We want to know how long it has been.
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Finally, if I may ask, will we get the chance to address the detail here in the House? On the four-year plan to be published tomorrow, the arrangements have been indicated, but will there be a direct opportunity for address in the Dáil and will the Dáil have the chance to vote on the four-year plan? Will there be a proper debate or are we only looking, once again, at a series of...
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If I may-----
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach stated we will have the chance to vote on the measures in the four-year plan as they will present in the budget. However, this is not the case. We do not vote on the budget. I ask the Taoiseach again-----
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Absolutely, and this is about the ordering of business and the most important issue presenting today. I will ask the simple question again: will we have the chance not only to debate but to vote on the four-year plan itself and not on any piecemeal exposé of it through the budget measures or anything else? Will we have a proper debate and the opportunity to pass judgment by division?
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The answer to my question must, therefore, be "No". That is what the Taoiseach is stating.
- Order of Business (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is what the Taoiseach said. We will not get a chance in the House.
- Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is correct. Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh.
- Meeting of Ministers for Finance of the Eurogroup: Statements (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That would be fine, at seven minutes. The debate we should be having tonight is not this one but a debate on the motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach, tabled by the Sinn Féin Deputies. We have been asked to carry on as normal in a Dáil with a Taoiseach and a Cabinet that have not a shred left of credibility or political authority. We have a coalition Government in which one partner...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce an exemption for applicants for carers benefits payments from the habitual residence condition and instead apply that condition only to the person being cared for (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/10]
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on the European Parliament's recommendation to extend EU maternity leave to 20 weeks on full pay and to introduce two weeks of paid paternity leave and if he will take steps to move Ireland in this direction. [43771/10]
- Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (23 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the eLibraries website (details supplied), which provides access to library catalogues from all local authorities in the State, labels County Cavan as County Monaghan on its map and vice versa and if he will ensure this error is corrected promptly. [44048/10]
- Constitutional Issues (24 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In the interests of obtaining clarity in respect of the work on the Attorney General regarding the recommendations from the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, will the Taoiseach indicate if the Attorney General has concluded his consideration of the proposed wording and of the submissions from each of the potentially affected Departments to which the Minister of...
- Constitutional Issues (24 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the role of the Attorney General, is there any situation that the Taoiseach could envisage where the Attorney General's advices to Government could be shared across the House? I am not seeking to be vexatious with this. It is only just to have an understanding of the approach and advices given. Are there situations that the Taoiseach could envisage where the confidentiality issue is not...
- Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach indicate the membership of the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change? Will he confirm that the Minister for Transport is a member? In this context, will the Taoiseach agree there is a critical need to support current and projected public transport arrangements, not only to cater to the public need but also in recognition that every effort must be made to reduce the...
- Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: My question is reasonable given the context. The Taoiseach may wish to respond.
- Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2010)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Minister for Transport a member?