Results 81-100 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On behalf of Sinn Féin, as the only all-Ireland party and one that is deeply concerned about the effect of this referendum on both sides of the Border, I appeal to the Government, even at this late stage, not to proceed with this dangerous, divisive and reactionary referendum on 11 June. I appeal to it not to seek to make this profound change in the Constitution and in the Good Friday...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Such irony. The Government had no statistical basis for its claim of a crisis number of births and a widespread abuse of citizenship law. It has yet to produce the evidence. Even if it is accepted that there is such a problem, it is wrong to assert that it can only be rectified by a referendum which will fundamentally alter our citizenship laws and our Constitution. I charge the Government...
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received the reports of Justice Barron on the bombings of Dublin in December 1972 and January 1973, the Belturbet bombing of 1972, the bomb at Dublin Airport in 1975, the Dundalk bombing of 1975, the Castleblayney bombing of 1976 and the murder of Seamus Ludlow in 1976. [7947/04]
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the action he proposes to take on foot of the report of the sub-committee on the Barron report of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11373/04]
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I may not have picked up clearly on the Taoiseach's first response to the questions tabled. Will he confirm in terms of Mr. Justice Barron's ongoing investigations, that the matters relating to the 1972-1973 Dublin bombings in which George Bradshaw, Thomas Duffy and Thomas Douglas were killed; the Belturbet bombing in 1972 which killed two teenagers, Geraldine O'Reilly and Patrick Stanley;...
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the investigation into the missing file?
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: When will that happen?
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are now within a fortnight of the 30th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings on 17 May 1974. While the focus on Mr. Justice Barron's inquiry is correct, I want to revisit my earlier question on a further report presented by Mr. Justice Barron on the murder of Mr. John Francis Green and the expected reports on the pre-1974 incidents which the Taoiseach outlined and the later...
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Mr. John Francis Green case was not referred to the committee.
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is a separate report, but is an attachment to the first report on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings.
- Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On all the cases.
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the referenda planned by the Government for the remainder of its term of office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10498/04]
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On 17 February I asked the Taoiseach in the House if it was intended to hold a referendum or referenda during 2004. In his reply he said the Government "has no proposals at present to hold a referendum to change the Constitution". On 14 January, more than a month before that, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government notified the Department of Finance that there were...
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It can spend public money in buying additional voting machines.
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: They will not be used now.
- Constitutional Amendments. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government is spending public money.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach confirm the authenticity of the leaked Cabinet memos which reveal the shambles that is now the Government's so-called health policy? Has he initiated a full investigation of the leaks? Is it the case that they confirm dissent and disgruntlement within the Department of Health and Children at the continued lack of financial support and embargo on recruitment forced on it by...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What are the Taoiseach's intentions regarding the request of the Minister for Health and Children? It is the collective view of the House that the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance should respond positively to the Minister's request. Can the Taoiseach not accept the public cynicism at the continual utterances of Government representatives in the weeks remaining before the local and...
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no objection to the suspension of the House for two hours tomorrow morning. However, to resume the Report Stage debate on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004 makes a mockery of the House before the entire electorate.
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With all respect, it arises because we will be returning to debate No. 17. It is absolute nonsense. Will the Taoiseach, for the credibility of the House please withdraw the Bill forthwith?