Results 10,161-10,180 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is a question regarding the Taoiseach and the Minister coming before this House-----

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----either today or in the coming week.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking you, a Cheann Comhairle, that I get that reply.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You have a duty to ensure that I get a response.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are entitled to a response.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect to Deputy Kenny, I do not want to be in conflict with any other Member seeking to speak. In terms of ordering the business, I have asked when the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance will come before the House to give a clear, full, frank and final account of all they knew.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have been misled repeatedly.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is more than in order that I demand-----

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----that the truth and the facts are established.

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You do no honour to your position, a Cheann Comhairle, in taking that line.

Medical Redress Schemes (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a supplementary redress scheme for the surviving women victims, and surviving next of kin of deceased victims, of Michael Neary, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth who were not covered by the redress scheme established and who have for long been campaigning for proper recognition [1842/11]

Medical Redress Schemes (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have been a member of an all-party Oireachtas group which, for a considerable period, has been pressing the Minister by every means open to it to acknowledge and provide compensation for the unfortunate women in question. The group is made up of representatives of the Fianna Fáil Party, Fine Gael Party, Labour Party, Sinn Féin and the Green Party across the entire north-east region and...

Medical Redress Schemes (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----also carry their imprimatur. It has been reported that the Minister, in the company of representatives of Patient Focus, indicated to some of the excluded women that they would be catered for, and the Minister has not denied that she made such a statement, including at an engagement that we had with her at one point over this long and protracted lobby. I ask the Minister to respond...

Medical Redress Schemes (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There are five constituencies in the area in which the 35 excluded women, at least those of them who have survived, reside. The Minister, in her response, exposes the weakness in her position. One cannot give to somebody who is not democratically accountable and does not have ministerial responsibility the right to make the final determination as to what is appropriate in a particular...

Medical Redress Schemes (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Not with these cases.

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children in view of the record number of patients on trolleys and chairs in accident and emergency departments of our public hospitals during January 2011, if she has carried out an assessment of the likely impact on this situation of the cuts to the health budget imposed in Budget 2011 and the further cuts signalled for 2012, 2013 and 2014;...

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Last week, a record-breaking number of 569 patients were on trolleys and chairs in the accident and emergency departments of our public hospitals, and today's figure is 442. I know the Minister and the HSE consistently refuse to accept the figures presented by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. As in so many other areas, the Government has its own figures, but few are buying it. I...

Hospital Accommodation (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join with the Minister in stating that it is sad to note that anyone has fallen victim to swine flu. We convey our sympathies to the families concerned. When the Minister makes the point about more from less, will she not acknowledge that all we are seeing is more anguish, more stress for patients and front line service providers in our accident and emergency departments, and more people...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when it is proposed to publish the Bill to provide for a constitutional amendment on children's rights and when it is proposed to hold the referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1771/11]

Programmes for Government (18 Jan 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in the implementation of the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46963/10]