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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange financial assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan. [14392/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (7 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 31 May 2011, if he will forward a copy of the response referred to therein to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14398/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (7 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each of the local health office community care areas that have been placed as a private arrangement with relatives by Health Service Executive social workers. [14116/11]

Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government would want to do something about it.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Ceann Comhairle taking questions on promised legislation?

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (8 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the additional responsibility of the probation of newly qualified teachers in the primary sector being passed from inspectors to school principals, the support, training, guidelines and quality checks he proposes to implement to facilitate this change over. [14470/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (8 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children taken into care for each of the past seven years, broken down by Health Service Executive area; the categories under which these children were taken into care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14675/11]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We also object to the imposition of the guillotine in regard to the Bill. There are 39 amendments to come before the House today. How many of them will be properly addressed? I understand that some have been disallowed because of the usual argument that they may result in a charge. However, it is not in any way defensible that a guillotine has been applied to this or any other Bill at...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is a hugely important issue, but we are no closer to the full exposure of what has really happened concerning the missing moneys allocated for the fair deal over the first five months of this year. The Minister for Health himself acknowledged this yesterday when he stated that he had not yet got to the root of the money trail. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, said he was still not happy...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, the review was to conclude last Friday and the report is with the Minister. The fact that it has not given all the answers does not mean that this can go on indefinitely. It cannot go on indefinitely.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy may need the fair deal himself one day.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That does not address the need today.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the same issue, people are rightly appalled at the allegations of abuse at Rostrevor House. It would remiss of us not to acknowledge the courage of those who brought these abuses to the attention of the appropriate authorities. We should note from the information already provided that these were immigrant workers - all the more credit due to them therefore because their position would...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Okay.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Deputy got an answer to his question about whistleblowers' legislation.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In regard to the oversight of the conduct in nursing home and the management of same, it is important that we realise that we cannot depend on HIQA alone to establish best standards. Surely there must be some other additional mechanism of oversight and inspection of nursing home provision across the country. HIQA could not cope with the full extent of that observation of behaviour within...

Order of Business (Resumed) (9 Jun 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We did not need WikiLeaks last week to tell us of the U-turn by the Minister's party leader, the Tánaiste, on the second referendum on the Lisbon treaty. All WikiLeaks has done is expose his thinking and the duplicity of the positions he took, one in public and another in private.