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Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This Bill is necessary to provide, as the explanatory memorandum states, "a mechanism to support intergenerational solidarity" in the health insurance market. The memorandum also states that such solidarity is required because "there are incentives for insurers to design products that are attractive only to healthier lives, undermining intergenerational solidarity and the common good...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not intend to present any amendments. I apologise for missing the opening part of the Minister of State's contribution at the end of Second Stage. I was at a well attended safeTALK training session sponsored by the all-party group on mental health which is taking place in the AV room. Unfortunately, I cannot cover two sites at once, although I am working on it. The Bill will proceed...

Employment Support Services (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The website of the JobBridge scheme lists the following eligibility criteria: one must be unemployed and actively seeking work, and one must be on the live register and currently in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or signing for social insurance contribution credits for three of the past six months. This appears fairly straightforward. Unfortunately, it is not so....

Employment Support Services (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I outlined a previous reply by the Minister to my colleague, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh. It was the Minister's reply that made reference to the FÁS work placement programme in the first instance. Sadly, it has brought no benefit other than the experience itself in the particular case I cite. With respect, although the Minister gave a lengthy, nine paragraph reply, it is only in the last...

Employment Support Services (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As long as the JobBridge scheme is all that is on offer, I will of course make the case that lone parents and non-parents alike should be treated similarly. In this instance, if the Minister is to undertake any review, I urge her to hear and heed the cry of this woman, who is representative of a number. It is not going to break the bank but it will make a huge difference. They are very...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the five-year capital strategy for the Irish Prison Service will be completed and published. [37920/11]

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (1 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the numbers of prisoners participating in the pilot project on early temporary release; his plans to continue this pilot project beyond the current six-month lifespan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37919/11]

Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Hear, hear.

Business of Dáil (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The 30 minutes previously allocated was the minimum expected in terms of addressing a proposal that seeks to impose an extra 2% on the standard rate of value added tax. This proposal is outrageous. If one were to total the minutes allocated, a little more than two hours in total has been allowed. We are sitting until midnight and there is adequate time in the schedule already outlined and...

Business of Dáil (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Five resolutions are being taken together.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin also opposes this proposal. It must recognised that once again that an easy option has been chosen by this Government. It is targeting motorists, not alone with this proposal in relation to motor tax but in terms of Financial Resolution No. 3, which deals with increases in excise duties on petrol and diesel. This is outrageous. There is no public transport provision across...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Carbon Charge on Mineral Oils (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I absolutely oppose this proposition to increase excise duties on petrol, diesel and other fuels, which will have a serious impact. Once again, as with the previous proposition and indeed with the next, the target is almost the same. It will have a particularly negative impact on those involved in Border communities, including filling station owners and employees. We are creating a further...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This proposition is an outrage. It is predicated on the notion that it will create some €670 million in additional income for the Exchequer in a 12-month period. The Government has no hope of realising such figures. The Minister for Finance suggested there would not be an increased exodus across the Border. He used the word "stampede". It is time to wise up. Make no mistake about it,...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Value Added Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We gave the Tánaiste an alternative but he did not have the decency to read it because he would have learned something. It is long overdue that he looks at what other parties are proposing.

Written Answers — Corporate Enforcement: Corporate Enforcement (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to cases in which employers close down and reopen under different names as a ruse to evade orders to pay wages due to employees, including cases of forced labour in which workers may be owed tens of thousands of euro for years of overwork and underpayment; if he will introduce legislation to...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation convention on domestic workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38884/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he intends to make forced labour punishable as a crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38882/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 419: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all the lands and buildings of former psychiatric institutions which are identified for sale by the Health Service Executive; if he will further detail those which have been sold to date; the proceeds raised from these sales; the amount of those proceeds allocated for mental health care; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Hospital Acquired Infections: Hospital Acquired Infections (6 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Health if he will take action to provide Health Amendment Act cards to the small group of women who, having received contaminated anti-D on the birth of their children, have developed health issues consistent with those testing positive for Hepatitis C, but who are themselves testing negative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38763/11]

Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Maybe the Taoiseach will address people with disabilities.