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Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——that what I have argued for in amendment No. 5 is provided for in the Bill, I will be most happy. However, this does not appear to be the case. In order to ensure it is open to every citizen, the position should be publicly advertised so that the most suitable people can compete and be considered. There should be a clear understanding of the requirements regarding qualification. This is...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has hardly satisfied his earlier claim by interruption. If anything, he has spent his time telling us why the Minister cannot accede to the thrust of the amendment. With all respect to the Minister of State, if you had paid a little more attention to the detail of the legislation before being deputised this evening, you would have known that the Minister is in charge of...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I beg your pardon, but——

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The reason was clearly his facility to espouse——

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not interrupt you once, and you should at least have the manners to be quiet——

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——when I am responding to you.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: You can call it"patronising" or whatever you like. Quite frankly, I am not the least bit intimidated by the Minister of State or any of his colleagues.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I use my right to speak here——

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——and the Minister of State can either sit there and listen or leave, whichever is his desire. I am sure that it will not matter one way or the other.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister of State has already determined his responses in this regard. The fact is that the Minister has the opportunity to appoint nine representatives to represent the interests of the general public, quite apart from the other three, something that I pointed out when I originally moved the amendment. These are the words I used very carefully and clearly in proposing the amendment. This...

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Have I exhausted it?

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I suppose the two minutes are over. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his patience and the Minister of State for listening at last. If he does not accept the amendment on this occasion, I look forward to his doing so in due course. These arguments will continue to present themselves.

Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I acknowledge the Minister of State's change of tone. I hope, irrespective of what action is now taken, he will raise this matter with the Tánaiste, as indicated, and the Government will adhere to the spirit of this amendment, at least. I acknowledge, too, the Minister of State's point on the legal architecture necessary in this regard, but it must be started somewhere. I may not have the...

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I propose to share time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Ferris, Sargent, Finian McGrath and Joe Higgins.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: —re-affirming its support for the Good Friday Agreement as endorsed in referendums by the people of Ireland North and South; —recognising the political progress brought about by the peace process and the Agreement, benefiting all the people of Ireland; and —reiterating its appreciation of the work undertaken to date by the North-South Ministerial Council and...

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not know how the Deputy would manage to include Tallaght in his contribution.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not true. With respect, it is factually incorrect.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We fully agree.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Of course the Deputy will not see an end to criminality.

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We will not see an end to criminality until the rights of all political expression, including Deputy O'Keeffe's——