Results 1,561-1,580 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received the latest report of the Independent Monitoring Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30008/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach his initiative to invite MPs from Northern Ireland to address a committee of the whole Dáil, at least every six months and commencing in early 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32452/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach aware that over the past fortnight 50 nationalists were visited by the PSNI and advised that their names and personal details are on files now in the hands of unionist paramilitaries? Is he aware that this follows the removal of a dossier 16 months ago from a section of the PSNI complex in Castlereagh which contained the names and personal details of 400 nationalists? Is he...

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the agreement she has reached with British Health Minister in the Six Counties, Mr. Shaun Woodward, regarding the treatment of cancer patients from this jurisdiction in Belfast; if this access is confined to patients from County Donegal or if it will apply on a wider basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I take this opportunity to welcome the agreement the Tánaiste reached with the health authorities in Belfast. We need to see much more co-operation and integration of health services where that is feasible. I give the Tánaiste every support in that pursuit in the interests of all the people of Ireland. However, there are serious questions about the Government's proposed roll-out of...

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If I may ask a brief supplementary——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will ask a brief supplementary, if the Chair will accommodate me.

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I only want to ask——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Tánaiste accept that we are not comparing like with like in regard to the Six Counties and any other comparable region within the jurisdiction of the Twenty-six Counties, given the reality of the infrastructure? Will the Tánaiste also——

Hospital Services. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As I cannot pursue any other line of questioning, I wish to say to the Tánaiste that I agree with her that partition has been more than a damned nuisance.

Care of the Elderly. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has attention been given to establishing a team of people who would be available to provide home care services for those who need it? At present, the process is only set in train when a need is identified. With all the requirements, there is a delay of several months — certainly for Garda clearance the delay is at least two months. In the meantime a patient with an immediate need has to...

Care of the Elderly. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Should the Health Service Executive do that rather than a private company?

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The proposal to take No. 14 without debate has far-reaching consequences for inland fisheries. The Farrell Grant Sparks report clearly indicates the demise of the regional fisheries boards as we have known them and the establishment of a national fisheries authority. While there is a genuflection with regard to local input in terms of the proposals within the current proposition, the absence...

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicate the import of what is proposed in the report. The issue needs to be addressed in the House. It is simply unacceptable that the House will consider the motion without debate. I absolutely reject that and will oppose it.

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The view expressed is not only the view of the Opposition. It is important to reflect that the sentiments expressed by the Deputies who have spoken and to which I add my support, were also reflected by members of the Taoiseach's party. Everyone recognises that this is a flawed way of doing business. As a member of the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, time and again we have...

Order of Business. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: A Bill was promised to amend the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Acts 1997 and 2002 to establish an insurance scheme for persons infected with hepatitis C or HIV as a result of the State's role in the provision of blood or blood products. Only three weeks remain before Christmas. This was committed to be taken in this session in the most recent legislative programme. Will the Taoiseach...

Draft Fisheries Boards Orders: Referral to Joint Committee. (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed.

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Ordinary citizens have a right to ask what these Estimates actually represent and what they will mean in practice. Once again the Government is attempting to blind the people with apparently massive spending figures. The money is being spent, but are the services being delivered? For many thousands of our people, the answer quite simply is "No". This evening, people in Cavan and Monaghan in...

Written Answers — Hospital Hygiene: Hospital Hygiene (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she proposes to take in response to the Health Service Executive's hospitals hygiene audit, in particular with regard to the widespread incidence of MRSA in hospitals here. [35352/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (22 Nov 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the terms of reference of the independent review of events surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in Monaghan General Hospital on 14 October 2005, which is to be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35351/05]