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Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What about the Pat Joe Walsh case?

Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Have the terms of reference been agreed?

Written Answers — Children's Rights: Children's Rights (1 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland's second report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child refers to the administrative procedures in place for family reunification for migrants not covered under the Refugee Act 1996 but does not identify, or address, the implementation of said procedures; his views that the Government's policy of...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has retained the passports of persons (details supplied) whose visa applications were approved on 8 November 2005, but who have not been contacted by the Department of Foreign Affairs, which says it has been notified of the approval but can do nothing until it receives the passports from the visa section...

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the current state of the social partnership process and his role therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31431/05]

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach agree the prospect of a successor to the Sustaining Progress agreement will be bleak if the management at Irish Ferries is allowed get away with its acts of piracy against its workforce? Given the overwhelming support for the Irish Ferries workers and the significant rejection of the management of Irish Ferries, what further steps can the Taoiseach take to impress on that...

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach be there?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the Government has failed to commit the resources necessary to implement the national drugs strategy and to realise the full potential of the local drugs task forces and regional drugs task forces, a failure...

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will not speak on the same issue.

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I object to taking No. 14 without debate, the motion seeking the Dáil's approval for the Fisheries (Miscellaneous Commercial Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order 2005, which has come back from committee. This is an important measure and in the overall context of what is now being visited upon the fisheries sector, it is imperative that we have a proper debate in the House on the specific...

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach respond to my point?

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The proposition that the guillotine would apply to the debate on this motion after 25 minutes is completely unacceptable. To divide the debate into five-minute slots is hardly sufficient for the Chamber on this matter, which is back from committee. Prior to its going to committee, we objected to the matter leaving this House without debate and made the case very strongly that it was essential...

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On my behalf and on behalf of Deputy Ferris and the Sinn Féin Dáil Deputies, I join with others in the House in extending our sincere sympathy to the family and friends of the late, once football great, Tim Kennelly. Last Thursday in a question to the Tánaiste during the Order of Business, I asked when the legislation on the Irish Medicines Board would be taken and she indicated that it...

Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2005: Motion. (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister of State for pressing for this debate, albeit a short one. In this brief opportunity, I record Sinn Féin's opposition to the intended changes in the administration and control mechanisms over our inland fisheries arising from the Farrell Grant Sparks report. This postponement of elections order is a facilitation measure and is, accordingly, also being opposed. The...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employers who have been subjected to inspections by the labour inspectorate in the past 12 months; and the number of these employers which employ migrant workers. [37916/05]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (6 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received a copy of the report by the ESRI entitled Degrees of Equality: Gender Pay Differentials Among Recent Graduates; and the action he is taking to tackle the issue of gender pay differentials. [37915/05]

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc ar chur i bhfeidhm Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ina Roinn. [31432/05]

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Tá brón orm ach níl mé cinnte ón bhfreagra. An gcuireann Roinn an Taoisigh ranganna Gaeilge ar fáil don fhoireann? Cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha go dtí seo ag Roinn an Taoisigh le scéim faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a chur i bhfeidhm? I wish to know if Irish language classes are being made available within the Department of the Taoiseach. As well as according the public the...

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I will be brief. Does the Taoiseach accept there will be a degree of nervousness within the Irish speaking community and those of goodwill towards the language throughout the country at the response he gave to Deputy Rabbitte to the effect that he was keeping an open mind on the exercise of measures in the Act?

Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Taoiseach accept it is important to reassure the House that cost factor is not always the priority consideration?