Results 1,661-1,680 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
- Irish Language. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is the Taoiseach reviewing how to have documents translated or whether there is a need for them to be translated?
- Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the commemorative events it is planned to undertake in 2006 to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31429/05]
- Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the exact format of the State's 1916 commemoration been decided? Will it be held on Easter Sunday or Easter Monday? Will it be in Dublin only or will ceremonies take place in different locations throughout the country? We are anxious to know what the Taoiseach has to say on these questions. With ceremonies, what other initiatives, if any, is the Taoiseach considering to mark the...
- Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Taoiseach indicate if there could be liaison with the trade union movement or other groups to establish scholarships for education in the ideas of James Connolly or the Irish language?
- Commemorative Events. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I would appreciate the Taoiseach's detailed reply. I concur with Deputy Rabbitte's question on the first Dáil. I look forward to that event being recorded and commemorated. Would it not be a worthy response if both Deputy Rabbitte and Deputy Kenny would agree to the Taoiseach's proposal for the participation of MPs from the North in a committee of the entire Dáil? Would that not be an...
- Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In previous responses in respect of the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill and the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, the Taoiseach indicated they would be ready before Christmas. With one week remaining in which to take these very important Bills under the aegis of the Department of Health and Children, will the Taoiseach indicate if we will have sight of them...
- Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not what the Taoiseach said previously.
- Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome this Bill and the opportunity it affords to address a number of issues. It is right that there should be legal protection for those who, in good faith, try to assist people in danger or in the wake of accidents. In proposing the legislation, Deputy Timmins stated that the primary motivation is to assist in encouraging the availability of defibrillators in the community through...
- Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Like the student who wasted his or her college years, the Government is trying to cram in leading up to the big final test, the next general election. With this budget Fianna Fáil is attempting to erase the memory of all those budgets that champagne Charlie McCreevy introduced which rewarded the very wealthy and allowed the gap between rich and poor in our society to widen ever more. The...
- Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will the Government provide child care places? Not at all. Who will deal with the issue of supply? The attitude is to throw some money at it and others will take up the responsibility. We consistently argue that the responsibility is on the State to make provision. While we wish well those providing private care or care in the community well, the responsibility in the first instance lies with...
- Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Families are facing into Christmas in mourning for loved ones avoidably lost in the course of these past 12 months.
- Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sadly, the Taoiseach need not think for one moment he is excused from responsibility. The Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil stand in exactly the same shoes as the Tánaiste and the Progressive Democrats on this issue. The Government must face up to its responsibilities.
- Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In June this year, the Tánaiste stated the fact that an increasing number of people are getting private health care is good and is a sign of increasing disposable income. There is complete incoherence on the part of the Government in this key area of social provision. The Minister for Finance carried that contradiction into the budget when he extended tax breaks for the developers of private...
- Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oils. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the proposition in Financial Resolution No. 1 and any move towards the harmonisation of prices for home heating oils, North and South. This will be welcomed by consumers south of the Border. I want to see harmonisation of prices among a raft of other considerations on an island-wide basis. The reduction of almost 50% in the excise duty on kerosene from â¬31.74 to â¬16 per 1,000...
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I indicated that I wished to speak.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I understood the procedure was the same as for Committee Stage of a Bill.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Opposition voices are usually taken first on Committee Stage. That is the precedent. However, I have no problem in following Deputy Ardagh.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, it is Committee Stage. Deputy Ardagh, as Chairman of an Oireachtas committee, should know this. I am pleased for him to continue, however. It is only a side issue.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We are merely telling the Deputy the facts.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Income Tax. (7 Dec 2005)
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I suspect, contrary to the supposition of earlier speakers in this debate, that those who have heretofore qualified under the remittance basis of taxation are not all non-nationals. The reality is that many are Irish citizens who have been able to configure their arrangements in such a way as to benefit under this arrangement. I welcome this measure because it is clearly geared towards...