Results 19,321-19,340 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Decentralisation Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Minister been deflected or is he ignoring the point with regard to political pressure?

Irish Language: Statements. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis seo chun na Gaeilge a phlé sa Dáil. Tá séíorónta go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé inniu, díreach tar éis fhoilsiú thuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga. Is tábhachtach an tuarascáil sin, agus molaim an Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, aisti. Tá scéal uafásach nochtaithe aige, scéal náireach don Státseirbhís. Is scannal é go bhfuil...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Minister and colleagues in an expression of sympathy to the families of those who tragically lost their lives off Hook Head yesterday. Will the Minister join with me in welcoming the decision of the High Court yesterday which has significantly strengthened the enforceability of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998? The Minister may not be privy to the detail of it but the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 149: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends taking, independent of a Medical Council inquiry and in the interests of patient safety, following the publication of the Judge Harding Clarke report that highlighted the conclusions reached by the three consultant obstetricians chosen by the former doctor, Michael Neary, and the Irish Hospital...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the urgency and importance of the issues raised in Question No. 198 of 28 February 2006, she will intervene with the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive, to whom she has directed the question; and if an immediate response will issue. [12455/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his intentions regarding the residency rights of Irish citizens' same sex partners from outside the European Union; the measures he intends introducing to address the current discriminatory situation that maintains; if amending legislation is planned; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Britain has recently...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thar cheann Teachtaí Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom ár gcomhbhrón a ghabhaíl do chlann Brugha ar bás Ruairí Brugha. Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis. On behalf of Sinn Féin Deputies, I join in the expressions of sympathy to the Brugha family. I convey our sympathy to all the bereaved on the death of Ruairí Brugha. As many have already noted, Ruairí Brugha was the son of the...

Order of Business. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Regarding HIV, hepatitis C and the failure to pursue the pharmaceutical companies, can a proper debate be accommodated in this Chamber as the matter has caused tremendous concern throughout the State?

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Yesterday, the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children announced she had made a discovery and the nation quite frankly is aghast, not at what she has discovered but that it has taken her so long to recognise the basis of this discovery, that we have a serious crisis in our accident and emergency units throughout the hospital network. It is absolutely incredible that despite the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate it is not easy but neither was it easy for Aneurin Bevan when he took on the whole consultant and GP situation in Britain. I remind the Taoiseach that the consultant contract was in his party's manifesto in 2002 when he indicated a commitment to end the two-tier system. Does he really believe this is the appropriate Minister to be in charge of working that out, of delivering on...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——-or even come close. In my opinion and in the opinion of many people, they are working to extreme opposites and this is clearly the case. Has the Taoiseach seen the report by the Nenagh Hospital Action Group? Has he taken on board the clear information that it indicates the importance of smaller hospitals in the provision of accident and emergency care? Has he taken on board the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is time to listen to alternative experts.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should consider where their advice led him.

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the bilateral meetings he held on the fringes of the European Council meeting in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12217/06]

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach will recall that in December the British Presidency of the EU proposed the allocation of some €200 million for the peace programme in the Six Counties and the Border counties for the period 2007-13. Sinn Féin very much welcomes this. We encouraged this at meetings with the Taoiseach and with Prime Minister Blair and with the EU Commission. What progress can the Taoiseach...

European Council Meetings. (29 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Taoiseach should hope that that might be the only media that will concern him.

Written Answers — Official Census: Official Census (28 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 127: To ask the Taoiseach if the upcoming census will include a question as to whether the respondent is a member of the Roma community; and if so, the steps the Central Statistics Office will take to prevent undercounting of this community. [11893/06]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (28 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations from the expert group on mental health policy report, A Vision For Change, which states that up to 200,000 people here have an eating disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11668/06]

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (28 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the person who is the national adviser on alcohol policy; if the Health Service Executive now has responsibility for this appointment; and, if so, the reason therefor, given that responsibility for alcohol policy and legislation remains with the Department of Health and Children. [11692/06]

Written Answers — Alcohol Policy: Alcohol Policy (28 Mar 2006)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has made submissions to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of having alcohol excluded from the relaxation of below-cost selling upon the revocation of the groceries order. [11693/06]