Results 2,141-2,160 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation with regard to his proposals for the reform of the one parent family payment system, particularly with a view to making it easier for lone parents to enter or re-enter the workforce; when he intends to bring forward formal proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37205/05]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis for his Department's original estimate that the granting of pensions to persons who paid social welfare contributions prior to 1953 would cost â¬9 million per year, when the actual cost has turned out to be â¬153 million per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37204/05]
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in 2005 regarding the work of the interdepartmental group chaired by his Department which was established to monitor the appointment of public relations consultants by other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31499/05]
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is an agency all on his own.
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: He is the most effective agency in the business.
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: As Deputy Kenny said, the recommendations contained in the Quigley report arose from circumstances in which a Minister was clearly seen to sponsor a particular individual throughout her contact with the public service. It seems extraordinary to me that the Taoiseach is saying that no single contract has come to the attention of the committee, the validating unit or the secretary of the...
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It has since come to light that the Minister of State personally intervened in the design and content of that material, in the interests of self-promotion. Should such advertising not be included in the committee's remit, especially as we are within sight of a general election, so that Ministers and Ministers of State are not tempted to emulate their particularly industrious north side colleague?
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the implications for social partnership of the decision of SIPTU and ICTU to defer decisions on whether to enter talks on a possible new agreement due to concerns regarding the Irish Ferries dispute and other cases involving exploitation of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/05]
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a response to the letter he sent to ICTU on measures he is proposing to protect employment standards; the measures he proposed in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31496/05]
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach remarked on how surprised people were in Croatia at the level of the national minimum wage here. The Taoiseach will agree that the Irish would be surprised at the price of a bale of briquettes, a bag of coal or a loaf of bread in Croatia. Does the Taoiseach agree that his position on the services directive is central to the process of social partnership and new talks thereon,...
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach comment on that?
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Parliament voted in favour of it in 1999.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The final question I asked was about 80% of people paying tax at the standard rate.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That does not affect the issue I have raised, the commitment that more than 80% would pay tax at the standard rate.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The number has fallen back.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It was 73% three years ago and now it is 67%.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That is not the point. The Taoiseach is turning mathematics on its head â 80% is 80% of the total.
- Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has devised a concerted employment strategy for the Mallow hub-town; the components of such strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/05]
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach respond to the growing public concern at home and internationally about aircraft used by the CIA for the purposes of executive rendition landing at various European airports? Will he specifically address the 50 landings at Shannon Airport of which we are aware? The former President, Mrs. Mary Robinson, has made some public comments on the matter. Amnesty International made...
- Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: We are not talking about military aircraft landing with prior approval, we are talking about ostensibly civilian commercial aircraft. Clearly the Taoiseach is aware that to disguise state aircraft as civilian commercial aircraft is in breach of the Chicago Convention. It is not enough for the Taoiseach to say that anybody with evidence should give it to the Garda at Sixmilebridge. How am I...