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Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister was aware on 1 July when I wrote to him. I enclosed the documents. A person was disqualified for five years from holding any directorship in a private company and six different interests in Bord na gCon had made representations to the Minister not to appoint him. The Minister proceeded——

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It seems that the Minister misled me, Deputy Hogan and the House. I ask him to take the opportunity to put that right and state why he went ahead and appointed this person.

Written Answers — Hearing Impairment Claims: Hearing Impairment Claims (23 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the efforts he has made to address complaints that have been made against solicitors who may have overcharged clients making Army deafness claims; if he has received representations from claimants on this issue; the estimated number of such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7183/06]

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of his Department since June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4184/06]

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer back to the question on the participation of women and the fact that the rate of such participation is going backwards from the days the former Deputy, Mervyn Taylor, was Minister for Equality and Law Reform and sought to ensure the 40% participation requirement was applied. Does the Taoiseach agree that as long as his Government acquiesces in representative organisations not putting...

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach prepared to appoint to a board under his aegis a person disqualified from functioning as a director in the private sector? Does he think that is appropriate?

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked if the Government would make such an appointment, not whether IBEC would nominate such a person.

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It has happened. One Minister has appointed such a person. It happened in the case of Bord na gCon.

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not ask the Taoiseach about a specific case, I merely asked him a generic——

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach asked me if I had a particular case in mind. I asked him a generic question about——

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: With respect, I merely asked the Taoiseach a generic question as to whether he considers it appropriate to appoint someone to a State board who was disqualified from functioning in the private sector as a result of a decision of the High Court.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Sargent stated the total cost amounts to €22.5 million. Does that include all third party costs to date? Am I to understand from what the Taoiseach is saying that the commitment to reduce the fees from 11 January 2006 has not been enforced but that he still anticipates that the tribunal will finish its work by the end of June? Is he saying that if it continues beyond June, the...

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff within his Department by grade who have applied for relocation under the decentralisation programme; if an assessment has been carried out of the implications for his Department of the transfer of such staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4185/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Given that less than 10% of civil servants have applied for decentralisation three years after it was first announced, does the Taoiseach have any concerns that we will end up with a parallel Civil Service? Since it is proving difficult to get the appropriate persons in the appropriate Department to transfer, we may end up having a dual system in some Departments, where we will simply recruit...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We will have an opportunity to return to this debate in a few minutes following the Order of Business. I refer to a different matter that relates to weekend comments about the Omagh bombing, the single worst atrocity in the Northern Ireland Troubles, which cost the lives of 29 men, women and children. The Taoiseach will recall that in the aftermath, his Government appointed an ad hoc...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Both Deputy Kenny and I have expressed our surprise that the Nally committee was unable to reach its findings without interviewing the Garda informant at the heart of the affair. Last week the PSNI made clear again that it still wished to interview this man, a Mr. Dixon, a car thief who stole cars on order for the Real IRA and its bombing campaign. According to The Sunday Times, the PSNI also...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: From my memory of the report, which I read carefully at the time, it is clear that the Nally report regarded Mr. Dixon as an ordinary commercial car thief who would have no intelligence of relevance to pass on. I do not know the truth of the matter. However, from my contacts in Northern Ireland, I know that the former assistant chief constable, Sam Kincaid, was and is very highly regarded and...

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It would be appropriate if the opportunity were given to all sides of the House to show we are agreed in terms of our opposition to the scandalous scenes that occurred on Saturday. A simple motion would give all parties and individual members an opportunity to subscribe to the terms of that motion and send out a unified message from this House on behalf of the people.

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What preparations does the Taoiseach intend to make to facilitate the House in debating the Lourdes Hospital inquiry published this afternoon and will adequate time be provided to discuss the analysis and findings that have appalled most ordinary citizens? Does the Taoiseach agree that the time has come for the House to enact legislation along the lines of the Whistleblowers Protection Bill...

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not debating it. I am asking if there was ever a case that so starkly reminds the average citizen of the necessity for whistle-blowers' protection in this society as what is encompassed in the Lourdes Hospital inquiry report? Will the Taoiseach seriously consider reintroducing the Whistleblowers Protection Bill, which his Government opportunistically voted for when it was introduced in...