Results 2,561-2,580 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Rioting, destruction, personal injury and public disorder on the scale experienced on Dublin streets on Saturday made this emergency debate inevitable and the principle of Dáil accountability requires the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform should be here to answer questions on the information available to him about the disgraceful events on Saturday. It is with some disbelief that...

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: For those of us who served on that side of the House, memories are long enough to recall the mischief that would be made by Fianna Fáil if the office of Minister for Justice was held by a Fine Gael or Labour Party Deputy. The Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, has also absented himself. He made a career from indicting the Minister for Justice of the day if a letter went missing. Now, we have had...

Written Answers — Tax Incentive Schemes: Tax Incentive Schemes (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recently published internal review of certain tax schemes; the action he intends to take as a result of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7854/06]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he intends to take to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies that meet minimum standards in terms of pay, working conditions and pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7860/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed at the recent meeting between officials of his Department and a person (details supplied) from Northern Ireland whose son was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries, and who has alleged collusion between those involved in the murder and members of the security forces in Northern Ireland; the action that will be taken arising from the...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There are many questions that are not answered by the Taoiseach but obviously the single biggest question is, how this could have gone on for 24 years. While we certainly owe a great debt to the author of this report for the manner in which complex material is handled and the substantial and insightful recommendations that are made, the fact remains that were it not for the bravery and...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not at all clear on what the Taoiseach has stated. Take, for example, the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999 that his Government supported when I introduced it in the House in June 1999. If employees in those circumstances had statutory protection, surely this would have come to light earlier. It is almost beyond belief, leaving out the professional affinity between professional...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not think the Taoiseach has read the report and I ask him, when he gets an opportunity away from his other pressures, that he might do so because that was a muddled reply, which was all over the place. Even when the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Cowen, was written to, it took a year to get an acknowledgement. When a woman wrote about a second consultant in the same...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is missing the point.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: They examined many cases directed by him.

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40409/05]

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever else the Taoiseach has, he does not have too heavy a legislative programme.

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This has much merit as it gives the Taoiseach time to move around the country to do the things he has done with such innovation as compared to any of his predecessors. Given the workload in the Department in terms of Bills, is there an argument for more legislation to be put through the Taoiseach's Department? For example, the money advice bureau Bill is on the Order Paper since 2002 but has...

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Can I take it from that response that we cannot expect a referendum, for example, on the EU constitution, this year or this side of the general election?

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work to date in 2006 of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/06]

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Have the individuals behind this initiative given any thought to the concept of citizenship in the education system? During the events of last Saturday, a great many young people spewed out sectarian hatred and bigotry on the streets of Dublin, who did not seem to have much of a concept of citizenship of this State or of somebody resident on this island. Perhaps we ought to include the...

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach learned his civics at an early age by going up poles and putting stuff in doors.

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach was an exception.

Cabinet Committees. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on drugs and social inclusion last met; and when the next meeting is due to be held. [4187/06]

Cabinet Committees. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What can the Taoiseach do? He would answer the questions if he could.