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Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I listened to a radio interview with the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Éamon Ó Cuív, in which he illustrated the success of the ADM Limited move to Clifden.

Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It turned out that no one from ADM Limited moved to Clifden but that they were new staff there. ADM Limited then issued a statement on the same radio programme, stating it is neither a public service nor Civil Service organisation but an independent board and it is none of the Government's business from where it functions.

Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This is the kind of misleading nonsense that is going on. I ask again, what is the timescale for the decentralisation that will go ahead? Will there be negotiations to ensure whatever transfers take place are voluntary? Last week the Taoiseach said that in an organisation with 100 staff and where 99 were moving, the fellow remaining could not expect to get promotion. Apart from the fact that...

Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We will have a situation that has happened to those units already transferred where the specialist staff refuse to move and have to be retained in Dublin city while staff have to be employed. The Government has made commitments to so many towns and villages where there is a definite need to address regional imbalance. These towns do not know whether they will be the beneficiaries of the...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Dalton report accompanied the leaks which took place over the weekend, the medical consultancy report to pre-empt the programme and the Taoiseach's climbdown on decentralisation. I raised this issue in the House several times and was informed by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, who appears to regard the issue as risible, that it was not possible to publish the...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I would be sitting down by now if the Ceann Comhairle had allowed me to finish. Mr. Taggart stated that he had not received a copy of the report. When will the report be placed in the Oireachtas Library? How is it that journalists can be given this report by agents of the Minister while Members of this House cannot obtain it? Can the Taoiseach explain why the report was supposedly referred to...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a terrible slight on the 19 committee Chairmen from the Taoiseach's party.

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach will have to remove some of the dead wood and promote some people, otherwise they will obstruct him. I know what they are like.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made since 6 March 2006 in regard to the 30 Foras na Gaeilge staff members to be located in Gaoth Dobhair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the €4,836,927 awarded to his Department in respect of cohesion initiatives during 2005, including €1,463,400 for the promotion of volunteering, was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18131/06]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, he discussed with his Departmental staff the intended meeting with the private investigator; the reason his Departmental staff were not present at the meeting; when he first created a minute of the meeting; if he...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of his meeting on June 10, 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, which he attended the meeting in his capacity as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; if he was accompanied by a Garda driver on the night in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he took regarding the documentation supplied to him in respect of his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath; if it is in his possession or the possession of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18095/06]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prior to his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, he checked with the Morris Tribunal as to whether or not the person he was meeting was likely to be recalled as a witness at that Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/06]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) have used up their budget allocation for the installation of gas central heating into the homes of the elderly for 2005 and that current projects have had to be put on hold until they get further funding from his Department; his...

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Last weekend, there was a spate of facilitatory interviews with the Taoiseach. I did not see them all, particularly the one on Setanta. This weekend I will be keeping a close watch on it, especially with the big match on. I do not know if the Taoiseach has an appearance booked yet.

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not hear the Taoiseach refer to the Aer Lingus issue in any of the interviews I read or heard. What progress has been made on bringing Aer Lingus to the stock market? Is it still the Government's determination to do so? Will it come to the market by the summer? Is commentary in the newspapers that the summer deadline has been missed really the case? What size share does the Government...

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Government has decided to sell off the national airline, a decision I do not agree with, are the people not at least entitled to expect the Government to handle it competently? The Taoiseach's remarks are reminiscent of his climb down on decentralisation at the weekend. He has provided a door through which to escape when this collapses. If the Government is minded to sell off Aer...

Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He might try to sell them e-voting machines.

Cabinet Sub-committees. (17 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus last met and when the next meeting is due to be held. [16167/06]