Results 281-300 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach made passing reference to Iraq. Has he had discussions with the President of France, Mr. Chirac, about his Government's response to the draft Security Council resolution for the UN? What are the views of the Taoiseach, the Irish Government and the French Government on Mr. Chirac's opinion that the draft resolution — which would transform coalition forces, which are mainly...

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I understand this is not the content of the draft resolution. The draft resolution would still have the forces responding to the United States. In regard to control over oil deposits, in particular, the temporary Iraqi Government would not be able to enter into contracts and so on. There appears to be a major difference in this regard. As I am not entirely clear from the Taoiseach's answer...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: IFSRA, the Revenue Commissioners and the Director of Corporate Enforcement have separate inquiries under way. Will the Taoiseach assure the House and the public that information will be shared between these three distinct and separate inquiries? IFSRA is under no obligation to make it findings public, the Revenue Commissioners will not do so and the Director of Corporate Enforcement is likely...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree it beggars belief that the most senior executives in the bank profess to know nothing of how they became implicated in these affairs? How can that make sense to the average person? Mr. Roy Douglas, for example, seems to implicate the bank as an institution when he says that when he climbed the corporate ladder he was invited to participate in this scheme. He makes it...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I have questions on the same issue. You, Sir, kindly sent to my office a letter from solicitors——

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Taoiseach's response to the letter on behalf of Judge Curtin, which seems to assert that there is no constitutional basis for the committee being put in place and advances the proposition that a constitutionally proper process would be full hearings by the Houses of the Oireachtas? Is there any truth in the rumour, heard in some circles in the Law Library, that an action in the...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to debate this, a Cheann Comhairle. I am talking about people who have lived in Dublin for a long time, whose families are in education and who have put down roots in this city. They do not want to be driven out of it without consultation.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: May I finish my sentence?

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not see why not.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to discuss the contents. I want to underline the urgency of the need for guidance from the Ceann Comhairle to the House——

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——because of the degree of disquiet among public servants——

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Last week, when answering for the Taoiseach, the Minister for Defence appeared to say the whistleblowers Bill was dead in the water, which is the first time we heard that. Given recent and current events, is it intended to legislate for the protection of whistleblowers?

Written Answers — Defamation Law: Defamation Law (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his consideration of the recommendations of the Legal Advisory Group on the Defamation Law, particularly in regard to the proposals for the establishment of a statutory press council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16290/04]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the long promised judicial conduct and ethics Bill; if the heads of the Bill have been approved by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16291/04]

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not anti-regions at all. The regions were not too kind to Deputy Treacy when he gave it a whirl five years ago. The Tánaiste said lethargy and inability to make hard decisions is the reason for paralysis in Government. Does she not accept that part of the reason for such disenchantment with the Government is the manner in which it treats and diminishes this House at every turn? If she...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Labour Party has done everything it can to push through reforms. It has published an 80 page document on it. It is the Government that will not engage.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: To publish and pass it?

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Is that not a good example of the kind of proposals that have been put forward so many times this year? A major Bill such as this is brought forward but turns out to be not what was promised. The Tánaiste is not only requiring people to make Second Stage speeches on this Bill today but to push it through the House. That is simply not acceptable and it is part of the contempt to which I...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We will deal with Carrickmines.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We will agree with the provision regarding Carrickmines but that is not what the Bill states.