Results 3,521-3,540 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Census of Population. (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister of State seek information on the matter to which I refer? I am not imputing any lack of professionalism or anything else on the part of the CSO, far from it, but I have received direct anecdotal evidence of difficulties being encountered, which did not exist previously, in terms of securing the co-operation of everyone in particular households, gaining access to some...

Census of Population. (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I was just testing the Ceann Comhairle and I am glad to see that, even in the absence of the Taoiseach, he is alert.

Unemployment Levels. (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There are 8,000 bicycles in Beijing.

Unemployment Levels. (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it 9 million?

Order of Business (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister state when the Book of Estimates will be published? Why did the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill fall off the schedule for today and tomorrow and when is it to be reintroduced?

Order of Business (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Government cancelled it or rethought it?

Order of Business (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is for sure.

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation in regard to a company (details supplied); the agents or agencies currently investigating this matter; the approximate timetable for these investigations; the date on which his attention was first drawn to this case; the agent or agency that brought it to his attention; if legislation, either primary or...

Written Answers — Inflation Rate: Inflation Rate (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to protect consumers and businesses from spiralling inflation; if adjustments in the budget allocations within his Department or its agencies are necessary in view of the prediction at the time of budget 2006 of average annual inflation of 2.7% compared to the expected situation of 5% by end...

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Invective from Deputy Johnny Brady.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That was an extraordinary response from the Minister for Finance. The House collapsed last Thursday at 2.35 p.m. and was not reconvened until 3.30 p.m. because of a lack of business. The House collapsed yesterday evening at 5.15 p.m. and could not reconvene until 7 p.m. Today, the House has a single measure before it that probably will not occupy it beyond lunchtime. The pretence that the...

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Why can the House not discuss the Barr report on Abbeylara, or the conclusions of the investigation on the Dean Lyons case? Why was no thought given to avoiding yesterday's situation, when the House was meeting but had no business to conduct? The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform spoke last week about the new laws which were proposed to allow the Government to shut down...

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The new provisions will be immensely reassuring to the public. Should we presume it was not an offence up to now?

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: In certain cases, the District Court may try the person charged with that offence summarily.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle, one has to fill the time with something.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What is going on over there? It is usual for a new Government with new and reforming legislative ideas to take some time at the outset of its time in office to put legislation in place——

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——but this is an old, clapped-out and worn-out Government.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is divided.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is sundering before our eyes.

Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Usually——