Results 341-360 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It has arisen. That is the problem.

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Bring Deputy Michael Smith back to the Cabinet.

Membership of Committees: Motion. (12 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State will have to reapply for a slot.

Telecommunications Services. (12 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter which is of such serious concern to up to 2,000 householders in my constituency and in adjoining areas of Dublin South-West. On Friday last a number of householders who had subscribed to a direct telephone connection offered by NTL received letters warning them that it was stopping its telephone service due to safety...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report an update on the decentralisation plans for his Department announced as part of the budget for 2004; the number of staff who have agreed to relocate as part of the plan; when the Civil Defence branch of his Department will be moved to Roscrea; if a building has been acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24196/04]

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the meeting held on 13 July 2004 with the social partners under the auspices of Sustaining Progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/04]

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach when the next quarterly meeting with the social partners under the auspices of the Sustaining Progress agreement will be held; the likely agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21323/04]

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On affordable housing, we are approaching the second anniversary of the agreement, which was to provide an injection to build an additional 10,000 affordable houses. The Taoiseach told Deputy Joe Higgins that when one counts up all the bits of land that have been sequestered, the potential exists to build 8,900, which is not 10,000 but is fair enough. Approaching the second anniversary of the...

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: In respect of the potential yield of 8,900 affordable housing units, the Taoiseach remarked that some of them are under construction. Will he inform the House on the precise number under construction? He claimed that this was an additional number and that he did not want it entangled with the other substantial investment in affordable housing. Is it not the case that only 163 affordable...

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: They blackmailed us into doing so and shut down the initiative of the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Dempsey. They then delivered only 163 social and affordable houses.

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever word the Taoiseach wants to use, be it "holding back" or "blackmailing", they got their way.

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I apologise to the Taoiseach but if he answered my question about the number of units under construction, I did not catch it, and I would like to ask the question again. I also welcome the appointment of Des Geraghty but I would like the Taoiseach to outline his precise mandate in this situation. Also, did any of the social partners raise the question of the savage 16 cuts in social welfare...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not demonstrate an awareness of the extent of public anger about this issue. When the country was far less wealthy it did not have the phenomenon of patients, families and nurses picketing Dáil Éireann on this issue. The consultants say there are 3,500 fewer beds in the system now than there were in 1990. In the past, when there was a flu epidemic during the winter, one...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Relatives of patients do not easily congregate outside Dáil Éireann to express their desperation. It requires a response from the Taoiseach, as leader of the Government.

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: After seven and a half years in Government, the Taoiseach is still theorising about the solution. I have no idea what he intends to convey to the public by stating he has been aware of this problem for 30 years. Most people would draw the conclusion that, after that period, he should move out and let someone else try his or her hand at the problem. The hospital consultants state there are now...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We have had many reports from the former Minister for Health and Children but little action. Some 3,000 beds were promised in the health strategy. Will the Taoiseach tell us precisely how he intends to utilise the spare capacity in private nursing homes to deal with the phenomenon of patients retained in acute hospitals who ought not be there? Will the Government open the facilities which...

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I hoped the Taoiseach would have replied to Deputy Kenny because it is important that he takes the first opportunity since his return from his overseas visit to clear up the confusion in the public domain behind the motivation and purpose of the recent statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Minister was flying a kite and the Taoiseach thinks he has brought him down to earth again——

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is important that we understand if it was about replacing the Progressive Democrats in Government or a benign gesture in the context of the Northern Ireland discussions.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It would be helpful if the leader of Government simply availed——