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Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not the issue. The issue is that if the Taoiseach sent out Deputy Woods to do this secret deal because the church did not have the resources, why does the same principle not apply in this case? In reply to a parliamentary question tabled by Deputy O'Sullivan, who raised the issue after the Taoiseach made his remarks about the measured response, the nice Minister for Education and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What do his measured words amount to? Of course, the woman concerned has no choice but to appeal to the Supreme Court where the Government will claim in defence that it has no legal responsibility for the actions of teachers in such circumstances. However, here we have a circumstance where the Taoiseach believes on the one hand an organisation can cap its liability at £100 million for...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——where she received what was described by the judge as catastrophic injuries, the Minister with responsibility has said the costs will be prosecuted against her. In those circumstances it is not for the Taoiseach to say that her home is not at risk: that is not how the system works. If she is responsible for the €500,000 and that is her only asset, then her home is at risk.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach voluntarily agreed to discharge——

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——costs where the State was not a party and was subsequently made a party.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Whose employees are they?

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; the number that have been relocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30877/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach mentioned that infrastructure is visible. What is his view on the Economic and Social Research Institute's comment that the State is spending €1 billion on offices for civil servants who already have offices? The Taoiseach has said he can see officials moving every day in the Department, but how does that accord with the fact that fewer than 750 officials are prepared to...

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes. Arising from the experience of the Taoiseach in his Department, is it not time to admit that the political stroke to transfer 10,300 civil servants is in a shambles and——

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——that we need to go back to the drawing board?

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: My question derives from the Taoiseach's experience in his Department. The decentralisation programme is not happening in the Department of the Taoiseach. It will not be delivered. It is damaging the Civil Service. It is duplicating buildings. It is creating a parallel Civil Service. Does the Taoiseach agree that we should go back to the drawing board for a negotiated and planned...

Decentralisation Programme. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the comment made by the ESRI?

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach to report on the implementation to date of An Agreed Programme for Government; the reason no progress report on the implementation was published in summer 2006, as had been the practice in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30878/06]

Programmes for Government. (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Generally, is it not the case that, in respect of the programme for Government, in critical areas like health, social housing and education, the Government is nowhere near meeting its targets? We were supposed to take four out of every five taxpayers from the top rate of tax. We were supposed to supply 200,000 medical cards but the Taoiseach says the reason for the minuscule take-up of the...

Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach anticipate a referendum being held arising from the St. Andrew's agreement?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We deserve a more serious response than that.

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share time with Deputy McManus. I thank Members on all sides of the House who contributed to this extremely important debate. We have just heard a very mischievous contribution from the hybrid Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan. The trouble with bright people who have reached the Minister of State's stage of life being elected to the House is that they can be thrown any type of brief...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is intended as such. The Minister of State does not believe a word of what he just said. He must recognise that Deputy McManus has identified an attempt to engineer a major shift in our health care system towards a for profit model. That is the net issue. The Minister for Health and Children, frustrated at her failures, is attempting to shift the balance of the existing system towards a...

Written Answers — HIV-AIDS Agreement: HIV-AIDS Agreement (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of the agreement signed on 29 September 2006 with former president Mr. Bill Clinton to fight HIV and AIDS in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31611/06]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in regard to the public statement issued on 30 July 2006 regarding the heavy loss of life arising from an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana, he took the opportunity to convey these views personally to the Israeli or US authorities; the reply received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28370/06]