Results 361-380 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I accept the Chair's ruling. However, the leader of Government as distinct from the Minister for Foreign Affairs should clarify the issue for the public. Will there be a debate to discuss the implications of yesterday's report published by the child development initiative on Tallaght?

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: When it is, we can expect plenty of fireworks.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is reading The Wind in the Willows by the banks of the Shannon.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If you let off fireworks down in Roosky nobody would notice.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the benefits flowing from the Government's recent change in its attitude towards the military junta in Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/04]

Written Answers — Conference on Poverty: Conference on Poverty (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government was represented at the recent United Nations special conference on poverty; the details of commitments made by Ireland; the timescale for their achievement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/04]

Legislative Programme. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for the remainder of the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21326/04]

Legislative Programme. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I defer, Sir.

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when he last met the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair; when he expects to next meet him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21328/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his most recent contacts with the Northern Ireland political parties. [21329/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent contacts with the United States Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Leeds Castle talks. [22143/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his contacts with the Northern Ireland political parties during the Leeds Castle talks. [22144/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 28: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with a delegation from the DUP on 30 September 2004. [23238/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 29: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government and the political parties in Northern Ireland since the ending of the Leeds Castle talks; his assessment of the prospects of concluding an agreement based on the Leeds Castle talks on the basis of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the announcement made by the British Government regarding the proposed inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied); his further views on whether the announcement made meets the agreement entered into with the Irish Government at the Weston Park talks; if he has raised or plans to raise the matter with the British Prime Minister, Mr....

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 32: To ask the Taoiseach if there are plans to convene a meeting of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation; his views on the future role of the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 37: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the margins of the ceremonies in Rome for the signing of the new European treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27164/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: In respect of the remarks made after the Leeds Castle talks — I believe the quote was something like "reasonable in substance and historic in meaning"— does the Taoiseach still believe the process is imbued with the same sense of optimism or does he think that optimism, in the immediate wake of the Leeds Castle talks, has waned somewhat? Will he indicate what he envisages now as the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Has either of the two Governments taken the report of the International Monitoring Commission? Does the Taoiseach think it is helpful? I presume we can take the Taoiseach's earlier answer on the fears articulated, especially by the SDLP, that to enlist the support of the DUP, fundamental changes might be made to the Agreement. We can take from what the Taoiseach has said that his Government...