Results 381-400 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Irish Parliament is united in this plea for the early release of Margaret Hassan. She is an Irish citizen who has devoted most of her working life to humanitarian work for the weakest and most vulnerable people in Iraq. I speak as the leader of an Irish party that has consistently opposed the illegal war in Iraq and expressed solidarity with the Iraqi people in all their suffering over...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has rambled off into a number of areas about which I did not ask him. I referred to a particular announcement by the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, that he would provide a number of 50-bed community nursing units specifically for the purpose I have outlined. Not one of the beds has been provided, as the answer to a parliamentary question on 28 October...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is another form of family planning.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Delivery units.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Although the Government supported its passage on Second Stage in the House, can we take it that the Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999 is considered dead by the Government?

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I take it from that answer that the Bill is dead and that the work to which the Taoiseach refers and which has been prepared will not be undertaken.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has clarified the additional functions of the Government Chief Whip. However, does the Minister of State with special responsibility for overseas development and human rights, Deputy Conor Lenihan, have a role in the peace process?

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I appreciate that, but does he have a role in the peace process?

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the report of the taxi advisory council on new regulations to be introduced to the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26982/04]

Written Answers — Taxi Hardship Panel: Taxi Hardship Panel (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on the work to date of the taxi hardship panel. [26977/04]

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the role and duties of persons appointed by him as special or political advisers; the total cost in terms of payroll and expenses arising from these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/04]

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach inform the House if different rules or yardsticks are applied to fix the salary entitlements of people recruited from the public sector as distinct from those recruited from the private sector to work in the Department of the Taoiseach and throughout the public service? What are the responsibilities of the person recruited to the Department of the Taoiseach on 1 October...

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not appreciate that political advisers were subject to benchmarking. Against whom are they benchmarked? What are the criteria? It is a significant increase in six months. The Taoiseach said the new appointee is responsible for co-ordinating the Ministers of State. Is this a completely new appointment? What does it mean? Does it mean rounding them up every so often and checking what they...

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date with regard to the implementation of the Nally report on the Chief State Solicitor's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/04]

Regulatory Reform. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date with regard to the implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/04]

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to ask comrade Taoiseach now that he has come out as a socialist how this will affect the ordinary lives of our citizens? Nothing has stretched credulity so much since the press conferences in Baghdad of "comical Ali". Will the Taoiseach say what this will mean in practice for ordinary people? How will it change the lives of ordinary people now that a true socialist leads the Government?

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will it mean that the millionaires who pay no tax——

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——will have to pay a fair tax? Does it mean that he will undo the cuts of €58 million from the most vulnerable people on the margins of society in the social welfare package? Does it mean he will restore the RAPID programme that was designed to transfer resources to the most disadvantaged areas of the country? Does it mean that a woman fleeing domestic violence will now qualify for the...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If Mr. McCreevy was listening in the Berlemont building to the revelation that all this time he was the Minister for Finance of a socialist Government, he would be twirling on a spit. How can the Taoiseach rhyme off such statistics when the Government sucked the average industrial earner, to whom he referred, into paying tax at the top or marginal rate for the first time in the history of the...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: They were in the tent at the Galway Races.