Results 4,501-4,520 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I beg Deputy Ó Caoláin's pardon.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Ceann Comhairle ruling that it is not possible to put down a question to the Taoiseach about the content of the Moriarty report?

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not speaking about any Minister.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not interested in Deputy Kenny's matter.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am asking whether it is possible for me to put down a question to the Taoiseach on the content of the Moriarty report.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Taoiseach, having regard to the cost of this tribunal report, whether his Government has taken any action in respect of it.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I appreciate that it has been distributed, but I do not know to whom and maybe the Taoiseach will reveal that.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am asking the Taoiseach whether any initiative, action or legislative measure has been taken or derives from the report.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: With regard to costs, is it not the case that the Taoiseach approved and the Attorney General recommended a doubling of fees for solicitors and researchers and that after 2002 the Taoiseach approved an increase of €800 per diem for lawyers at tribunals, including the one under discussion? Does he not agree it is the height of humbug that he and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In respect of costs, do the negotiations under way encompass all tribunals, their legal staff and legal fees or do they relate only to a single tribunal?

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach his plans for an annual commemoration of the Famine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8366/07]

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle could not wait to get off the earlier batch.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: He went into them early. We have questions down. The Ceann Comhairle made rules previously when he went around the House to ask people to answer questions.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: We should be permitted to ask a question about this.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not see the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources or the two Opposition spokespersons objecting.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Taoiseach saying? Is he indicating he is of a mind to have a commemorative day for the Famine and it might be 27 May? Surely he is not comparing the Famine to other meanderings that he has engaged in. It is quite a separate matter. What is the event taking place this year, which is not official but has a Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, as a host? Is he paying for it...

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I was the first Deputy to raise the matter in this House and I have raised it consistently.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I see through the sham the Taoiseach is organising.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am a bit stupid, as the Taoiseach remarked last week.

Commemorative Events. (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not of the quality of those behind the Taoiseach.