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Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I acknowledge it.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has accepted it since 1922.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I hope not.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: If we are to continue to fight about it, the Taoiseach is doomed.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Now the Taoiseach is defending it.

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I omitted to join with my colleagues in congratulating the Taoiseach on his new happy condition as a grandfather. I presume he is as aware as I that there is a reputable body of medical literature stating that very young children should be protected from too many flashlights and cameras and that he will observe that in the three or four weeks ahead.

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: On 24 April 2002, the House was adjourned sine die. In answer to my question on the private hospital building programme, the Taoiseach seemed to tell me that the election would be on 17 May. Having regard to that, will he assure the House that he will not do as he did the last time when he slunk in here in the still of the night?

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a shame the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, will leave this Dáil like he entered it, namely, wrong. I was manning these benches on my own like Horatio on the night in question.

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach assure the House that he will not repeat that performance?

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: His predecessors gave notice to the leaders of the Opposition of their intention to dissolve the Dáil. For example, in 1997, Deputy Harney and the Taoiseach were invited to the House and were present at the time. In light of the imminent dissolution of the House, will the Taoiseach give a personal guarantee that the ratio between the number of Deputies for each constituency and the...

Order of Business (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a long way to go for breakfast.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the contribution his Department has made to increase the use of the Irish language countrywide; the level of success achieved in regard to achieving this aim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15009/07]

Written Answers — Health Service Executive Property: Health Service Executive Property (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received a request from a group (details supplied) in County Kerry for the use of around 30 acres of Health Service Executive lands at Ballydribeen, Killarney, for social housing along with facilities for a number of voluntary, social care and sporting organisations; if favourable consideration will be given to the request,...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 596: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the plight of a number of former miners in the Slieveardagh coalfields in north Tipperary who have suffered significant damage to their health arising from their employment; his views on the establishment of a compensation scheme for such miners similar to that operating in the UK; and...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 627: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the plight of a number of former miners in the Slieveardagh coalfields in north Tipperary who have suffered significant damage to their health arising from their employment; his views on the establishment of a compensation scheme for such miners similar to that operating in the UK; and if he...

Written Answers — Compensation Payments: Compensation Payments (24 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 766: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has plans to compensate farmers who lost large sums of money with the collapse of the Tralee Beef and Lamb factory in 2001, particularly in view of the fact that some suppliers lost tens of thousands of euro; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14603/07]

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: So, the water is grand. It is all an illusion.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach tell the House if there will be an audit of the Government's waste of taxpayers' money? How many hundreds of millions of euro does the Government reckon it has wasted in the past five years? It is solely the prerogative of the Taoiseach to decide when the election is called — we all accept that — but whenever that happens, will we use electronic voting? If the answer...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Comptroller and Auditor General reckons it costs approximately €1 million per year to store them, but I read that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, has now relocated most of them to a central location. Did we have to buy out the leases on the premises where the machines are being stored? I saw the Minister for Communications, Marine and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This is the same Minister who seeks to lecture us on economic credibility. He was succeeded by my friend, the Minister, Deputy Cullen, who could not wait to get his hands on the machines either. The Government spent €62 million of taxpayers' money when there are people waiting for home help hours.