Results 6,341-6,360 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: What does that mean? It is a farm.
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Why should trespassers go on the site?
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: One cannot throw drugs in over a prison wall. Did the Minister read his own plans?
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: That is not international practice.
- Prison Building Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Anglo Irish Bank has suitable premises down on the quays which the Minister could convert.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: A seat in the Senate for Seanie.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Sure, the Government nationalised the bank.
- Job Initiative Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this item concerning the future of the job initiative scheme, which has less than 1,450 participants throughout the country. I was directly associated with the creation of the scheme in 1996. In 2004, the then Minister decided that no new entrants should be admitted to the scheme from that date. However, the economic environment has...
- Job Initiative Programme. (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State.
- Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendation contained in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that the garda station network should be reduced by approximately half, which would result in the closure of around 350 garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31139/09]
- Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to implementation of those sections of the programme for Government under the headings community payback, parental responsibility, and anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31140/09]
- Written Answers — Cigarette Smuggling: Cigarette Smuggling (22 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to combat the illicit trade in cigarettes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is estimated that the loss in revenue to the Exchequer is of the order of â¬500 million annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31170/09]
- Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: I am happy to support the remarks made last evening by my colleague, Deputy Higgins, and the modest reforms contained in this Fine Gael Bill. It is important that we introduce more transparency and accountability into public appointments and into how such public bodies are required to account for the discharge of their functions. When asked to deputise for my colleague, Deputy Penrose, who...
- Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: The reason for reducing the number is not primarily about financial savings, although that is an issue. Rather, the reason is to improve the committee system. There are so many committees that it is not possible for them all to function well. In larger parliaments, there are usually sufficient non-officeholding parliamentarians with an expertise or specialist knowledge to support a larger...
- Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: -----political affiliation. In recent times, there has been no evidence in some of the cases known to each of us in the House to suggest that the criterion brought to bear was anything but political affiliation. The entry of my colleagues in the Green Party who shared my concern has reminded me of the disgraceful happenings in the Equality Authority. Before the chief executive was forced...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing murders of trade unionists in Colombia; the action the international community is taking, or proposes to take, in order to end these killings including direct discussions with representatives of the Colombian Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31747/09]
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the ongoing human rights abuses in Colombia, particularly the murders of trade unionists, the negotiations of a free trade agreement between Colombia and the European Union will be suspended. [31748/09]
- Order of Business (24 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: There is a requirement for an order to be made under the Defamation Act to give recognition to the Press Council. Is such an order likely to be brought before the House in the near future?
- Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: There is no outwitting the Minister.
- Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
Pat Rabbitte: This is sensible and pragmatic legislation. On behalf of the Labour Party, I am happy to support it and give it a quick dispatch through the House. Those of us on this side of the House and people outside it have been properly critical about how well the fruits of the boom have been used. Many things might have been done better and there are identifiable areas in which there has been...