Results 6,861-6,880 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is beginning to sound like a recovering alcoholic lecturing the rest of us.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The country is going down the tube and the Minister wants to debate the difference between Fine Gael and Labour. This is unreal.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: He is like an old-fashioned Redemptorist.
- Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The man is a saint. Everyone knows that.
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on correspondence from an association (details supplied) regarding the regulatory and operational framework of microlight operations here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12641/10]
- Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when child benefit payment will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12402/10]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (23 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 783: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain the reason for the halving of the budgetary provision for 2010 of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24; his views on whether this cut is likely to terminate a most worthwhile project; the alternatives that are available to the person with valuable accumulated experience to keep this organisation in...
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: It is the Ombudsman who has made certain statements about this matter.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Ombudsman wants the committee to discuss it.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I much preferred the Taoiseach when he was prepared to opt for confrontation.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Yes.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach sold a pup to Deputy Gormley.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Yes, this pertains to promised legislation. Arising from the controversy that surrounded the enactment of the Defamation Act and the inclusion of blasphemy, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform has since made an announcement to the effect that he intends to hold a referendum to excise the provision from the Constitution. The Taoiseach should indicate when it is intended to hold a referendum.
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I am grateful to the Taoiseach. May I take it, given the all-party agreement on the proposed amendment regarding the rights of children, that it will be held in conjunction with that proposal this year?
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That is a matter for the arts, sports and the Gaeltacht.
- Written Answers — Procurement Practices: Procurement Practices (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps that he has taken to oversee the implementation of the recommendations which were contained in the CIE-commissioned report on alleged irregularities in the procurement process at Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/10]
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 17 February 2010, when the promised notice required to clarify arrangements for parents of Irish-born children granted permission to remain in the State under the IBC 05 scheme will be published in the newspapers and posted on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the practice that requires non-nationals living outside Dublin to have their fingerprints taken before renewing their residency permits, in view of the fact that this is not required of those renewing at the Garda National Immigration Bureau; if his attention has been drawn to the distress that this...
- Referendum on Blasphemy. (25 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his views on whether there should be a constitutional referendum on blasphemy; his further views on whether such a referendum will be held in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/10]
- Referendum on Blasphemy. (25 Mar 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I did not ask the Minister to explain what is in the Defamation Act, as I know what it contains. I do not want a justification of the Minister's seamless thinking on this issue because it took a hell of a hammering to get him to admit that he might contemplate a referendum. The question I asked him was whether he intended to hold a referendum and, if so, whether he intended to hold it this...