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Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——can he tell the House why there has been this departure from Cabinet procedure?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why was the document not circulated with Cabinet documents in the normal way, not later than 12 p.m. on Friday? Why did that not happen?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I bet the Minister, Deputy Martin, read it.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair might as well do that. We are not getting answers. What is the point? The Chair wants a nice Order of Business, but for what purpose if we cannot debate an issue as major as €2 billion of taxpayer's money?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair would love that.

Written Answers — Nuclear Weapons Programme: Nuclear Weapons Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish and European position towards the existing situation which pertains in Iran with regard to the threat of nuclear weapons being developed in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7733/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance if a trust fund established collectively by the Roman Catholic bishops called the Stewardship Trust has applied to the Revenue Commissioners for charitable status for the purposes of the Taxes Acts; if such status has been granted; if it has not been granted, the tax treatment of that trust; if making contributions towards the payment of awards of...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to the proposal to decentralise part of the OPW to Claremorris, County Mayo; the number of personnel relocated to date; the number proposed to be transferred; if a timetable has been set for the transfer; if it is envisaged that the relocation will be completed by 2007 as proposed in the original announcement; and if he will...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to the proposal to decentralise his Department to Knock Airport, County Mayo; the number of personnel relocated to date; the number of personnel to be transferred; if any timetable has been set for the transfer; if it is envisaged that the relocation will be completed by 2007 as proposed in the...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The same privilege would have applied yesterday.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is a red herring.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is repeating the canard that he needs the privilege of this House to publish the report. He had the privilege of this House yesterday. The report would have the same privilege if the Taoiseach published it yesterday, and he knows that. Now we hear that a civil servant will be removed. In this instance, the taxpayer could be exposed to a bill of up to €2 billion. I recall the...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What did the Taoiseach say at that time? He has just condemned people for jumping up and down. The Taoiseach said: The inquiry represents an abdication of the Minister's constitutional responsibility for her Department . . . The identification of serious deficiencies in the Department of Justice does not exonerate the Minister from political accountability.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach continued: There is no valid distinction to be drawn between the Minister and the Department. ... The report is particularly critical of management in the Department but that cannot be divorced from the Minister who is appointed for the purpose of managing a Department.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I will not go on to the flowery bombast of the man who started it all, Deputy O'Donoghue, because I do not have time, but it is almost unbelievable — I will release it later.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The current Taoiseach, when Leader of the Opposition, said: Ministers are entitled to demand the best service the Civil Service can provide but if civil servants fail they should not be scapegoated. What did the doyenne of probity, the current Tánaiste, say at the time? She said: Accountability means that a Minister must take charge, must exert authority over his or her Department, and must...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: These were the sentiments of Members currently in Government because a letter did not issue on time from the Department of Justice. In this case the taxpayer is liable to a bill of up to €2 billion for this debacle and the Supreme Court said the Minister could not but have known about it. He said it was beyond doubt after 2001. We know that his junior Ministers and himself were minuted at a...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has contrived to evade his accountability to this House by delaying the publication of the report until after Leaders' Questions today——

Leaders' Questions. (9 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——when he will escape for five weeks. In the case of the terrible tragedy of the tsunami, public interest had abated in it after five weeks.