Results 941-960 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If I am a smart ass, the Minister is illiterate.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn was right about that much. The Taoiseach will probably be aware that the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, launched a report yesterday on the childhood development initiative. The report deals in great detail with the impact on children as young as ten of anti-social behaviour. If the Taoiseach has not seen...

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is well aware that, for example, initiatives such as the JLO scheme have as many gardaí devoted to them as the Garda driving pool. The resources are not put into the measures that could address this issue in society. Unfortunate people are being tortured in their own communities because of the actions of young thugs and hooligans who are out of control, with no parental...

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is out of touch. I read in one of the newspapers this morning about his doing six hours' canvassing on Saturday and another few hours on Sunday. If he did it at the right times of the day, he would know that the issue is not law but the lack of enforcement. The Taoiseach keeps coming to the House and offering solutions in the shape of more law and tougher speeches from the...

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——in those neighbourhoods, that would be real action. However, while tough speeches promise more laws, there is no action in the neighbourhoods where people suffer harassment and persecution for no reason but that they are old, vulnerable, women living alone or merely different.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: People are being driven out of their own estates and desperately seeking transfers from local authorities. We have witnessed the breakdown of society in many of those areas, and it is not good enough to come to the House asking if the Opposition will support tough laws.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Taoiseach to implement the tough laws that are in place and provide the resources to the Garda Síochána.

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6767/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his assessment of the implications for the Northern Ireland peace process of the discovery by the Garda of a major money laundering operation believed to have involved the IRA. [6768/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his assessment of the implications for the Northern Ireland peace process of the reported involvement of members of the IRA in the murder of Mr. Robert McCartney in the Short Strand area of Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6769/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on 3 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7521/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the SDLP Leader, Mr. Mark Durkan, on 14 March 2005. [9190/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on 10 March 2005; if the matter of the proposed British inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane was raised; if he conveyed to the British Prime Minister concerns at the inadequate nature of the inquiry proposed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said he did not expect within the next day or so a definitive response from the IRA to the speech by the president of Sinn Féin, Mr. Gerry Adams. Putting the most benign construction on the speech, will the Taoiseach indicate what constitutes a reasonable time to wait for a response? Does the Taoiseach agree that the issue is not whether Sinn Féin should break away from the...

Order of Business. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On behalf of the Labour Party, I join the Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael in congratulating Pope Benedict XVI and wish him well in his awesome task. He succeeds a Pope who was never afraid to tell the great and the good where he stood on matters of peace and war. It is noteworthy that his namesake, Pope Benedict XV, sought to exercise an influence in preventing the First World War. I hope...

Order of Business. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the latest information on the work permits Bill?

Order of Business. (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is just jealous. He cannot defend them.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility which have yet to be implemented; the number in respect of which the deadline for implementation has passed; if he is satisfied with the rate of compliance by his Department; the number of cases where legal actions have been notified or commenced by...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm that the Government has now missed the required legislative implementation date to give effect to EU Directive 2002/14/EC regarding information and consultation with employees by the required date of 23 March 2005; if he has had communications from the EU Commission on this matter; when the required...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (20 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the transfer pursuant to Article 2.2 of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons sought by a person (details supplied); the correspondence he has had with the office of the Governor of Massachusetts in connection with processing this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter....