Results 981-1,000 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Apparently it is now the case that matters before a committee are sub judice.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Department put in place special briefings for her which she did not take, how can the Tánaiste tell the House she was not briefed?

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a few remarks on the Bill. As the House will know, serious questions have been posed of the Garda Síochána recently. These have ranged from harsh criticism by Mr. Justice Morris of misbehaviour and mismanagement by certain gardaí in Donegal to the failure to tackle the spread of drugs nationwide, declining crime prevention and detection rates...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11817/05]

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is on days such as this that I am glad I do not have to write a cover piece for tomorrow's newspapers. It is hard to see much colour in issues such as waste paper, business partnerships in Newfoundland and Labrador and regulation. I would like to address the OECD recommendations and tangible matters such as complete liberalisation of the pub trade, the elimination of restrictions on...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not running out of time because of me. I am confining myself to questions.

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I was only showing the headline and not quoting from it. The Tánaiste committed to the abolition of such curbs on 25 July 2001. Four years have elapsed and very little has been achieved in any of the areas relating to the OECD's tangible recommendations. Rather than having the Tánaiste torture him about deregulation and multiple terminals at Dublin Airport, does the Taoiseach not believe we...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Even the Taoiseach will have reached——

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: At what age did the Taoiseach say he would retire? He will have reached 60 before we do anything.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach seen the appeal from the INO for him to declare a national emergency because of the crisis in accident and emergency wards throughout the country? Does he intend to respond to this request made in extremis by the INO? It is manifest that the Taoiseach's Minister for Health and Children does not have the competence to deal with the crisis. Many accident and emergency wards...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: In the absence of Máire Geoghan-Quinn, there is nobody to slap him down and send him back to the Curragh.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Nobody seems to be capable of controlling the crisis in accident and emergency units. The INO has pleaded for the Taoiseach to intervene.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: For the past eight years the Government has been promising that something might work. In spite of the ten-point initiative, announced with great fanfare by the Tánaiste and greeted by the media, which alluded to her unparalleled courage in taking on this problem, nothing has changed. The problem ought to be considerably less acute at this time of the year than it is. Not even the publication...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There were 249 people.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I would not rely too heavily on the counting in that Department.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We know that. The problem has existed for five or six years.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is working night and day.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Following the Taoiseach's admission last week that he had a substantive brief and did not read it on a matter that has exposed the taxpayer to €2 billion, does he still have confidence in the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment?

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is very appropriate.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach received any notice of resignation from the Minister concerned and does he still have confidence in him?