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Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle has just said how independent he is. Will the Taoiseach reply to the question? There is a €2 billion exposure for the taxpayer. A Minister went before the committee and said he did not bother to read the brief——

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and the Ceann Comhairle says it is of no concern to this House.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On the matter of confidence in his Minister, I am entitled to raise on the Order of Business whether the Taoiseach still has confidence in this particular Minister who has left us with the legacy that we spent the earlier part of Leaders' Questions discussing and who, in a blasé manner, says that we should blame the civil servants because he did not read the brief.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair should at least allow the Taoiseach to reply. Clearly he does not have confidence in his Minister. Certainly I do not.

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position of discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Revenue Commissioners regarding the introduction of a new higher education grants scheme; the steps being taken to bring these discussions to a conclusion; when she expects that the new system will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Children Act: Children Act (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which her Department has responsibility and which have been brought into operation; the sections that have yet to be brought into operation; if a timetable has been set for the implementation of the remaining sections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13022/05]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact on the local economy of the announcement by a company (details supplied) of the decision to close its call centre with the loss of 100 jobs; if he plans to have discussions with the company on the possibility of saving the jobs; if this is not possible, the steps he...

Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason general operatives employed by one of the North-South implementation bodies (details supplied) are awaiting benchmarking payments since 2001; the reason for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13261/05]

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the procedures adopted in the selection of a shipping business in 1997 to receive financial assistance from her Department for the provision of a substitute ferry service to carry live cattle to the European continent; the amount of such assistance provided and the conditions attaching to the grant; the date on which the decision was...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the source of funding for the management and maintenance of joint school community sports halls as provided for under the schools building programme; the funding designated for the joint school and community usage of the sports hall under construction at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on...

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I make no apology for returning to the crisis in accident and emergency units, especially given the inadequacy of the Taoiseach's response yesterday. Surely the Taoiseach appreciates that for an elderly woman retained five days and five nights on a trolley in the Mater Hospital it is very little comfort when he rhymes off to the House his version of statistics about hospitals where he claims...

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What will the Taoiseach do in response to the INO request for his intervention, given what it calls a national emergency in accident and emergency departments in several hospitals up and down the country, details of which I am sure the Taoiseach has received, as I have, in my e-mail traffic since I raised this matter yesterday?

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not think the Taoiseach appreciates the number of people who are suffering in distress and being treated in very undignified circumstances and the number of staff working in impossible circumstances. No category of staff other than frontline nurses and doctors would give the type of commitment that is being given in the conditions in some of these hospitals. The Taoiseach talks about...

Leaders' Questions. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Where is the capital programme and where are the step-down beds? Where is the ten-point plan announced by the Tánaiste in terms of its efficacy in these circumstances? The Government parties have been in office for eight years but people are still expected to work in circumstances akin to Third World hospital care facilities. People in pain are kept overnight on trolleys in many hospitals...

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; the number of persons with disabilities employed in his Department; the percentage of the overall staff which this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: How many additional people should be added to this in the Taoiseach's personal constituency office?

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are talking at cross-purposes, although I accept what the Taoiseach has said about the disability quota. I was querying the number of staff in light of the Taoiseach's recent answer to a parliamentary question on that. I was asking how many additional people there would be, who were not included under that answer, working in the Taoiseach's constituency office.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not know how many people are working in his constituency office.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is right. I would not believe that.