Results 10,741-10,760 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: It is proposed to take No. 3, Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that for the purposes of Standing Order 117A the first Friday of the month for April shall be Friday, 19 April, and the time and date by which notice of a Bill in connection with that sitting shall be received by the...
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: I understand that what is in contemplation is that the head of the personal insolvency agency is likely to publish some guidelines for the engagement between borrower and lender in respect of the legislation to which Deputy McGrath referred. My understanding is that no legislation is contemplated.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: Proposals emerged under the umbrella of Croke Park II between the employer side and the trade unions and those proposals are being put to ballot or are being dealt with in accordance with the rules and procedures of each union. It would not be helpful for any member of the Government or Member of the House to intrude in the process until we get a result. The unions present at the...
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: There is no FEMPI legislation.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The heads of the first Bill are being drafted and the reforms will be published this year. The heads of the monuments Bill were approved by the previous Government and this Government is looking at the feasibility of nominating a particularly unfinished estate to include in the list of monuments.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: I spoke to a conference of the Construction Industry Federation this morning on the issue.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The Bill has completed Second Stage and if amendments are required, they are likely to be approved by the Cabinet very shortly. I expect the Bill to be concluded within a few weeks. There is no legislation on the other issue raised by the Deputy. The arrangement for the particular chief executive referred to was entered into in 2009 and I understand he has a contract to that effect. Since...
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The heads have not yet come to the Government and as the Deputy knows, the Minister for Justice and Equality has a large legislative schedule. I do not envisage the Bill being published this year.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is referring to the mental capacity Bill. It will be early next session.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: I apologise, I am not an expert on sunbeds.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: I have never personally insulted Deputy Dooley.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The legislation will be introduced when the sun is at its zenith, meaning later this year.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: I deplore the incident referred to by the Deputy. The heads of the Bill were cleared in July and it will be published later this year.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: No legislation is promised. Neither the Minister for Finance nor I have any evidence the appeals commissioners cannot cope with their backlog of work. I do not know if the Deputy envisages they will have additional work as a result of the application of property tax but until now the two gentlemen concerned have been able to dispose of their workload as required and in a reasonable timeframe.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: There is no promised legislation in this area. I do not have any expertise in this area but I will ask the relevant Minister to reply to Deputy Ó Snodaigh directly.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: Yes, we intend to proceed with it. It was approved by Government last week.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: There is no legislation. The Deputy understands that when local authorities collected waste, there was a waiver system. Unfortunately a campaign grew up, led by Members of this House, that led to the privatisation of waste disposal and, as a result, the application of a waiver system is far more difficult.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: Both of these are serious issues and I expect legislation will be published by the end of the year.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The Legal Services (Regulation) Bill is a complex Bill and amendments are still being prepared for Committee Stage. I do not know how soon the committee can take it but the amendments are still being drawn up so the fault does not rest with the committee. It is unlikely there would be any constitutional referendum this autumn other than as already announced.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (21 Mar 2013)
Pat Rabbitte: The Better Energy Programme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Over the past three years the Programme has disbursed Exchequer funding in respect of the Better Energy Homes, Better Energy Warmer Homes, Better Energy Workplaces and Better Energy Communities Schemes. The Better Energy: Homes scheme provides support to homeowners towards the installation of...