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Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes. This body has been to the fore in criticising Government policy when necessary. There is widespread belief that it has been denied funding because of a vindictive response by Government.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach give an undertaking that in any new social contract, core funding will be restored to an organisation which has done such worthy work although it has been critical of the Government from occasionally?

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The total is 21 and the Minister promised to appoint 11 inspectors.

Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Department of Industry and Commerce.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach was asked what is the position on the terminal at Dublin Airport. Having listened to him I have no idea what is the answer. He seems to suggest that the present terminal has a capacity of 20 million passengers and since only 17 million passengers use it, there is plenty of space. If that is what he is saying, it is easily known that neither he nor the Tánaiste need to go...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is very difficult to draw any conclusion from what the Taoiseach has said. On the one hand there is no problem — the queues last 15 minutes. On the other hand the airport will soon have 60 million passengers so we need a third terminal before we get a second one. I have heard of leap-frogging a generation but never a terminal. We will have the third before we can agree on the second. We...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There are impossible queues at peak time and there is the prospect of a summer of aggravation for people trying to get through Dublin Airport. It is a simple, straightforward infrastructural decision that the Government ought to have made years ago. When does the Taoiseach propose that we have a decision? Does he have any idea, especially if the Cabinet met on the matter this morning, what...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——but that is the great part of the road building that has gone on here. Given the global figure of projects estimated to cost €6 billion and ending up costing €18 billion, there is no more defence for it than for the superloo in Longford town, each flush of which costs €8.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Last week, for the first time to my knowledge in the history of this House, the Taoiseach resorted to quoting from a partisan in camera document in respect of the matter I raised about the O'Hara family. The allegation in the document was found to be untrue in court but the Taoiseach repeated it in this House to the acute distress of the family concerned.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach now take the opportunity to correct the record of the House? It is the least he owes to the family concerned.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not enough to send the family a sneaky e-mail blaming me for the issue.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is the one who quoted from the in camera document. It was a partisan charge that the judge overruled. He said if he had the power, he would impose a supervision order——

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If the record of the House is inaccurate——

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——then I am entitled to ask the Taoiseach to take this opportunity to put it right. I ask the Taoiseach to do so having regard to the unnecessary acute distress he caused the family concerned.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I said that.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is completely untrue. I have the e-mail here.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is completely untrue.

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach retract?

Order of Business. (10 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is compounding the situation——