Results 1,121-1,140 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It did not.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Now listen to them.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister, Deputy Martin, is responsible in this matter. His only defence is that he did not read the briefing document. Mr. Kelly lost his job but it is the Minister who should have lost his job. If he had an ounce of respect for his office, he would now tender his resignation.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: In the words of a United States Senator, "a billion here and a billion there and soon you are talking big money". This Government has no regard for money.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town. Upstairs, downstairs in his nightgown.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: We are talking about persons in nursing homes who were illegally charged by the Government at a cost to the taxpayer of what the Taoiseach now says could be â¬1 billion. We have a Minister in office who was provided with this legal advice in a comprehensive brief from the South Eastern Health Board and he did not bother to read it.
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That is his defence and it is completely unbelievable. We now find from the evidence being presented before the committee and from the e-mail I have read that the critical report which was prepared for referral to the Attorney General to advise the Government, a file that heretofore had gone missing, that could not be explained and which led to the removal of the Secretary General of the...
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The person whose work partner prepared the fileââ
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: ââwas asked to explain it to Michael Corban so that he could explain it to the Minister. The basis was that legislation would be required to put it right. Now we know that it was he who was culpable and not Michael Kelly. Will there be any political accountability in this House for a scandal which, by the Taoiseach's own admission, has cost the taxpayer â¬1 billion?
- Leaders' Questions. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Is Willie standing up?
- Departmental Website. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the frequency with which his Department's website is updated; if he has satisfied himself with the quality of the website of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/05]
- Departmental Website. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not recognise the Taoiseach's reply from the information that I have. The Taoiseach's site is rarely updated. For example, when I put down the question on 12 April, the most recent item under the "latest news" section was a statement dated 14 March which listed planned trips by Ministers for St. Patrick's day. The most recent speech or statement from the Taoiseach was his address to the...
- Departmental Website. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That is true. The Minister for Education and Science has reason to be grateful to him. As a democrat I accept this. However, it would be helpful to the rest of the world and to his "subjects" if he kept his website updated.
- Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the role of the new task force he recently announced to determine the persons among whom to promote greater participation in communities and society; the membership of the task force; when it is expected to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13044/05]
- Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Have terms of reference been issued? Has there been a public announcement of the task force membership?
- Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that provision must be made not just for the great, the good, the rich and the powerful but also for the disadvantaged and marginalised in any true civic republican concept of citizenship? In that sense, does he acknowledge there is a conflict between his allegiance to this concept and the decision by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy...
- Commissions of Investigation. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of the meeting between representatives of his Department and members of Justice for the Forgotten on 13 April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14213/05]
- Commissions of Investigation. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the outstanding reports from Mr. Justice Barron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14214/05]
- Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: On the Supplementary Estimate to compensate people who were illegally charged in nursing homes, what is the estimate of the cost in this financial year?
- Order of Business. (11 May 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: I am not going into detail, Sir. I just want a ballpark figure of the Government's best estimate of the global cost in this financial year.