Results 1,821-1,840 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that it would be a useful innovation to respond on the hoof to Deputy Kenny's suggestion that there would not be any appointments made in the interregnum in future?

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes, forever more.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It will not be long now.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If an honourable agreement was entered into, the Taoiseach could rely on us that it would be adhered to. Is the Taoiseach saying he cannot control, for example, what the Minister, Deputy Roche — to whom I refer simply because he is sitting beside the Taoiseach — might do, in that, if the Minister wants to rush off and make a number of appointments, the Taoiseach can only caution or advise...

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is difficult to get a commitment from the Taoiseach on this. He has told us he generally agrees this is not good for politics and public life.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach may have. I am not making any insinuations about his record.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am merely trying to clarify that there would be that type of bipartisan approach that appointments made in this fashion during the interregnum diminish politics and that there ought to be an agreement and understanding that it would not be done. I ask the Taoiseach, as the man in charge at the moment, whether he agrees.

Leaders' Questions. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The first thing the House should do is record its appreciation to Mr. Justice Murphy and his colleagues on what appears to be an insightful and coherent report on a terrible chapter in our history, and record its appreciation of the immensely courageous work of people such as Colm O'Gorman and his colleagues in One in Four who lobbied for this inquiry and did so much work to assist it. Most...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree with the Taoiseach's remarks about Bishop Walsh, who seems to have transformed the climate in Ferns. Would the Taoiseach confer the authority of his office on a committee of the House, comprising the Oireachtas Joint Committees on Health and Children and Education and Science, to hold the joint hearings to which I referred on this report? The Taoiseach says that the commitments given...

Leaders' Questions. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If we look at Monageer, for example, it was a horror.

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On the matter of the refurbishment of the defamation law, do I take from what the Taoiseach has said that the Government has decided the press council will be statutory?

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy will need a break after all that, as it is a very heavy schedule.

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a very heavy schedule.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the assessment of housing need will be published; if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the numbers of social and affordable houses required nationally as reported in the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30387/05]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the electronic voting is unlikely to be used for the next general election; when the system is likely to be used; the cost of the system when the estimated cost of testing and storing the electronic machines until such time as they are likely to be used is taken into account; and if he...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average number of community gardaí which have been deployed in Tallaght in each of the years 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30258/05]

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I said yesterday what I wanted to say on this terrible business and will come back to it when the Government's legislative proposals are ready. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the Government's response to the breakdown of talks for a new social contract and ask him to respond to the decision of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions not to enter into talks at this time, thus making the prospect...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Taoiseach meant what he said about disapproving so vehemently of the practices Irish Ferries engaged in, why does he not take on board such a measure, which would enable the Minister to prevent a ship being registered in any country that can be thought of off the top of one's head with no connection of any kind between that state and the origins of the vessel? If the issue of...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree with the Taoiseach that it is appalling. However, what I and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions are asking is what he will do about it other than condemning it. He allowed a precedent to be created in the case of the MV Normandy. Our money was paid to make the workers redundant while cheap labour was employed by the company. Is it any wonder it would then try to do the same on the...

Leaders' Questions. (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: In the absence of any political will to do anything, the Taoiseach can easily get legal advice suggesting it might not be possible for one reason or another. We have prepared a Bill that would address the question of the link between the flagship and the state of registration. Will the Taoiseach give the Bill consideration? Does the Taoiseach not appreciate that the matter is wider than this...