Results 4,061-4,080 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Two years.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: I cannot believe what Deputy Martin comes out with.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: He cannot do it by video link from Denmark.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: It is the experience.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Here is the punchline.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: This is a vote of no confidence in Deputy Boyd Barrett already.
- Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Two years.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Such tanned indignation.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: What is the question?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Just because the Deputy has a double barrelled name does not give him the right to ask two questions.
- Written Answers — Electrical Vehicles: Electrical Vehicles (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 726, 740 and 741 together. The EU Renewable Energy Directive places a legal obligation on all Member states that by 2020 10% of energy in the transport sector must come from renewable energy sources. Ireland intends to meet the requirement through a combination of the biofuel obligation scheme and an ambition that 10% of all vehicles will be powered by...
- Written Answers — Warmer Homes Scheme: Warmer Homes Scheme (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the Better Energy Programme. The scheme is delivered through a range of Community Based Organisations (CBOs), augmented by a panel of private contractors in order to ensure national coverage. My Department is informed by the SEAI that there is no record of the applicant in question on the national database. The application has now...
- Written Answers — Broadband for Schools: Broadband for Schools (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: All post-primary schools will have a 100Mbps broadband connection installed by the end of 2014 in a project jointly funded by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and the Department of Education and Skills (DES). The selection of schools for connection during 2012 was undertaken by a Steering Committee, established to oversee the implementation of the...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: RTÃ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in Section 114 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. Section 98 provides that the company shall be independent in the pursuance of these objects, subject to the requirements of the Act, and as such I, as Minister, have no function in the management of RTÃ's day to day affairs, including decisions on...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 730 and 731 together. The Broadcasting Act 2009 provides for the development of digital radio in Ireland. This Act provides RTÃ with the role of establishing and operating a multiplex for the purposes of providing a digital sound broadcasting service. It gives the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) responsibility for licensing spectrum in...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: A procurement process for a national postcode system is currently under way. The process began on 17 January 2011 with the publication of a pre-qualification questionnaire on the e-tenders website www.etenders.gov.ie for the appointment of a postcode management licence holder. Since then intensive work has taken place on what is an extremely complex national project. The final decision on...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: The Statutory Biofuel Obligation Scheme was introduced in July 2010 to underpin delivery of the mandatory EU target of 10% renewable energy in transport by 2020. The obligation currently requires that the amount of biofuel brought to the market is not less than 4.166% of the relevant disposal of petroleum road transport fuels. In 2011, the total amount of petroleum motor fuel placed on the...
- Written Answers — Compulsory Purchase Orders: Compulsory Purchase Orders (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: Section 23 of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960, as amended, provides a power for the compulsory acquisition of land and ancillary rights by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Specifically, Section 23 provides that whenever the Minister is of the opinion that it is necessary for the efficient or convenient exploitation of petroleum (which...
- Written Answers — An Post Remuneration: An Post Remuneration (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: The setting of annual and multi-annual objectives applicable to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is an operational matter for the Board of An Post and not one in which I have a function. I am informed by An Post that the CEO has waived his right to 25% of his performance related pay since 2008. A further 10% relating to multi annual objectives has not been paid since the date of the CEO's...
- Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (18 Apr 2012)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not intend to initiate a public inquiry into licences awarded for offshore oil and gas exploration by the former Minister mentioned. For the information of the House, none of the petroleum exploration authorisations awarded during the period in question led to a discovery of oil or gas and all of these exploration authorisations have long since expired.