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Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Last week, I tried to establish whether the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 is likely to reach Second Stage so that we can deal with Committee Stage over the summer. There is serious grief for all of the reasons the Taoiseach knows. I hope it can be taken. While I am on my feet, I wish to raise a second matter on the Order of Business. The chairperson of the rights of the child...

Order of Business. (22 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not sure she has such a narrow view of her role.

Written Answers — National Pensions Reserve Fund: National Pensions Reserve Fund (17 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the total investment to date by the National Pension Reserve Fund in Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks respectively; the total market value of these investments; the way any gain or loss on these investments will impact on the Exchequer balance and the general Government balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25615/10]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (17 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to the payment rates for the eligible liabilities guarantee and credit institution financial support bank guarantee schemes which have taken place over the past year or are envisaged; his views on new directions from the EU as to the minimum level of such guarantee fees; the way these changes are likely to impact on the public...

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That was a question the Tánaiste did not expect.

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Has it been signed off?

Order of Business. (17 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Multi-Unit Developments Bill was due to be taken last week. We have been waiting six or seven years for this legislation and it is important that the Second Stage relating to it be completed prior to the summer recess. Will the Tánaiste ensure this happens? In view of the number of companies that have gone bust, there are major difficulties for young people in the type of apartment...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (16 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the announcement by the medical devices company (details supplied) to shed almost 200 jobs at its plant in Tullamore, County Offaly; if he has met or plans to meet management at the company to try save these jobs; his plans for industrial development in the area in view of the absence of other significant...

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the 2009 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies applies; if all these agencies have submitted assurances and reports confirming compliance with the code in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25473/10]

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the boards of State agencies under the aegis of his Department which are required to implement the new Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies that have formally adapted the code at a board meeting; if they have undertaken training to ensure proper implementation of the code; the monitoring procedures they have put...

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his Department has reviewed the compliance by State bodies that come under its remit with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies; if he will name the State bodies that have not achieved full compliance; the reason for same: the action taken by his Department; the results of same; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 503: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the essential work being completed by the Demonstration Library Project in 30 schools with the highest concentration of disadvantage; if the future of the programme is assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25476/10]

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: There were plenty solid foundations. That is what got us into trouble.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Ministers have made mistakes since the State was founded. They have taken decisions that have hurt ordinary people ever since Earnán de Blaghad cut the old age pension by a half crown. However, nothing has ever been visited on our people on the scale of the devastation inflicted on them by the legacy of the Fianna Fáil-led Governments of the noughties. The Government inherited an economy...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The relevant section reads: Noel Dempsey grabbed one adviser in the corridor of the hotel a few hours before the speech was delivered. 'What the fuck is going on?', he hissed. Eventually copies of the speech, along with the briefing document on the tax changes it proposed, the pension promises and the associated costings, were hastily put into envelopes and handed to the cabinet .... Two...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: No.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I will not take the Acting Chairman through the entire book.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I can recommend it as ideal bedtime reading. This is the unfortunate history of the haphazard way this country was governed.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not reach the Luas lines, the 2,000 extra gardaí, the 4,000 extra teachers-----

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Acting Chairman is right - I would be here until midnight if I were to exhaust the speech made by the then Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern. Is that any way to run a country?