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Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Not in view of what the Minister has said.

Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Do I understand the Minister to say that this subsection is not needed since the enactment of the Defamation Act?

Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Minister saying that we expressly provided in the Defamation Act for proceedings before arbitration?

Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I must say I had forgotten that.

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach get a bonus for writing that letter?

Gangland Crime: Motion (2 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to share time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Costello and Upton. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Ahern, has described this motion as opportunist and shoddy. Given the way politics is going in this country and outside this country, a hard neck is an essential ingredient to survive. One must really take off one's cap to the major party in this Government in...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish anti-victimisation legislation, designed to protect those workers who choose to join a trade union and which was promised by March 2009 under the Review of Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4846/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 143: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish legislation to address employee representation at work which was promised by June 2009 under the Review of Towards 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4847/10]

Departmental Correspondence. (28 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has responded to correspondence written by a group (details supplied) on the matter of women who were imprisoned in Magdalene Laundries; further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 547 to 550, inclusive, of 19 January 2010, if he has reviewed the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform's position on this matter; if he has...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (27 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of Bord Bia's export performance and prospects report, he is satisfied that the value of Irish food and drink exports will stabilise and improve in the future. [3881/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers will be eligible to apply for the EU Solidarity Fund; and if so, the number of applications received from farmers to date in 2010. [3880/10]

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there the has been a reduction in the price of a cylinder of domestic gas in the past five years; if so, the amount by which it has reduced yearly; the person who regulates the price of domestic gas cylinders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3415/10]

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a fuel poverty action plan; the number of persons living in fuel poverty here; the number of homes that were part of the warmer homes scheme for 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/10]

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: One will always have a job if one works for nothing.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It will be autumn 2012.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We raised all of them here.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Eamon would not do that.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: No, never.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Or will Fianna Fáil enforce its own high standards?

Order of Business (26 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Greens will bring us all down.