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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (21 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of regeneration projects, both by local authorities and under the public private partnership initiative, scheduled to commence in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; the position regarding these projects; if new projects are due to commence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2469/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (21 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount collected to date by each local authority under the non-principal private residence tax; the way the amount collected by each local authority compares with the amount estimated; the amount of the moneys collected that has been reissued to each local authority and town council respectively; and if...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of patrolling days undertaken by Naval Service vessels in each year from 2005 to 2009; the planned number for 2010; if he has had discussions with the fishing industry or the customs authority regarding the implications for fishery protection and drug smuggling preventative measures for the planned reduction in patrolling days; and if...

Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the repair work recently carried out to the hulls of the [i]LE Emer[/i] and the [i]LE Aoife[/i]; the length of time that each vessel was out of commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1993/10]

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The old Jesuit education cannot be beaten.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We will never get them to get out of the car voluntarily.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Nobody criticised Patrick Honohan.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not the same thing.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Fleming is up there like a Koala bear-----

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The closer we get to a general election, the closer the Deputy gets to the Labour Party benches.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share time with a raft of colleagues.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is very kind. Yesterday was a bad day for Parliament. "It goes without saying that the worst financial crisis this country has ever experienced requires an inquiry." That was the opening sentence of yesterday's speech by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan. While I agree with the Minister, what he should have said was, "The worst financial crisis in...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is extraordinary, it seems, that there should be politics of any kind in the Chamber. Instead, we should all row in behind the Green Party and sail in to the sunset. It is a disgrace and a missed opportunity that this inquiry is being conducted in secret behind closed doors to shelter from public scrutiny the key figures responsible.

Operational Co-operation on EU Internal Security: Motion. (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This measure derives from our responsibilities following the recent finalisation of the Lisbon treaty. Speaking on behalf of a party that campaigned in favour of the treaty during the recent referendum, I support the Minister's proposal in the motion to enable this standing committee to proceed in Europe, as required. Nobody in the context of the world we live in today doubts the necessity...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: If I understood the Taoiseach's reply to Deputy Burton, he said that amending legislation will be published to change the existing law that disbars the Governor of the Central Bank from reporting on any matter relating to the institutions he is responsible for supervising. How can there be a preliminary investigation by the Governor if he is disbarred by law? Is the Taoiseach persuaded that...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Anyone who looks at section 33AK will see there is a statutory imposition of confidentiality on the Governor and he may not make public any such matters. That is a normal provision in Central Bank legislation.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The debates were guillotined.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: They were furious.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a pity we do not have one for health, Micheál.

Banking Crisis: Statements (19 Jan 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will I get a chance to speak?