Results 7,081-7,100 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister did not get applause like that since the medical cards.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach commit to taking Committee Stage of the NAMA Bill in this House?

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: You are the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not hold it up.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a straightforward question.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There are many Deputies who want to contribute on Committee Stage on the floor of the House. That is all I am asking.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a matter for the Government.

Order of Business (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: As the Taoiseach knows well, the Government orders the Business of the Dáil.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: As the House knows, the Bill is born out of the "something must be done" school of law-making. We have reached section 7 in the debate and it is unconscionable that the Minister would want to push through the entire legislation by 1.30 p.m. today. It has at least three very controversial dimensions. Even from the point of view of wanting to make secure whatever ultimately comes through...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Do you want to come outside, Dermot?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Lean, mean and broke.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Tánaiste to confirm, however many Cabinet meetings there are scheduled, that after the Cabinet meeting next week, where it will consider the report from an bord snip nua, that the Government will publish it? Otherwise, bits of it will be leaked during the holidays as the beaches of Kerry beckon. It will become like an edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover as it is passed around among...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: -----version launched after the Cabinet meeting? What does the Tánaiste say?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: After the Cabinet meeting.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: After it is all over, is there likely to be publication of the McCarthy report next week?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the point of it otherwise?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We are agreeing with that.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We are answering for ourselves.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I am bound to say that I have serious apprehensions about what three judges will say when confronted with a retired Garda presenting expert opinion as to the existence of a gang. That is a complete novelty in Irish criminal law. Somebody retired from the force could be brought in, and there is no specification of the person retiring last week, ten years ago or what that person does now....

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister has rounded up a fair few unusual suspects.