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Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am concluding now. In today's edition of The Irish Times, he states: The charge to the financial institutions should be set at high levels to compensate for the risks that taxpayers are being asked to take. If a bank or building society refused to pay those charges, then that institution should not have been included in the scheme. . . The Government is putting at risk public funds to...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We will be back.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I doubt if there is any Member who disagrees with the proposition that banks must be able to source funding abroad and lend it to their clients in order to maintain economic activity. However, the question remains as to why the markets are frozen towards Irish banks. The answer has to be that international banks regard Irish banks as having too many bad debts and bad loans on their books....

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: He thinks they should have nodded it through like he expects to happen in this House. In fact, those representatives identified critical omissions such as the absence of congressional oversight and that same absence is evident in this Bill. We have been given a vague, rushed Bill which was being drafted during the day as we were in this House awaiting it and we know it is an invitation to...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not against it. I did not see the Minister five minutes ago.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made regarding the provision of an out-of-hours social worker service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32169/08]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce legislation in order that the national cancer registry can be integrated with the national cancer control programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32170/08]

Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle——

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will adhere to the Maastricht criteria on Exchequer deficits for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31335/08]

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any public sector redundancy package under consideration by his Department; if such a package is under consideration, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31334/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of the Bacon Report of 2001 has resulted in newly qualified physiotherapists being unable to find work here; the number of physiotherapists offering for employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31677/08]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is in a position to supply the information in his answer to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 5 February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31678/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating condition of the roofs of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if these schools will be approved under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31679/08]

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I welcome the investigation initiated by the Tánaiste into management practices at FÁS. When does she anticipate that the report will be available? Will she intervene with the director of FÁS to put on a special FÁS course for the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, and his golf buddies on arithmetics so they will not be misled again or that the Government will not...

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Can the Tánaiste do anything for Batt?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The previous Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform told the House on a number of occasions that although the legislation covers three Departments, he had taken responsibility for the matter and would bring the legislation before the House. Has that changed?

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (24 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which her Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; the Directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (24 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour inspectors available for assignment on normal duties; the number of labour inspectors in training following recruitment; the status of the recruitment campaign to increase the Labour Inspectorate to 90...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (24 Sep 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if funding is available from her Department for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who provide advice on all aspects of family breakdown including legal rights, taxation and social welfare entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30817/08]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the best use for the ESB windfall gains levy on free carbon allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28036/08]