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Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not know who is performing the ventriloquism but the Minister either knows nothing about the matter or he is in denial, just as the Taoiseach is in denial about the contracts.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, did not seek any mandate for this policy. He did not put it in the programme for Government. The Taoiseach knows there will be no accident and emergency services in the private hospitals. The consultants are saying that patients will be transferred out of casualty units on the basis of whether they have private insurance. That is how serious it is for...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle. While the Taoiseach refuses to answer the question of whether he will sign the contracts, even if he does sign them, we will do everything we can to examine the tax sections that allow the write-down in capital allowances to the investors who will build these super private clinics. Investors who put their money into these super private clinics should be...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Rubbish.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Where did you get it?

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Exactly, but the Government did not provide them.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Do not be ridiculous.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will publish the Deloitte and Touche and William Fry report on the future of TG4; the way he envisages TG4 will be financed in the long-term; the current arrangements for the independence of TG4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/07]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí allocated to Tallaght Garda Station; the number of the allocation who are deployed as community Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11274/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for delay in the refurbishment of the Garda station at Tallaght, Dublin 24; when the works are expected to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11143/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the Government's plans to build a new Garda station or otherwise acquire accommodation for Gardaí in Tallaght, Dublin 24; when this new accommodation is expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the intention of the Government to provide new accommodation for Gardaí at Tallaght, Dublin 24; the arrangement that is expected to be involved; when this new accommodation is expected to be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance if it remains the intention of the Government to replace the existing Garda station at Tallaght, Dublin 24; his plans in regard to the provision of accommodation for Gardaí there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11141/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government are contemplating a partnership arrangement to replace the Garda station at Tallaght, Dublin 24; when new accommodation will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11142/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of an additional rheumatologist based at Tallaght Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the sole rheumatologist based there has to cover a catchment area between Tallaght and Naas General Hospital with a population estimated to be 450,000, while the estimated requirement, confirmed in a...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny for home tuition funding; when a decision will be made on the application; if the application will be granted in view of the case put forward by the parents of the child and by Irish Autism Action; and if she will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: On that note, is it appropriate behaviour for the Tánaiste who would not permit adequate time to facilitate scrutiny of the Bill to ostentatiously engage in doing a crossword puzzle? When the time came to put the Bill to the House, his benches could not muster a quorum. He has demonstrated contempt for the House in his treatment of it. He thinks we should rubber stamp the proposals he...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: If I am, I have every confidence the Ceann Comhairle will bring me back to the point. There are seven lists of amendments to the Bill and we were required to give notice of our amendments before Second Stage was finished. That is defended as an acceptable way of bringing legislation through the House. It is not acceptable. Frankly, it is shocking that having arranged a shadow sitting on...

Order of Business (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to be associated with the generous but well-merited remarks of Deputy Kenny towards the Taoiseach for his patient involvement in bringing about the situation from which it is hoped there is no turning back. As the Taoiseach knows we are all out and about and I wish to ask him about questions I am being asked. Is there even the remotest prospect of legislation being enacted by this...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise the topic of Deputy Brennan, Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Does anyone on the other side of the House know his whereabouts and how he is? The Taoiseach sent him out last Tuesday to present a press conference about the coming Ard-Fheis and the man was but a pale shadow of himself, so shocked was he at the policy platform put forward by this side of the House. The...