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Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——who promised to spend €6.8 billion at his party conference. The Taoiseach is in no position to lecture about value for money and waste of public money when he stands over a decision like Thornton Hall. It has been a waste of money. It did not meet valuation criteria. It was embarked on in the manner that has been rigorously criticised not by me but by the Comptroller and Auditor...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: They would be all out if the Government did not build unconfined prisons.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: So now we will have prisons that are not confined.

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of outstanding uncollected taxes; the proportion of same the Revenue Commissioners expect to recover; if any new measures are planned to assist in the collection of outstanding taxes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10228/07]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the implications for the Irish economy of the recent quarter point increase in interest rates announced by the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10217/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delays in pensioners receiving prompt assessment and payment of their entitlements are ongoing and that such delays are currently running to six months from date of application; the number of pensioners who have submitted applications which have not been assessed; the numbers...

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government has decided to give private developers a write off for the construction costs of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals. On 28 February, I asked the Taoiseach if it was the Government's intention to proceed with the signing of contracts to implement that scheme between now and the general election. The Taoiseach told me, "I am not aware of any contract. The...

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Once again the Taoiseach has not answered any of the questions I asked. He said he does not know. Quite honestly, I do not believe that for a second. None of the Taoiseach's predecessors could come into this House and get away with the way the Taoiseach twists and obfuscates. Is the Taoiseach seriously telling me that the Government is maintaining this shift towards a for-profit system of...

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Tenders for what?

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: What do I think? It does not matter what I think.

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not decide the policy.

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Tenders for what? Is it to lease or to sell?

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it to lease or to sell?

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: No, it is not.

Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Of course we do.

Departmental Staff. (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach the role played by the Office of the Attorney General in regard to determining the level of fees to be paid to legal teams at tribunals of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/07]

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place within his Department for providing special assistance to certain Members of Dáil Éireann; the Members to whom this assistance is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3862/07]

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Would that be open to Deputies who want to translate what has been transacted between the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and the people of Dingle, or Daingean Uí Chúis? I was down there recently and none of the residents can figure out, in either language, what the Minister said to them.

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wonder if that service will be available before the general election because there are many people in the Corca Dhuibhne peninsula trying to figure out what the Minister was saying to them. They are very concerned about the impending tourism season and the implications of the madness under way in the region.

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Taoiseach is less reliant on Independent Members of the House, as he said, why should he discriminate in favour of the small number of Independent Deputies who receive the service and against the rest of the Members of the House? Not many Deputies have an assistant principal officer available to them at a fairly serious level. When the Taoiseach says the service is only available...