Results 8,961-8,980 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach want to put the people of Dingle out of their misery?
- Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: It might not arise but it would be immensely helpful if the Taoiseach would tell them whether the plebiscite will be respected and honoured in the area.
- Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach might reply, if the Ceann Comhairle will permit him.
- Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Tá sé ag dul i ndonacht.
- Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Will this service apply during the interregnum between the dissolution of the Dáil and the election of a new one and, if so, does it have implications in terms of electoral spend?
- Public Relations Contracts. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the group established in his Department to monitor the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; the number of occasions on which the group has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8367/07]
- Public Relations Contracts. (20 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Kenny mentioned that coming up to the last general election the Minister of State with responsibility for children misused taxpayers' money to blatantly convey a political message. However, he was not the only one. Several Ministers promoted themselves and their party affiliations under the guise of imparting information to the public coming up to the last general election. Is the...
- Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (8 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number, size, sale prices and locations of separate sites owned or managed by Coillte in each county (details supplied) which have been sold or leased during each of the past five years. [9085/07]
- Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (8 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the parties or categories of individuals entitled to receive EU modulation funds; the amount of the modulation funds that have been made available to date to such parties or categories of individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9081/07]
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: I gave the Taoiseach notice yesterday, and he might tell the House when he has the information, about the issue of whether we are likely to deal with the regulation and control of management companies prior to the general election. In respect of a different piece of legislation, newspaper reports today will cause the Taoiseach some surprise as much as they did on this side of the House....
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: There is a Broadcasting Bill before the House.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is absolutely correct; we cannot do so. However, the Taoiseach might be able to say that this matter will be dealt with because it is a blow to the fundraising of Trócaire. The abandonment of a prepared commercial is a blow to the organisation and, more important, to its development and goals.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: I would hope that the Broadcasting Bill would provide the opportunity to ensure that this unintended effect does not happen again.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Are the Taoiseach and I at cross-purposes? I am interested in that information but the specific point that interests most of my constituents is the regulation and control of management companies, which is a separate point from auctioneering and the practices that were revealed recently in that respect.
- Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Will it be dealt with in this Bill?
- Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in regard to decentralisation in so far as it affects his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8369/07]
- Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach stated 18% of his staff applied for relocation. He put a figure of 39 staff on it and stated that ten former members of staff were already assigned to decentralised posts. Does this have any meaning? Have any of them been decentralised or have they even moved outside of the Taoiseach's office? Is it just that they are applicants who may be called on if the opportunities or...
- Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not wish to be picky on this. However, the Taoiseach stated ten people moved to decentralised posts. Does this mean they moved outside of Dublin city? Regarding general progress, as I understand the actual figures to date, approximately 6% of the McCreevy target has been decentralised and what the Taoiseach discussed was targets he hopes to achieve in the future. Former Minister for...
- Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: However, the Taoiseach widened it and I was responding to his widening of the subject matter. All I was doing was recalling that former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, stated if it had not been implemented by the election the Government would pay a heavy price.
- Decentralisation Programme. (7 Mar 2007)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and I accept that. Will the Taoiseach state what reality attaches to the new targets and expectation he has now given us? Will he be more specific and state how many will move and when and on the particular point of his Department whether those people are in posts outside of the capital city?