Results 9,441-9,460 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On the legislation, will the Tánaiste say whether it is the Government's intention to legislate on the question of civil partnership?

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked a simple question in one sentence. I was told there was no decision on legislation, in the first answer. I am now being told there is a decision on legislation.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: My question is whether legislation is forthcoming on this issue, and in the event, when it will come before the House.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I have a reasonable grasp of it.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to know what the difference is between no legislation being promised and the Taoiseach saying there is a policy to legislate? Will there be legislation or not and, if so, when is it likely to come before the House? I understand English perfectly well.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste is wrong, whether it is promised inside or outside the House. He is wrong.

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Ceann Comhairle intend to leave a statement on the record of the House to the effect that a legislative promise, whether made inside or outside the House by the head of Government, namely, the Taoiseach, does not constitute promised legislation?

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Ceann Comhairle's advice on this matter? It makes a complete farce of this process if I rise on a point——

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Tánaiste, as the acting head of Government this morning, whether legislation will be forthcoming on the issue of civil union and when is it likely to be before the House?

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: When?

Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not ask the Tánaiste what the legislation contained, as the Ceann Comhairle would rule me out of order. I asked whether there will be legislation within the lifetime of the Government. Can the Tánaiste answer that question?

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste is a fantasist.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not know that there was any question the Tánaiste could not answer.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste has a hard neck to lecture this House about decorum in Parliament when he is asked a straight question but cannot answer it and then behaves in the fashion that he has. He has now gone into a sulk. I would like the Tánaiste to do us the honour of answering a straightforward question. I am referring to an article in The Irish Times where the Tánaiste's single transferable...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Tánaiste. Given that was a considered, prepared document, I accept that is the decision of Government and that it stands. I would like to retrace the history a little in terms of the manner of presentation by the Tánaiste that McKinsey was recruited by him to report, that it recommended a single tertiary hospital, that it ought to be co-located on the same site as an adult...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not advocate that either.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked about the dual campus.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It was not.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: McKinsey did not recommend a particular site.

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: McKinsey did not deal with where it should be located.