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Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Government having any discussions with the ESOT?

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am amazed at the Minister's brass neck. If he had worked out this privatisation on the e-voting machines he bought, he would not have made such a hames of it. Why did he reduce the Government's stakeholding in Aer Lingus? What strategy is the Government now pursuing? Has it had discussions with the ESOT or others about preventing the proposed arrangement? Will Ryanair not in any event...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the answer to the question? The messenger could have read that. It was embarrassing. Why did the State reduce its stakeholdings? That is contemptuous.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Cullen says I do not understand it.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in regard to the abolition of restrictions on peak travel times under the free travel scheme, he has had discussions with transport providers to ensure that they have sufficient capacity to meet the additional demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31745/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made in discussions with the EU Commission regarding the possibility of providing free travel passes to Irish pensioners resident abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31746/06]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions No. 257 and 258 of 28 March 2006 in relation to the need for statutory regulation and protection of self-employed commercial agents, if he has subsequently received detailed complaints from former commercial agents of a company (details supplied) along the lines outlined to him in those...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for the provision of permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31947/06]

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish the Taoiseach, his Ministers and advisers well tomorrow. This is an especially critical week in the search for an accord in Northern Ireland. As I understand it, the two Governments are determined to adhere to the stated deadline of 24 November. The discussions in Scotland between now and Friday afternoon which are taking place in a good environment are absolutely critical. All...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not sure that the Tánaiste's commitment is permanent. It could switch again.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We cannot relax over here.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach give an undertaking that the request from the eminent members of the Standards in Public Office Commission will be acceded to if this legislation ever comes to the House?

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I, and I imagine many people in the country, would like to raise issues such as the latest increase in gas and ESB prices or the latest botched job in privatisation. However, there is a surreal air about the House this afternoon from which we cannot walk away. The situation over the past five or six days has seen headlines about the coalition on the brink and the Tánaiste in hiding or...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He was behind his desk all this time, writing press releases for that nice Minister of State, poor Deputy Tim O'Malley. There was no dispute. I find this unbelievable and pathetic. Did one ever in one's life read such patronising vainglorious nonsense? Wait until the Ceann Comhairle hears this: "It would be an act of supreme moral and political folly to reward the wrongful actions of a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There seems to have been a measure of witchcraft over the weekend. The Taoiseach and Tánaiste claimed they have drawn a line in the sand. Have they done so? When will we obtain answers to the outstanding questions? The Tánaiste stated in black and white he wanted to know the identity of the donors, the mysterious money men at Manchester. He stated he wanted to know the nature of the...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not the only issue at all, as the Taoiseach well knows. The last time he told us about the mortgage it was €100,000; it is now €150,000. The Taoiseach has made more changes to this story than a supermodel makes at a fashion show.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said it was €100,000 the last day.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said it was €100,00 the last day, another major change. He came down the steps today with his Tánaiste beside him with a laughable, cobbled together, face saving legislative solution to a problem that ought not require legislation in the first place. The Sunday Tribune showed last week that the Taoiseach was very good at raising money for political purposes in his...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said the mortgage was €100,000.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (10 Oct 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On behalf of the Labour Party, I join Deputy Kenny in commemorating the memory of Mr. Tom Fitzpatrick and extending our sympathy to the Fine Gael family and in particular to Tom Fitzpatrick's immediate family. He reached a venerable age, but that does not make one's passing easier. As the Taoiseach said, he had a long service as a public representative. He was regarded as a wise public...