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Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle may as well tell me that I may discuss the issues under No. 26, the Regulation of Charities Bill. Is that what he is going to tell me?

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We seek a debate, which is why I asked the man sitting at the head of the Cabinet row what arrangements there are for one.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We may as well deal with it. If we do not, there will be no ploughing championship today. Let us hear the answers. What are the answers?

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason no new hospital consultants have been appointed in 2006; if this is the result of her failure to deal with the ongoing dispute over the hospital consultants contract; the steps she intends to take to provide the hospital consultants that are needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29551/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1012: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be awarded the respite care grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are any circumstances where a person who does not have the required number of days on a relevant social welfare payment will qualify for the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29818/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1295: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 4 July 2006, if she will provide the information previously sought as to whether her attention has been drawn to the accommodation problems in this school and the consequences for children as young as four years of age; if she is in effect instructing the school not to enrol pupils while...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Ceann Comhairle will agree it was difficult to watch the interview last night and it must have been particularly difficult for the Taoiseach to give it. Nobody wants to intrude into the domestic or family affairs of any member of the House and nobody on these benches has ever mentioned the Taoiseach's personal life, let alone probed it. It would be helpful in clarifying the...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach, as Minister for Finance, was the boss of the Revenue at the time. Did he seek and receive clearance from the Revenue that he can say that he has no tax liability? A loan not repaid after 13 years, with an express refusal to accept repayment in the case of certain donors, is a gift with tax implications. Did he get clearance? If the payments constituted loans, what does the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his discussion in Northern Ireland on 29 June 2006 with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. [26176/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with political parties in Northern Ireland during his visit there on 29 June 2006. [26177/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an assessment of the prospects for political progress in Northern Ireland in view of his meetings there on 29 June 2006. [26178/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 13 July 2006 with representatives of the Ulster Political Research Group. [28235/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the British Prime Minister to discuss the situation in Northern Ireland. [28236/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent contact with the political parties in Northern Ireland; his assessment of the prospects of a political breakthrough prior to the 24 November 2006 deadline in view of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28237/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent contacts with the United States Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28246/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, in Chequers on 16 September 2006. [28892/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach the proposals he has agreed with the British Prime Minister for talks to be held in Scotland between the two Governments and the parties in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28893/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I take it from what the Taoiseach has said that there is no backing away from the 24 November on the part of the two Governments. Has he thought about what would be the correct course of action if there were no progress from the talks in Scotland? Is there any point in persisting until 24 November if there is none? Would it not be better to call it a day at that stage? Do I misinterpret...

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I too oppose the taking of these two items as proposed because it would be unconscionable that when the Dáil resumes on its first day an issue of such gravity, that is being debated in every forum in the country, cannot be properly debated here.