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Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There are precedents.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am telling the Ceann Comhairle why I oppose them. We made an arrangement in 1997 on the Ray Burke affair to do precisely that.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am telling the Ceann Comhairle why I oppose taking these two items.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We did it for the Taoiseach in January 1999.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It would be a mistake for us to nod through No. 10, referral to joint committee, or indeed the referral to select committee on the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War when there are explosive remnants lying around that ought properly be debated in the national Parliament.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am delighted to see the Ceann Comhairle back with us, safe and well but one ought to be permitted to explain why——

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am speaking to it. I am saying why it is not appropriate that we should proceed to dispose of these matters as is proposed.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The necessary procedural order to implement the precedent of 1997 and 1999 ought to be afforded the House so we have an opportunity to discuss the very serious issues to which the Taoiseach's interview yesterday give rise.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: A brief period of questions and answers after the end of a round of statements would be appropriate in the circumstances.

Order of Business (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: When there is a resignation from high office but the Minister continues to serve in the Department of Health and Children, it is not easy to respond to it. I thank the former Tánaiste for her courtesy during her time there and for her service. The new Tánaiste has an eye to history and he has an opportunity to be the shortest lived Tánaiste in the history of the State. Is it proposed to...

Departmental Expenditure. (27 Sep 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the current situation with a company (details supplied) in relation to its recent financial difficulties; if she will provide an update of her understanding of the difficulties faced by the company and its effect on the software roll-out here; if she will provide an update on the Health Service Executive's payment terms...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Transport if the Dublin Port Tunnel will only be permitted to function at 20% of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27876/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of capacity the Dublin Port Tunnel will be allowed operate; when it will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27877/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Transport when it is proposed to open the Dublin Port Tunnel; the estimated cost of the project; the additional traffic implications for volume of traffic on the Westlink Bridge which will follow from the opening; the percentage of trucks that will be facilitated in using the tunnel; the implications for traffic flow, of trucks being obliged to cross into...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a submission from an association (details supplied) in Dublin 24, requesting a detailed school numbers projection for the new town centre in Tallaght and the periphery of this area; if it is intended to respond to the request made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27335/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that proper procedures are in place within her Department with regard to monitoring population growth in rapidly developing areas to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in terms of primary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27336/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 646: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedures which are in place to assist primary schools in dealing with substantial numbers of new Irish pupils for whom English may not be their first language; her views on whether there may be a case for English as a foreign language in some such schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27337/06]

National Theatre. (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the timetable for the redevelopment of the Abbey Theatre on a site in the Dublin docklands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/06]

Order of Business. (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a modest and reasonable proposal that the House sit for another week and return in the middle of September. I am always surprised that the Government appears to be insensitive to the inevitable snide commentary that going on leave today, as it will be presented, until 27 September attracts for this House and politics generally. It is immensely damaging that we are not seen to take a...

Order of Business. (6 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I raised this matter on a number of occasions with the Taoiseach. This issue convulsed the country and it seems the Government has deliberately contrived to hold over the Sullivan report until there is no opportunity for the House to debate it. People outside this House have a genuine difficulty in appreciating why an issue which caused such tumult in the country cannot be discussed in the...