Results 10,041-10,060 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not true.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Why is the Minister always trying to join us then?

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This is an important procedural point. We had this in 1994. The terms of reference state that the report is to be presented to you in your capacity as Ceann Comhairle. It now emerges that the Minister had it on Friday. That does not appear to vindicate the integrity of the terms of reference. We should have got this report in the House——

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is the office mentioned.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: From a parliamentary point of view, that is most unsatisfactory.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that it is now more than four years since the last general election: deploring the many failures of the current Government including: — the failure to deal with rising crime rates, the lower detection rates and the continuing unacceptable level of crime, ranging from gun murders to vandalism and anti-social behaviour; — the failure to adequately...

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On a point of order, would the Ceann Comhairle be kind enough to explain to the House how the terms of reference for the commission seem to have been abrogated in the manner of the handling-——

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Was the report not forwarded to the Ceann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: How did it get to Wicklow, Sir?

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The integrity of the terms of reference seem to have been abrogated and I am merely seeking to establish what is the Ceann Comhairle's view and what he can tell the House.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I will come to back to it, Sir.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: My party has been broadly supportive of this Bill but 240 amendments have not been reached yet and it is proposed to guillotine it in this fashion.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: If we have learned anything, that is not the way to make law but, time and again, this has been repeated by the Government. It is not acceptable and I am also opposed to it.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am reminded of the correspondence between the Minister and Deputy Sherlock on the matter. The Deputy brought to the Minister's attention the necessity for primary legislation on the issue. The Minister, including in his letter of 11 April, dismissed the idea on the basis of previous advice from the Attorney General. We then find, just as we are about to fold our tents for the summer recess,...

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I will not. On this matter the Labour Party is opposed to concluding the Bill in this fashion. It is not the way to make law and we are opposed to it.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: According to the terms of reference, the report on electronic voting was to be entrusted to the Ceann Comhairle on behalf of the Members of the House. It emerges that it was given to the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, which helps to explain how it leaked into the newspapers over the weekend. Will the Ceann Comhairle advise me of the redress available to me as a...

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The record of the House will show that the Taoiseach stated that the report was given to the Minister over the weekend.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach just stated that the report was only given to the Department and that the Minister got it at the Cabinet meeting this morning.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: When?

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not say he did.