Results 10,221-10,240 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The head messenger would not have bought them.

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach sought clarification or has he communicated these views to the Standards in Public Office Commission? He seems to indicate a level of dissent from the decision it made. Does he intend to involve colleagues on this side of the House in drawing up any views that he might put to it? Surely, he is not putting on the basis of equivalence civil servants briefing Ministers or...

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Notwithstanding the Taoiseach's commitment to the House regarding Ministers promoting themselves under the guise of promulgating a Government policy, did I recently read about the Minister of State with special responsibility for children, Deputy Brian Lenihan, telling parents——

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does it not?

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: How is that? I thought it was the same issue.

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am trying to understand the implications of it for our system.

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I will. I absolutely accept that. Is the Taoiseach aware that the Minister of State with special responsibility for children briefed parents about the bonanza they will receive in child care?

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach indicated he was satisfied with the compliance with the code of conduct for officeholders. Will he state, in respect of recent publicity attaching to a Minister of State in this regard, whether he has checked it and is satisfied there is no basis for the imputation therein?

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Maybe the Taoiseach had closer contact with them than the rest of us.

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach reading the letter correctly?

Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On the question of collusion between elements of the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries, does the Taoiseach know when the Nuala O'Loan report on the shooting of Raymond McCord and related matters is likely to be put in the public domain? Arising from the Taoiseach's reply about Weston Park, it was also agreed at that meeting that the Smithwick committee would begin hearings into...

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a communication from the Standards in Public Office Commission in regard to a complaint made against the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in regard to a request he made to a civil servant to address a meeting of a political party; the action he intends to take arising from the communication received from the SIPO; and if he will...

Departmental Staff. (20 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This briefing, in which the Minister instructed a civil servant to brief the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, concerned the groceries order. Members of the parliamentary party must be confused as to how prices have risen so greatly subsequently, but that is a different issue. What action did the Taoiseach take as a result of receiving the communication from the Standards in Public Office...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the translation of court documents into the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22758/06]

Tourism Promotion. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the plan that was launched to promote tourism on the islands; his views on whether the amount pledged by his Department is sufficient for a sustained tourism drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/06]

Commemorative Events. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the amount allocated in the Estimates in his Department for 2006 for commemorations; the way in which this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17888/06]

Commemorative Events. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Does the Government plan to allocate any moneys to commemorate the Great Famine and its victims? Some rewriting of history is taking place at the moment but we are all agreed on the impact of the Famine on the psyche of the Irish people. I am aware the Taoiseach has received correspondence on the subject from the Famine commemoration committee, and that...

Commemorative Events. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not trying to restrict the Taoiseach to specifying precisely how we might commemorate the victims of the Famine but the essence of the case being made by the commemoration committee is correct. At a time of transformation in the country's fortunes and unprecedented prosperity, it would be appropriate for this State to commemorate the cataclysmic impact the Famine had on the Irish people...

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the reports of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19219/06]

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold a constitutional referendum before the end of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/06]