Results 10,381-10,400 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Order of Business. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: A government emeritus.
- Regulatory Reform. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's plans for a study of business attitudes to regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14874/06]
- Regulatory Reform. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's plans for a consultation paper in regard to regulatory appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14875/06]
- Regulatory Reform. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: What prompted the survey on business attitudes to regulation? Was it motivated by a perception by businesses that the regulatory environment is overly demanding, bureaucratic and costly or impedes competition and productivity? Did a sense of disquiet in the business community cause the Taoiseach to commission the study?
- National Security. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach when the National Security Committee last met; when the next meeting is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17144/06]
- National Security. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: On a minor point of clarity, do I understand that the committee only deals with potential security threats and has no role in anticipating or dealing with civil disasters? I heard what the Taoiseach said about continuing to prepare the case on Sellafield. Has the committee any role in monitoring the potential threat from Sellafield in the event of a disaster occurring?
- Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: We will pass around a hat if the Taoiseach comes in.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: If the Taoiseach is consistent he should deal with that matter vigorously.
- Order of Business. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Everyone except Members of this House appears to possess a copy of the Dalton report on Bord na gCon, or appears to have a partial, leaked version of it. One suspects the motives behind such partial leaking.
- Order of Business. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: I note the Minister made two new appointments to Bord na gCon yesterday. When will Members receive the full, unexpurgated version of the Dalton report in order that they can assess what is happening and who is spinning against whom?
- Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Perhaps the Taoiseach will set out the Government response to the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on housing rent supplement. He will know that the cost to the taxpayer of housing rent supplement went from â¬151 million in 2000 to â¬369 million this year. Whereas that is very bad value for the taxpayer, it is far more serious for the 60,000 people on rent supplement who cannot...
- Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: This crisis has arisen because of the rate of increase in house prices and the low output of social housing. Those are the twin causes so, therefore, it is part of the same problem. The output of public authority houses is now lower than in the mid-1970s. The Minister neutered Part V and, as a result, we now have approximately 4% of achievable affordable houses under that scheme. Under the...
- Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: At the rate of building, more people are being forced into private rented accommodation. Even though they are capable and willing to go out to work, they cannot do so because of the impediments in the scheme. That is the issue and there is no point trying to kerfuffle or obfuscate it. I would like to hear from the Taoiseach or the Minister in his next press briefing not an analysis of the...
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the statement by the Information Commissioner that use of the Freedom of Information Act 1997 has dropped to an all time low with only 1,000 FOI requests made in 2005 by journalists and her belief that this has been caused by the continued exclusion of a number of public bodies from the scope of the Act and by the introduction of fees...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ministers can now replace agencies earmarked for decentralisation with different agencies or departmental sections; the agencies or Departments previously earmarked for decentralisation that are expected to do so; the expected number of Departments or agencies to be affected by this new measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Great Southern Hotels Group: Great Southern Hotels Group (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed sale of the Great Southern Hotel Group; if a valuation has been done on each hotel; if a reserve price will be placed on the hotels; the total revenue likely to be raised from the sale of the hotels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/06]
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an inquiry is contemplated into the death of a person (details supplied) while in Garda custody on 17 June 2003; if there is a Garda investigation under way into the circumstances surrounding the death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19244/06]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances where, in the case of a junior national school and a senior national school on the same campus, it is possible for one school to be in the giving children an even break scheme and the other school not to be in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19459/06]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school in DEIS band two may have much larger classes than another school in band two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19461/06]
- Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (23 May 2006)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 was not included in the giving children an even break scheme at the same time when the junior school on the same campus and serving the same community was included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19460/06]