Results 10,461-10,480 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made since 6 March 2006 in regard to the 30 Foras na Gaeilge staff members to be located in Gaoth Dobhair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the €4,836,927 awarded to his Department in respect of cohesion initiatives during 2005, including €1,463,400 for the promotion of volunteering, was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18131/06]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, he discussed with his Departmental staff the intended meeting with the private investigator; the reason his Departmental staff were not present at the meeting; when he first created a minute of the meeting; if he...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in respect of his meeting on June 10, 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, which he attended the meeting in his capacity as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; if he was accompanied by a Garda driver on the night in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he took regarding the documentation supplied to him in respect of his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath; if it is in his possession or the possession of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18095/06]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if prior to his meeting on 10 June 2005, with a private investigator (details supplied) in County Meath, he checked with the Morris Tribunal as to whether or not the person he was meeting was likely to be recalled as a witness at that Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/06]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) have used up their budget allocation for the installation of gas central heating into the homes of the elderly for 2005 and that current projects have had to be put on hold until they get further funding from his Department; his...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Dalton report accompanied the leaks which took place over the weekend, the medical consultancy report to pre-empt the programme and the Taoiseach's climbdown on decentralisation. I raised this issue in the House several times and was informed by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, who appears to regard the issue as risible, that it was not possible to publish the...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I would be sitting down by now if the Ceann Comhairle had allowed me to finish. Mr. Taggart stated that he had not received a copy of the report. When will the report be placed in the Oireachtas Library? How is it that journalists can be given this report by agents of the Minister while Members of this House cannot obtain it? Can the Taoiseach explain why the report was supposedly referred to...

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a terrible slight on the 19 committee Chairmen from the Taoiseach's party.

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach will have to remove some of the dead wood and promote some people, otherwise they will obstruct him. I know what they are like.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Has An Agreed Programme for Government been renegotiated at any stage since it was promulgated? Can the Taoiseach be satisfied with the progress of implementation of the programme for Government given the spectacle on view last night in an excellent "Prime Time Investigates" television programme? Is he satisfied to be the Head of a Government which has stood idly by for nine years while the...

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am trying to establish whether the agreed programme we thought we had is still valid.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach not the head of Government? After five years in Government, did he not decide with great fanfare that 3,000 additional beds would be put into the system? Was this not the cornerstone of the health programme? He now states he is not an expert and does not know the answers and that people are carrying out studies. The previous Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin,...

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Were the scenes of acute distress that we saw on television last night and the statement by a senior citizen that he would rather die than go back into——

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a general question.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am merely illustrating the accident and emergency department situation via the experience of the man who said he would rather die than return to it.

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case that there is no point in confusing day care patients with people who present at accident and emergency units?

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes. The question all Deputies sought to ask today is whether the core commitment to provide additional bed capacity is still Government policy. To anyone listening to the Tánaiste last night and various public statements on behalf of the HSE, it would seem perfectly clear that it is no longer Government policy to provide those beds. While there was a commitment to provide community care or...

Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Did it mean anything? Was promising 3,000 additional beds a con on the Irish people? Nine years later——