Results 10,561-10,580 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I thought the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, was bringing it last week.

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for calling this matter. Yesterday and this morning I raised questions with the Taoiseach about the collapse of the case against Dermot Laide in the Circuit Criminal Court and the responsibility of Government for the State pathology service. The Taoiseach's replies were his characteristic mixture of evasion and obfuscation. He pleaded that he had not been briefed,...

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He was not asked any questions of that regard.

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Why was it reported otherwise?

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It was the first item on the news last night and repeated in the broadsheets.

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: They could not all make it up.

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister should not blame us.

Criminal Prosecutions. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Never mind the wealth tax, can we believe anything from the Department?

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 92,000 medicinal products were seized as a result of Irish Medicines Board investigation in 2006; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the board's enforcement section seized the products following investigations into the illegal sale, importation of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 151: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the ongoing failure to fill the post of chief pharmacist in her Department; her views on the fact that the failure to fill this post leaves a serious vacuum at the heart of decision making on health policy, including public health protection and patient safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On that point of Minister's Question Time this afternoon, will the Taoiseach clarify for the House what he meant when he told the House this morning that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform would address the issues I raised about the implications for the criminal prosecution system arising from the collapse of the Dermot Laide case? This morning the Taoiseach clearly disowned a...

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I have printed off a transcript from the system of what the Taoiseach said. He said he understood there was a Dáil question or some way in which the Minister would deal with this in the House today. He said he understood the Minister was well prepared to do that. The import I and other commentators have taken from that is that we will hear the Minister on the divergence of position between...

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I tabled a Private Notice Question of which the Taoiseach is unaware because I only tabled it since he informed me there was a question. What he actually said this morning is: "I understand there is a Dáil question [and] the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform ... would in some way deal with the matter in the House today." To what Dáil question did the Taoiseach refer?

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Between the Taoiseach and the Minister this is some muddle and it is only getting more muddied.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: No. The Taoiseach sought to give the impression that the matter would be dealt with in the House.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is the impression the Taoiseach sought to convey.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Where is the question?

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Taoiseach asking me for? I am the Opposition.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has a licence none of his predecessors ever had to get away with conveying the impression to this House that he is doing one thing when in fact he is doing or did the opposite. I do not know how he manages it.

Northern Ireland Issues. (26 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the margins of the EU spring summit. [12216/06]