Results 11,081-11,100 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

State Airports. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures the Government proposes to take to ensure that Irish airspace and facilities are not used to breach international and Irish law, [i]inter alia[/i], through the conduct of verification measures such as random and regular checks of aircraft, particularly in view of his reply to Question No. 2 of 10 November 2005 in which he...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: My colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, highlighted the plight of Marie Therese O'Loughlin, who is protesting outside the House. Apparently, the Minister's response to the assertion that there was an inspection function with the State for the Morning Star hostel, was that she could not confirm that because there are no records. It must be possible to put together——

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It must be possible to make some arrangement to alleviate the plight of Ms O'Loughlin before Christmas.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We cannot leave her outside the gate of the House.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy should get Deputy Finian McGrath to put them in for him.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I join with my colleagues in wishing the Ceann Comhairle and the staff of the House a happy Christmas. I extend our appreciation to all categories of staff for their diligent efforts throughout the year. Like Deputy Kenny, I have wondered and indeed, had correspondence with the Ceann Comhairle's office on a number of occasions in the past about the spoken word, as uttered in here and what...

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the Estimate for his Department for 2006. [36142/05]

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach explain why the provision for commemorative initiatives has doubled for next year? Will he also say why the provision for consultancies in his Department has diminished somewhat? What is the provision for the independent commission of inquiry? Is that the Paddy MacEntee inquiry? Will he explain the heading "e-inclusion" to the House?

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not sure why this commission of investigation comes under the Taoiseach's Department. Will the Taoiseach explain the increased provision for the Science Olympiad? I thought the knowledge of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, and his Department would be more appropriate to this area.

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the commission of investigation?

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach sending the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, abroad again?

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is subhead Q.

Departmental Estimates. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am only concerned to know what it is as it is not a significant amount of money.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I join with Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in paying tribute to the patient and diligent work of the Labour Relations Commission in apparently securing a settlement of the Irish Ferries dispute. However, I would be very cautious about claiming this as a great achievement for social partnership. The minimum wage, we are told, will now apply on the vessels and 97% of the workers will be made...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Taoiseach does not want 23 questions, I will ask him one. Will anybody be held accountable for this mess or will it follow the long line of examples where nobody in the Government is held responsible for anything? A junior Minister might go for a few cans of Dulux paint but he was working for Ministers who have spent and wasted so much money that one cannot add enough noughts to it....

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This was not another vanity project like those proposed by the Ministers, Deputy Cullen and Deputy Noel Dempsey, or the Taoiseach's own intimations of grandeur at Abbotstown. It happened because of the absence, as the Comptroller and Auditor General's report stated, of any clear goals being set down. The report stated: "Business transformation projects demand a clear and consistent...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Did he read anything to do with this project? Is anybody ministerially accountable for the loss of €195 million? It is a disgrace but the Taoiseach shows no appreciation that taxpayers do not want their hard earned euro spent and wasted in this fashion by the Government.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Did the Taoiseach not hear the Minister on radio this morning?

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I sometimes think the Taoiseach operates in a different reality. Trying to spread the blame as if somebody on this side of the House is responsible beggars belief.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Paragraph 3.33 of the report states: "The Health Boards Executive was established in February 2002 and, from that point on, the project's overall policy direction, resourcing and monitoring was overseen by HeBE and the Department". Where was the Minister?