Results 11,201-11,220 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister must allow time for applause.

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach intend to let the issue relating to the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, drag on all day?

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will time be made available for the Minister of State to make a statement to the House?

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has such a submission been made?

Order of Business. (7 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is unwise to let the matter drag on all day.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that facilities available in County Clare for the training of FÁS apprentices are inadequate; if training facilities will be provided for FÁS apprentices in Ennis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/05]

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that the Residential Institutions Redress Board has taken sufficient steps to alert possible claimants as to the closing date for applications on 15 December 2005, particularly in regard to persons who may be resident in the UK; the steps taken to alert possible applicants by way of advertisement or other...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of awards made each month in 2004 and to date in 2005 in respect of awards made by the Residential Institutions Redress Board; the average amount of each award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38037/05]

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in offering condolences to the family of Tim Kennelly on his tragic and premature death. He brought a lot of pleasure to many people's lives in the 1970s. In a television debate a few nights ago on the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005, the former Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Walsh, bemoaned the trend toward quangos and...

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do, on the wheeler-dealer programme last night——

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Would it not be appropriate for the Competition Authority to take action——

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: When is it proposed to bring legislation before the House to enable repayments to be made to relatives of people who were cared for in long-stay institutions?

Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has devised a concerted employment strategy for the Mallow hub-town; the components of such strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/05]

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach respond to the growing public concern at home and internationally about aircraft used by the CIA for the purposes of executive rendition landing at various European airports? Will he specifically address the 50 landings at Shannon Airport of which we are aware? The former President, Mrs. Mary Robinson, has made some public comments on the matter. Amnesty International made...

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not talking about military aircraft landing with prior approval, we are talking about ostensibly civilian commercial aircraft. Clearly the Taoiseach is aware that to disguise state aircraft as civilian commercial aircraft is in breach of the Chicago Convention. It is not enough for the Taoiseach to say that anybody with evidence should give it to the Garda at Sixmilebridge. How am I...

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree, but were there prisoners on it?

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why did the Government not check the airplanes?

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Under the Chicago Convention——

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach remarked on how surprised people were in Croatia at the level of the national minimum wage here. The Taoiseach will agree that the Irish would be surprised at the price of a bale of briquettes, a bag of coal or a loaf of bread in Croatia. Does the Taoiseach agree that his position on the services directive is central to the process of social partnership and new talks thereon,...

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach comment on that?