Results 11,221-11,240 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Parliament voted in favour of it in 1999.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The final question I asked was about 80% of people paying tax at the standard rate.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That does not affect the issue I have raised, the commitment that more than 80% would pay tax at the standard rate.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The number has fallen back.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It was 73% three years ago and now it is 67%.
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: That is not the point. The Taoiseach is turning mathematics on its head â 80% is 80% of the total.
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date in 2005 regarding the work of the interdepartmental group chaired by his Department which was established to monitor the appointment of public relations consultants by other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31499/05]
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is an agency all on his own.
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: He is the most effective agency in the business.
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: As Deputy Kenny said, the recommendations contained in the Quigley report arose from circumstances in which a Minister was clearly seen to sponsor a particular individual throughout her contact with the public service. It seems extraordinary to me that the Taoiseach is saying that no single contract has come to the attention of the committee, the validating unit or the secretary of the...
- Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It has since come to light that the Minister of State personally intervened in the design and content of that material, in the interests of self-promotion. Should such advertising not be included in the committee's remit, especially as we are within sight of a general election, so that Ministers and Ministers of State are not tempted to emulate their particularly industrious north side colleague?
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the implications for social partnership of the decision of SIPTU and ICTU to defer decisions on whether to enter talks on a possible new agreement due to concerns regarding the Irish Ferries dispute and other cases involving exploitation of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/05]
- Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a response to the letter he sent to ICTU on measures he is proposing to protect employment standards; the measures he proposed in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31496/05]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation with regard to his proposals for the reform of the one parent family payment system, particularly with a view to making it easier for lone parents to enter or re-enter the workforce; when he intends to bring forward formal proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37205/05]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the basis for his Department's original estimate that the granting of pensions to persons who paid social welfare contributions prior to 1953 would cost â¬9 million per year, when the actual cost has turned out to be â¬153 million per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37204/05]
- Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: First Stage. (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: I move: That leave be granted to introduce the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005.
- Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2005: First Stage. (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time." I thank the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform for indicating he will support it.
- Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Chief Whip for removing the guillotine on No. 29. Is it the Government's intention to persist with the Bill given that the Minister himself has no confidence in it and that Government backbenchers have all spoken against it? I do not know whether Deputy O'Connor spoke against it. Perhaps he could not mention Tallaght in a maritime Bill.
- Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: If Deputy Kenny is right and only one in nine civil servants are prepared to move, could Deputy Ivor Callely not be switched around to a few different Departments?
- Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)
Pat Rabbitte: It gives a whole new meaning to Operation Freeflow.