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Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach wants to set that kind of precedent in our jurisprudence and constitutional law. If the Taoiseach looks at the outrage in the House of Commons, which ran right across parties from the DUP to the SDLP, he cannot defend it. He has now conceded that in the deal entered into with Sinn Féin, where members of the security forces get off scot-free, which raises fundamental questions...

Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: These people are getting off scotfree and we are now inviting people here to hide for as long as they can, but if at any stage indefinitely down the road, in ten or 15 years' time, they are caught they will then have an insurance policy to which they can resort. All they have to do is apply for the benefit of this amnesty, which is ill-considered. I do not dispute the substance of the point...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the national climate change strategy 2000 which has been implemented to date in 2005; and the steps he intends to take in relation to the strategy in 2006. [36668/05]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to revisit the national climate change strategy with a view to ensuring that the measures contained therein, particularly those that have yet to be implemented, are still relevant and to ensure that he most up-to-date technologies will have a role in its eventual implementation; and if he will...

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is the first Deputy Martin has heard of it. He has that look on his face.

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State has listened carefully to all of the arguments made by the Opposition.

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State should just say that the Minister has listened very carefully to all of the arguments and will take them on board.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a misrepresentation.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a misrepresentation.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a careful formula which misleads.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not asking the Minister to so do.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: He should simply prevent the re-flagging.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Very well. The Minister should proceed, although it is hard to listen to.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government should refuse Irish Ferries and let it take the Government to court.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why then is the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, speaking to them?

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister agree that this is a defining moment in our economy and our society? The social partnership that has been the cornerstone of progress for more than 20 years is being jettisoned when it suits the greedy requirements of one company. It appears from last night's edition of "Questions and Answers" on television that the Irish Ferries route to the bottom has the support and...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government is all over the place on this issue. When the Taoiseach made his remarks about walking away, saying there was nothing more the Government could do, he gave the green light to the commando-style raid on the vessel at Pembroke. He wrote to me on 25 November stating: "Yesterday's action was clearly planned in a careful and duplicitous way and we can therefore assume it was planned...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: No one is taking issue with the Minister on the right of establishment within the EU. If this company wants to establish a company in Cyprus, it can do so. However, I am drawing the Minister's attention to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Article 91 of which makes it plain "There must exist a genuine link between the state and the ship". If the Minister for Finance is right, why is...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister for Finance can sit down again as I am not finished.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Neither is there any point in the Minister saying how much sympathy he has for the workers. Workers up and down the country believe it is not just Irish Ferries that is coming to get them. They believe if this phenomenon of displacement were to take effect in other industries, their jobs would be insecure. This is apart from the considerations raised by Deputy Kenny about trade, tourism and...