Results 11,361-11,380 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

National Security. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the office of emergency planning a co-ordinating committee or is it an office with somebody heading it up and so on?

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus last met; when the next meeting is due; and the total number of meetings held to date. [26565/05]

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There has been no announcement on this matter since the decision last May to sell the company. As Head of Government, does the Taoiseach agree with the Leader of the Seanad, who said she does not anticipate anything will happen on this until after the general election?

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not asking a detailed question, I am asking whether the Taoiseach agrees with the Leader of the Seanad——

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to know whether the Minister for Transport agrees with the Leader of the Seanad.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am asking exactly that. As Head of Government, I ask the Taoiseach whether he concurs with the view of the Leader of the Seanad. I do not want to know what the Minister for Transport——

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why not?

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Chair to read the Standing Order.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Leader of the Seanad addressed this subject in a radio interview.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Leader of the Government agree with the opinion that nothing will happen on Aer Lingus until after the general election? I am not asking the Minister for Transport, I do not want to know his view, I want to know the Taoiseach's view.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is absolutely at the heart of the issue whether the Leader of Government endorses that view.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On a point of order, the Standing Order which the Chair read concerns members of Government. There is, however, a separate Standing Order for the Taoiseach. Standing Order 36 states: Questions addressed to the Taoiseach may be asked only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and shall be placed on the Order Paper before Questions to other members of the Government to be asked on the same day. The time...

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Standing Order 33 relates to members of Government, it does not refer to the Head of Government and I did not ask a detailed question.

Cabinet Sub-Committee Meetings. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not ask a detailed question, I asked a general policy question.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Did the Taoiseach listen to the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Callely, on local radio this morning? He came on the site of the latest gangland killing and explained how shocked and horrified he was, advising all his neighbours to lock up, stating that it was not safe on the streets anymore.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is this the general view of the Government? Is the legislation which was promised to put protection of witnesses on a statutory basis forthcoming? When will the legislation be brought before the House?

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is legislation to deal with the witness protection system. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, on one of his many appearances pledged he would put such a system on a statutory basis.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the breakdown of social partnership and the fact that talks are in abeyance for a new social contract, following events at Irish Ferries and elsewhere. Is he aware that there is as deep a concern in the trade union movement about the Government's failure to meet commitments on taxation as the concern about displacement and Irish Ferries? I refer him to an...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not exclude any figures. Let us be clear about this. The Government made the pledge to have 80% of taxpayers paying at the standard rate. This was repeated in Sustaining Progress. Currently, 67% pay at the standard rate, while at the time the Government made the pledge, 73% paid at the standard rate. These are the straightforward figures. As regards removing people from the net, an...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: In Sustaining Progress, the Taoiseach made a commitment that 80% of taxpayers would go onto the standard rate. The figure is at 67%. There is widespread concern in the trade union movement in that respect. As for disposable income, we do not have the lowest personal taxes in Europe. We have the lowest personal tax rates. That is the difference, because the Government is not taking into...