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Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If we were to put down questions that set out what we intend to put by way of supplementary question, it would take up a page each of the Order Paper.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle continues to restrict and narrow the scope of Members on this side of the House. Perhaps he will tell me what questions I raise are not permitted by the rules.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is outrageously pedantic.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle does not permit me to do anything that is outside the scope. He constantly uses his position to restrict this side of the House unreasonably.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach say how many people are employed by the Ministers of State in his office? Has he any intention of promulgating advertising regulations in respect of Ministers using public resources to——

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——promote themselves? Now that the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, does not have to run the EU constitution, what does he propose to do? Will he say whether Ministers of State have the rights that I refer to, during the course of a general election?

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What about their rights during the course of a general election?

Ministerial Responsibilities. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is hard to draw the line in these matters.

Departmental Bodies. (15 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date by the task force on active citizenship; when he will receive the report of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26563/05]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government accepts that its obligations under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment requires it to establish by way of verification, and beyond simple assurance, that persons are not...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding reports in the international media, including [i]The Washington Post[/i], that suspects are being held at the request of the CIA in secret prisons in Eastern Europe; his further views on whether no signatory country to the European Convention on Human Rights is involved; if he is satisfied in this regard; and if, in view...

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yesterday the Northern Secretary, with what some would think a bizarre sense of timing, published legislation in the House of Commons concerning "on the runs". The numbers seem to have exploded from the anticipated couple of dozen to a few hundred. Is the Minister satisfied that no legislation is required in this jurisdiction? Given the statutory independence of the Director of Public...

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: As the Ceann Comhairle probably knows, section 2 of the code of conduct for officeholders states, "Holders of public office enjoy an enhanced public profile and should be mindful of the need to avoid the use of public resources in a way that could reasonably be construed as an inappropriate raising of profile in the context of a general election".

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister for Finance ensure compliance with the code of conduct?

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Questions relating to the code of conduct of officeholders have been raised on the Order of Business traditionally. I am merely asking the Minister for Finance if he will ensure——

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I have no wish to refer my friend, the junior Minister, to the commission. I am asking the Minister for Finance for a statement of Government policy that, henceforth, he will ensure the code is complied with.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants who will have been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the completion of the plan of December 2006; if, in view of the very poor response to the scheme so far, he has plans to review the scale or scope of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way in which this compares with the Government target of 10,300; if...

Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for the remainder of the 29th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/05]

Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: As the Taoiseach will know, the National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002 was initiated in 2002 but it has still not been enacted. I wish to make a suggestion regarding the North-South civic consultative forum provided for in the Good Friday Agreement. Would it be possible to deal with this issue by way of an amendment to the National Economic and Social Development Office...