Results 11,501-11,520 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That never happened.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I have never seen an elaborate programme announced by Government fall so flat on its face so quickly, and in all the time I have been opposite the Taoiseach in different positions, I have never seen him make such a poor defence of such an elaborate plan. I have a copy of a reply to a parliamentary question tabled by my colleague, Deputy Shortall. Dated 3 February 2005, it details the number...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That was the new initiative and the Government appears to have spurned it already. I simply asked the Taoiseach to lay the results of the evaluation before the House. The reason he did not indicate that he would do so was that no such evaluation has been done. There is little point in referring to a protest which we — properly — organised when the trams or carriages were delivered during...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach could not answer any of the questions put by any of the parties in question.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the costs accruing to his Department in respect of each year since the Moriarty tribunal was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26560/05]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that this tribunal has continued for much longer than anyone could have anticipated? Is it not fair that we factor in the number of times its work has been obstructed? That is not a value judgment on my part as to whether it ought to continue, but merely to note that it has been obstructed many times as various parties have had resort to the courts. In assessing the...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Representations from the Law Library could not be described as lobbying.

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications received under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in the first nine months of 2005; the way in which this compares with the figures for the same period in 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26562/05]

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Are there any bodies under the aegis of the Taoiseach's Department to which the Act has not yet been extended? Does the Government plan to extend it to the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: You have almost made the Taoiseach redundant in this House, a Cheann Comhairle.

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: And me along with him.

Northern Ireland Issues. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for allowing me to raise this important issue which I do at the request of Raymond McCord Snr. who has given me detailed information on his son's case. Mr. McCord has suffered a campaign of intimidation and violence from the UDA. He has been beaten up and left for dead. Subsequently, he has campaigned to obtain justice for his son. Gunmen have targeted his...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused by his decision to withdraw the €9 per week fuel allowance that was previously paid to pensioners living in sheltered housing in inner city Dublin; the reason the decision was made; the total saving that will accrue to his Department as a result; if he will review the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Tánaiste sanction the investment? When will she approve it?

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste will know from today's newspapers that considerable confusion exists arising from remarks of the Taoiseach on the Government response to the Ferns Report. This is not a party political matter but there is a requirement for clarity from the Government. Neither journalists nor I are sure what a national audit means. After asking the Taoiseach I am still unsure if the commitment by...

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Do I take it from the Tánaiste's response that the inquiry into the Dublinarchdiocese will be under the Commissions of Investigation Act?

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Unfair Dismissals Act.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made by Fóram na Gaeilge regarding the preparation of the 20-year strategic plan for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30711/05]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (26 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when it is intended to bring regulations under section 9 (1) of the Official Languages Act 2000 into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30712/05]