Results 11,601-11,620 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, will have much reading to do, for a man unaccustomed to reading.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach propose to introduce legislation relating to the state of the electoral register?

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: He is probably aware that the Labour Party has published a Bill to deal with the matter. Does the Government intend to produce its own Bill or will it take on board the Labour Party's Bill?

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I have asked about the inaccurate state of the register.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is incomplete.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What did the Taoiseach say?

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Three years ago, a 14 year old boy, Brian Rossiter, was arrested along with two other boys for public order offences in Clonmel. He was brought to Clonmel Garda station where he was put in a cell on his own. The following morning, he was found unconscious in his cell and taken to hospital, first in Clonmel and then to Cork. Three days later he died, never having regained consciousness. One of...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Experts believe that to choose to use this legislation is to choose an inquiry that will prevent questions being asked and answered, rather than establishing the truth or allowing it to be revealed. If we passed legislation a year and a half ago called the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 that provides for a certain type of speedy, more efficient and certainly cheaper inquiry than we...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said the Minister is satisfied that this method of inquiry is adequate. The Minister was similarly satisfied about this method of inquiry in the Dean Lyons case and he needed to change his view. No other body I have discussed this matter with is satisfied and the Taoiseach does not appear to understand that there are only specific questions, which are listed in the...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why will the Minister not address the House and answer who selected the seven gardaí, who made complaints against them and why is he going down this road when he needed to back off in the case of Dean Lyons? This legislation has never been used before. It is very odd and I ask that the Taoiseach have it examined before it proceeds any further as it is quite farcical. I regret that the focus...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancies of treatment between older cancer patients and middle aged cancer patients; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that the treatment rates of those aged 70-79 were half to a third of cancer patients in the 50-59 age group; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Competition Legislation: Competition Legislation (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties created for actors, musicians and freelance journalists by the manner in which the Competition Authority is interpreting competition law, treating such workers as if they were commercial companies and as such not entitled to band together to seek improved fees,...

Order of Business. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach know the date of Estimates day? Has the Government taken a decision on the IMF request for €800 million to be taken out of the economy?

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am interested in what the Taoiseach has said. However, is it not reasonable to draw the conclusion that the reason we have such frequent resort to outside consultants is that we do not have the in-house capacity or knowledge? The Comptroller and Auditor General carried out a report on this matter four to six years ago or longer in which he examined the service. There have been some very...

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What lessons would the Taoiseach draw, for example, from the apparent success of the National Treasury Management Agency?

Ministerial Staff. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach asked me what I was referring to. I was just explaining that it was the National Treasury Management Agency, which was established initially to manage the national debt. It has acquired a number of very important areas since then. Even insurance was added when we got into difficulties in that area. Now, the new development finance agency involving certain dimensions of...

Public-Private Partnerships. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the current work of the interdepartmental team on infrastructure and public-private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24376/05]

Vaccination Programme. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take following the recent revelations that it will be 2006 before an estimated 180,000 children in the State will be able to get the booster vaccinations they require to protect them from a bug which can cause a lethal form of meningitis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28812/05]

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On behalf of the Labour Party I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in extending condolences on this terrible but avoidable tragedy. Reading the graphic description in the newspapers this morning on the way this man died one is reluctant to focus on the matter at all. It must cause additional grief to the family. Mr. Walsh's sister is quoted this morning saying that an animal would not be let...

Leaders' Questions. (18 Oct 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is the eighth year of the Taoiseach's leadership and he keeps reeling off these figures like they represent some kind of improvement. The Tánaiste had promised significant improvement by this autumn. From what she said today, we know that such is not the case. I do not know whether the Taoiseach is right in saying that the Tánaiste had already given out the figures I quoted, but they...