Results 11,981-12,000 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

European Issues. (21 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the referenda it is proposed to hold before the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20738/05]

European Issues. (21 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said he knew about the British position from the COREPER meeting prior to the Council. When did he learn of the position of the British Prime Minister on the reform of CAP as a quid pro quo in terms of the British rebate? Will the Taoiseach explain the sense of the British Prime Minister being prepared to put so much at risk for a rebate of the order of £1.7 billion sterling,...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: He has criticised the cornerstones of the Bill.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I thought the Minister was going to make a concluding killing point.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Look at the record of the House. We will read it back to the Minister.

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Did the Minister say "the House"?

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: In his extended address at the opening of these statements, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform spent one half of his time defending his role in the McBrearty affair and the other defending his Garda Síochána Bill. He ignored entirely the most significant recommendation of the second Morris report directed at Government that the Oireachtas should review that same Bill. Nothing...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: As alluded to by Deputy O'Donnell, it emerged this morning that the previous Minister at the Department, Deputy O'Donoghue, opposed an inquiry into the events in Donegal on the misleading basis that he had read the Carty report and taken legal advice from the then Attorney General, Deputy McDowell. In fact, neither gentlemen had the full Carty report in his possession. Surely, we are not to...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister and I are agreed on one thing. A Garda authority would radically alter the structures of policing and accountability for it in the State. It is for those reasons I propose it and for the same reasons the Minister so vehemently opposes it. It is as plain as a pikestaff that both Morris reports contend there is a chronic, systemic malaise within the Garda Síochána. Events have...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: He had no ministerial accountability. The Minister, Deputy McDowell, has argued that the alternative, a Garda authority, would be a quango which would eliminate accountability. Ministers support the idea of ministerial accountability to the House because it has become a worthless, devalued joke. The Minister does not answer questions on Garda operations and is not accountable for the actions...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There are more Members on the roads home than there are in the precincts of the House in which nothing of significance is happening to detain them. This is a considered Government response to two reports that undermine the trustworthiness of a body in which every right-minded citizen is expected and entitled to repose confidence. The reality is that the Minister supports ministerial...

Written Answers — Stadium Development: Stadium Development (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position with regard to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road; the timeframe for the planning and construction stages; when the redevelopment will commence; the current estimated overall cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20281/05]

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: While I do not want to delay the House, one could not help but notice that we facilitated the Taoiseach's absence from Leaders' Questions and Question Time yesterday only to open this morning's newspapers to find he was opening Ireland's latest Monopoly game.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not treating the House, especially this side of the House, with the respect due. If the Taoiseach has time to come back to open a Monopoly game he has time to facilitate Question Time in the House.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: With regard to Deputy Cowen's constituency colleague and chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service, who according to this morning's newspaper said the whistleblower's Bill will be ready by next year, yesterday the Tánaiste told me that there will not be a whistleblower's Bill. Will the Minister indicate which is it? The second matter I wish to raise is the...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I make a point to the Minister which he clearly does not know. In terms of bringing forward sectoral protection in the fashion he described, the day before yesterday the Minister of State, Deputy Parlon, refused such an amendment from this side of the House in respect of the Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill because he said the whistleblower's Bill was forthcoming.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I also oppose the restricted format proposed for tomorrow's sitting. The Government ignored the first report of the Morris tribunal and now the more serious second report is apparently to be relegated to what is in parliamentary terms the graveyard slot on Friday in the restrictive format of statements only. This adds insult to the earlier injury. As Deputy Bruton said, the House has scarcely...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am painting with a very broad brush.

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, says that as a result of the report it is now incumbent on the parties on this side of the House to facilitate the early enactment of the Garda Síochána Bill. However, Mr. Justice Morris has said the opposite and suggested we should review the Garda Síochána Bill. He explained in Delphic terms why this is necessary in his...

Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——had that excised. It is quite clear that the Morris report refers to this matter. To conclude the work Mr. Justice Morris has started, he needs the House to revisit those terms of reference so that we can get to the bottom of what was involved in this extraordinary circumstance.