Results 12,341-12,360 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is correct on both issues. If he had allowed me to quote, the letter would be seen to be very interesting. I am asking the Taoiseach what caused him to change his mind since his discussion with the general secretary of Fianna Fáil. The committee for the commemoration of the Famine victims is very earnest. It has furnished the Taoiseach's Department and the various...

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Without warning on 5 March, gardaí took the five children of Padraig and Mary O'Hara into care on foot of a court order obtained by the HSE in the Kells area. Of the children, four are autistic and their separation from their parents and a well established routine was traumatic. The parents were required to submit to psychiatric examination despite the possession by officials of a clinical...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the opening of the public inquiry into the murder of Ms Rosemary Nelson; the Government's position regarding the inquiry; the Government's views on the adequacy of this inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/05]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the communication from the UNHCR regarding the inappropriateness of returning refugees to Iraq, including the Kurdish area; if the Government is acting in accordance with the UNHCR's advice on this matter; if he has had talks with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on this matter; and if he...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (28 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the statement made that the hospital trolleys are a top class facility for persons who required them in view of the fact that many patients are left on hospital trolleys for many days in hospital corridors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13772/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated [i]per capita[/i] cost of relocating public servants under the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to negotiations with the public service unions regarding his proposals to restrict promotional opportunities to staff willing to move to decentralised locations; if his attention has been drawn to the recent warning from the CPSU that its co-operation with decentralisation was conditional on the resolution of this issue; and...

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Government introduce legislation on Aer Lingus given the Tánaiste's diplomatic absence from yesterday's Cabinet meeting to provide time to come up with some cobbled solution to the mess at Dublin Airport?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Micheál Martin treatment room.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; the number of persons with disabilities employed in his Department; the percentage of the overall staff which this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: How many additional people should be added to this in the Taoiseach's personal constituency office?

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are talking at cross-purposes, although I accept what the Taoiseach has said about the disability quota. I was querying the number of staff in light of the Taoiseach's recent answer to a parliamentary question on that. I was asking how many additional people there would be, who were not included under that answer, working in the Taoiseach's constituency office.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not know how many people are working in his constituency office.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is right. I would not believe that.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Five minutes later, and I have got an answer.

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the number of applications received by his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 during the first quarter of 2005; the way in which this compares with the same period in 2004, 2003 and 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11819/05]

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I have sympathy with the Taoiseach in that matter. Has the Department of the Taoiseach carried out any assessment of the dramatic fall-off from 80 freedom of information requests in 2003 to six and the character of the applications that have been weeded out? Has such an analysis been carried out across Departments generally? What proportion of them was mischievous or trivial? What proportion...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I will protest later that not all leaders were described as models.

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach said that one of the main priorities on the agenda was the strategic national infrastructure question and whether we can expedite its delivery. Have any actions been taken to do precisely that? Will the Taoiseach clarify his remarks on the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact? It is not clear whether as a result of the loosening or reforms of the pact, the Government will...