Results 12,381-12,400 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is very appropriate.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach received any notice of resignation from the Minister concerned and does he still have confidence in him?

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle has just said how independent he is. Will the Taoiseach reply to the question? There is a €2 billion exposure for the taxpayer. A Minister went before the committee and said he did not bother to read the brief——

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and the Ceann Comhairle says it is of no concern to this House.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On the matter of confidence in his Minister, I am entitled to raise on the Order of Business whether the Taoiseach still has confidence in this particular Minister who has left us with the legacy that we spent the earlier part of Leaders' Questions discussing and who, in a blasé manner, says that we should blame the civil servants because he did not read the brief.

Order of Business. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair should at least allow the Taoiseach to reply. Clearly he does not have confidence in his Minister. Certainly I do not.

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is on days such as this that I am glad I do not have to write a cover piece for tomorrow's newspapers. It is hard to see much colour in issues such as waste paper, business partnerships in Newfoundland and Labrador and regulation. I would like to address the OECD recommendations and tangible matters such as complete liberalisation of the pub trade, the elimination of restrictions on...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not running out of time because of me. I am confining myself to questions.

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I was only showing the headline and not quoting from it. The Tánaiste committed to the abolition of such curbs on 25 July 2001. Four years have elapsed and very little has been achieved in any of the areas relating to the OECD's tangible recommendations. Rather than having the Tánaiste torture him about deregulation and multiple terminals at Dublin Airport, does the Taoiseach not believe we...

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Even the Taoiseach will have reached——

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: At what age did the Taoiseach say he would retire? He will have reached 60 before we do anything.

Regulatory Reform. (26 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11817/05]

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a few remarks on the Bill. As the House will know, serious questions have been posed of the Garda Síochána recently. These have ranged from harsh criticism by Mr. Justice Morris of misbehaviour and mismanagement by certain gardaí in Donegal to the failure to tackle the spread of drugs nationwide, declining crime prevention and detection rates...

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Every day brings some new revelations about the Gama Construction scandal and the fact that 1,400 workers were exempted from paying social insurance here — three quarters of all workers so exempted over the past three years. Will the Tánaiste pledge that there will be a debate in the House as soon as the High Court matter is resolved? The Tánaiste sat on this scandal for three or four...

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——a flimsy internal investigation in her own Department when it is clear that the official did not go outside the door to ask any of the workers concerned if the allegations were true.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste——

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree with you, Sir. I am not asking for the debate now.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am asking the Tánaiste to commit to a debate where we can fully probe her responsibility for the gross exploitation that took place, and now it turns out that the Irish Exchequer was being cheated——

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——both in tax and social insurance terms. They were not paying tax either, Sir. Did you know that, a Cheann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: They were not paying tax or PRSI and the Tánaiste——