Results 12,521-12,540 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle, I do not intend to refer to the Dunne shambles. Will the Minister for Finance indicate whether it is the intention of the Government to revert to the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce 200,000 additional medical cards, having regard to the developments of today when the Tánaiste came up with the bright idea for 200,000 yellow pack cards on the basis...

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: She has legislated and the cards are no longer in prospect.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is not a shambles that she can blame on her predecessor. It is due to her lack of preparation and lack of work on it.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste may wish she was back in the bosom of IDA Ireland, but there are many people who cannot visit the family doctor because of the current pressure. The Minister can implement the Government decision to provide 200,000 medical cards as committed to in the programme for Government.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What has the Minister for Finance to say about it? A Cheann Comhairle, this is entirely unreasonable. The Minister for Finance wants to reply and I respectfully submit, Sir, that you ought to permit him to do so.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: People on very low incomes cannot visit their family doctor at present.

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government ought to restore——

Order of Business. (24 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I join the Minister for Finance in welcoming the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform's U-turn in the case of a young Nigerian man who was deported last week. I did not hear the Minister say when the immigration and residence Bill will be brought before the House. It is clear that the system is in need of urgent review. It is disgraceful that a young child was snatched from a...

Garda Investigations. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am obliged to the Ceann Comhairle for permitting me yet again to raise the Dean Lyons case, the facts of which are well known. In July 1997, Dean Lyons, a homeless heroin addict, was arrested and questioned in connection with the brutal killing of two vulnerable women in sheltered health board accommodation in Grangegorman. He was questioned by detective gardaí in a video and tape...

Written Answers — Sunbed Usage: Sunbed Usage (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the call from the Environmental Health Officers Association for the introduction of controls governing the use of sunbeds in view of the established link with skin cancer; if she intends to introduce any such control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9422/05]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the statement made by a person (details supplied) that the absence of breast screening services in the western regions was leading to a high number of mastectomies among women whose cancer is being detected too late; the steps she is taking to address this situation; when it is expected...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This debate takes place against a background of commitments made by two Governments but reneged upon by one of them. As long ago as May 2002, the British and Irish Governments announced the joint appointment of a judge of international standing to investigate allegations of collusion between their respective security forces and paramilitary bodies. As the Minister has said, Judge Peter Cory's...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Following a meeting with Mr. Michael Finucane last January, I wrote to Mr. Peter Cory. I set out the purpose of that. I especially want to advert to one paragraph which states: "In the present circumstances, it strikes me that it would be of particular assistance to all concerned if we had the benefit of your own assessment as to whether the Bill published by the British Government satisfies...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Ceann Comhairle will not concede to the Deputy's request he will concede to nothing.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There are a few press releases left before the Minister, Deputy Brennan, gets to a Supplementary Estimate.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not know if the Tánaiste appreciates that this is the seventh Dáil term during which the work permits Bill has been promised, which I understand was previously the Tánaiste's responsibility. Last night she may have heard the Kilkenny People editor saying that non-national workers were being employed by farmers in Kilkenny at a rate of €1 per hour and that their diet consisted of...

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: No, but seven Dáil terms after the promise of its introduction to the House, it still has not been published. We heard from Deputy Joe Higgins this morning about GAMA Construction.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It does.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does that imply the Tánaiste does not appreciate, for example, that right across south Dublin women employed in domestic service are grossly exploited, as are non-nationals throughout the island? It is all very well for her to say she condemns it, but when will the law be enforced? There is little point in having a law giving them the same rights as other workers if it is not enforced.

Order of Business. (23 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Tánaiste would like to be back in the arms of the ICA.