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Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: When will the Taoiseach give it to me?

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I hope we will have a debate before the Taoiseach escapes from this House.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is escaping but he will not escape responsibility.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Soft on pirates and the causes of piracy. The postal workers want to know whether the commitment to the ESOP is still Government policy. That is the net issue.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am explaining to the Ceann Comhairle why I am opposing its being taken without debate. The considerable problem faced by postal workers is that they do not know where the Government stands on the question of an ESOP for the workers in the industry. To determine whether we should call a vote on this matter, will the Taoiseach state whether the commitment to an ESOP for the postal workers...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to appoint a new chairperson to the decentralisation advisory committee, following the recent resignation of Mr. Phil Flynn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7193/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way in which this compares with the Government target of 10,300;...

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This morning, newspapers and radio reported on the harrowing circumstances of one family with four autistic children, which highlights the appallingly bad services in place, particularly for autistic children, throughout the country. As Minister for Health and Children, is there anything the Tánaiste can do to intervene to alleviate the burden on this particular——

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: To be in order, when the Tánaiste introduces the Supplementary Estimate already promised, will she include an allocation specifically-——

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I will not discuss the content of it. Can the Tánaiste make some provision to enable the former health boards to provide services?

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle, you are being unreasonable. The Tánaiste-——

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is a harrowing human situation and with the Minister for Health and Children in the House we have an opportunity——

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree with that. I have a further reason for opposing the guillotine in addition to what Deputy Kenny stated. The Tánaiste was unable to come to the House yesterday to contribute to the Bill and given the remarks she made about systemic maladministration in her Department, irrespective of the Travers report, she ought to be enabled to inform the House as to why she made such an...

Order of Business. (3 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: There might be a vacancy in the Department. The Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, might yet get a promotion.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the decentralisation programme within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6969/05]

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will meet a group (details supplied) to discuss the proposed closure of the sugar factory in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6971/05]

Regional Development. (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to revert to some of the points that have been raised. Currently, the Taoiseach, in common with the rest of us in the House, is experiencing the problems that have come with the explosion of development in Dublin, which has spilled over into neighbouring counties. There is a serious grievance at the other end of the country about the degree of underspending of such moneys as have been...

Regional Development. (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach speak in general about the current state of the decentralisation programme? A number of those towns were due to benefit from some element of decentralisation. Will they have to wait a while longer than was envisaged in the precipitative announcement by the former Minister for Finance, Mr. McCreevy, or is it that some of them are off the map entirely?

Regional Development. (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a general question.

Regional Development. (2 Mar 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Not to mention the number of bypasses on Cavan Hospital.