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Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he plans to make in the first six months of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34257/04]

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent visit to China. [34599/04]

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed in his meetings with political leaders during his recent visit to China; if he raised with Chinese leaders ongoing concerns regarding the human rights situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34600/04]

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to visit the United States around St. Patrick's Day; the details of the programme agreed for such a visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34258/04]

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I congratulate the Taoiseach on the success of the mission to China. I especially congratulate him on managing to coincide with the All-Stars visit. I presume I will see him in Parnell Park under floodlights on Saturday evening. In so far as it is possible to answer this question, will the Taoiseach indicate to the House what was the balance in terms of the success of the mission as regards...

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach spoken to President Bush since his re-election and will he travel to the White House on St. Patrick's Day? Are Irish Government officials making representations to the White House to receive Sinn Féin members on St. Patrick's Day?

Official Engagements. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Are Irish Government officials lobbying to have Sinn Féin members invited to and received at the White House?

Leaders' Questions. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I wanted to ask the Taoiseach about his visit to London, but there is nothing more to be said on the matter. All the democratic parties in the House support the Taoiseach in what he has said. Has the Government any proposals to address traffic chaos on the west side of the city? On 28 December, the Minister of State with responsibility for traffic, Deputy Callely, announced, as reported in...

Leaders' Questions. (2 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Motorists want to know when it is likely there will be alleviation and what will happen for the duration of the works, which I accept are necessary. It is proposed to put in a grade separation at the Red Cow interchange where works went on for three years on the Luas. Now we start all over again to put in a grade separation and this will create circumstances that are almost impossible for...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants 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...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the anticipated costs, in terms of acquiring and equipping premises and other related costs at the latest date for which figures are available of the original decentralisation programme announced in budget 2004 and the slimmed down version announced in December 2004. [2489/05]

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The decision to send a former Government Minister to jail has been greeted by many commentators as signalling a shift in the attitude of the authorities to the question of tax evasion. Will the Tánaiste agree that the tax evasion involved in the case of the former Minister concerned is probably minor compared to that engaged in by Ansbacher depositors? In respect of the report published in...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That last point is not material. It did not matter whether it was the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Mr. Appleby, or the Tánaiste, who had the power to seek the appointment of the High Court inspector. The issue is that if there were sufficient grounds, a High Court inspector would have been appointed. He or she cannot be appointed if the Tánaiste has terminated the investigation and...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It lays itself open to the belief that the investigation was not terminated because it had come to fruition, but rather because it might do so.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not making any allegations.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste should answer the question.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste answered a question on 7 October to my colleague, Deputy Wall.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: She should not get up on her high horse. Just because she is surrounded by——

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Why did the Tánaiste stop the investigation from continuing?

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Which tribunals?