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Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach should tell us the truth.

Proposed Legislation. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if the approval of the Attorney General was sought by his Department in regard to the subcontracting out to private firms of the drafting of legislation; the number of occasions on which such consent was given; if the Attorney General is satisfied with the drafting of legislation outside his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22145/04]

Proposed Legislation. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Taoiseach's view of the subcontracting out of legislation to be drafted, whether that of his Department or other Departments, on the instructions of the Department as distinct from the Attorney General? Since the Taoiseach's answer to me, which I took to mean that legislation was not being subcontracted out, Deputy Burton told me that the Central Bank Bill was contracted out at a...

Proposed Legislation. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach seems to be saying that where primary legislation was contracted out, work was done up to heads of Bill stage and the drafting then done in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Can the Taoiseach be more clear? He has expressed the matter in one way. Another way of putting it would be to say the quality of the outside work is not up to scratch and that the drafting must be...

National Security. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if the high-level group established within his Department in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks is still functioning; if he will report on its recent work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/04]

National Security. (23 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever Jesse Jackson felt about the way he was quoted, is the Taoiseach saying that the advice from the high-level group is that the ongoing facilitation of American troops to Iraq through Shannon is not a factor in the considerations here? For example, how is it that people in captivity can be transferred from Iraq to Cuba without going through Shannon Airport? The Minister for Justice,...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to make the promised order under the Consumer Affairs Act to require doctors, dentists and allied health professionals to publicly display their prices, which was first promised almost a year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28365/04]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response he has had to the consultation paper on the community employment scheme published by his Department in July 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28364/04]

Written Answers — Disability Support Service: Disability Support Service (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown, on a subhead basis, of the €2.5 billion spent in 2004 on disability specific services; if a detailed breakdown is not possible, the way in which the total figure is arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/04]

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the role and duties of persons appointed by him as special or political advisers; the total cost in terms of payroll and expenses arising from these appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/04]

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach inform the House if different rules or yardsticks are applied to fix the salary entitlements of people recruited from the public sector as distinct from those recruited from the private sector to work in the Department of the Taoiseach and throughout the public service? What are the responsibilities of the person recruited to the Department of the Taoiseach on 1 October...

Departmental Appointments. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not appreciate that political advisers were subject to benchmarking. Against whom are they benchmarked? What are the criteria? It is a significant increase in six months. The Taoiseach said the new appointee is responsible for co-ordinating the Ministers of State. Is this a completely new appointment? What does it mean? Does it mean rounding them up every so often and checking what they...

Office of the Chief State Solicitor. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date with regard to the implementation of the Nally report on the Chief State Solicitor's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23380/04]

Regulatory Reform. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the progress to date with regard to the implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/04]

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to ask comrade Taoiseach now that he has come out as a socialist how this will affect the ordinary lives of our citizens? Nothing has stretched credulity so much since the press conferences in Baghdad of "comical Ali". Will the Taoiseach say what this will mean in practice for ordinary people? How will it change the lives of ordinary people now that a true socialist leads the Government?

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will it mean that the millionaires who pay no tax——

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——will have to pay a fair tax? Does it mean that he will undo the cuts of €58 million from the most vulnerable people on the margins of society in the social welfare package? Does it mean he will restore the RAPID programme that was designed to transfer resources to the most disadvantaged areas of the country? Does it mean that a woman fleeing domestic violence will now qualify for the...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If Mr. McCreevy was listening in the Berlemont building to the revelation that all this time he was the Minister for Finance of a socialist Government, he would be twirling on a spit. How can the Taoiseach rhyme off such statistics when the Government sucked the average industrial earner, to whom he referred, into paying tax at the top or marginal rate for the first time in the history of the...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: They were in the tent at the Galway Races.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: As we speak, US forces are pounding Falluja with apparently little regard for civilian casualties or the rights of the wounded. Has the Taoiseach registered a protest to the American ambassador——