Results 13,001-13,020 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent contacts with the United States Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Leeds Castle talks. [22143/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his contacts with the Northern Ireland political parties during the Leeds Castle talks. [22144/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 28: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with a delegation from the DUP on 30 September 2004. [23238/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 29: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Government and the political parties in Northern Ireland since the ending of the Leeds Castle talks; his assessment of the prospects of concluding an agreement based on the Leeds Castle talks on the basis of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the announcement made by the British Government regarding the proposed inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied); his further views on whether the announcement made meets the agreement entered into with the Irish Government at the Weston Park talks; if he has raised or plans to raise the matter with the British Prime Minister, Mr....

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 32: To ask the Taoiseach if there are plans to convene a meeting of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation; his views on the future role of the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 37: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the margins of the ceremonies in Rome for the signing of the new European treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27164/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (2 Nov 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: In respect of the remarks made after the Leeds Castle talks — I believe the quote was something like "reasonable in substance and historic in meaning"— does the Taoiseach still believe the process is imbued with the same sense of optimism or does he think that optimism, in the immediate wake of the Leeds Castle talks, has waned somewhat? Will he indicate what he envisages now as the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the benefits flowing from the Government's recent change in its attitude towards the military junta in Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/04]

Written Answers — Conference on Poverty: Conference on Poverty (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government was represented at the recent United Nations special conference on poverty; the details of commitments made by Ireland; the timescale for their achievement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/04]

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: They blackmailed us into doing so and shut down the initiative of the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Dempsey. They then delivered only 163 social and affordable houses.

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever word the Taoiseach wants to use, be it "holding back" or "blackmailing", they got their way.

Sustaining Progress. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I apologise to the Taoiseach but if he answered my question about the number of units under construction, I did not catch it, and I would like to ask the question again. I also welcome the appointment of Des Geraghty but I would like the Taoiseach to outline his precise mandate in this situation. Also, did any of the social partners raise the question of the savage 16 cuts in social welfare...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not demonstrate an awareness of the extent of public anger about this issue. When the country was far less wealthy it did not have the phenomenon of patients, families and nurses picketing Dáil Éireann on this issue. The consultants say there are 3,500 fewer beds in the system now than there were in 1990. In the past, when there was a flu epidemic during the winter, one...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Relatives of patients do not easily congregate outside Dáil Éireann to express their desperation. It requires a response from the Taoiseach, as leader of the Government.

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: After seven and a half years in Government, the Taoiseach is still theorising about the solution. I have no idea what he intends to convey to the public by stating he has been aware of this problem for 30 years. Most people would draw the conclusion that, after that period, he should move out and let someone else try his or her hand at the problem. The hospital consultants state there are now...

Leaders' Questions. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We have had many reports from the former Minister for Health and Children but little action. Some 3,000 beds were promised in the health strategy. Will the Taoiseach tell us precisely how he intends to utilise the spare capacity in private nursing homes to deal with the phenomenon of patients retained in acute hospitals who ought not be there? Will the Government open the facilities which...

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I hoped the Taoiseach would have replied to Deputy Kenny because it is important that he takes the first opportunity since his return from his overseas visit to clear up the confusion in the public domain behind the motivation and purpose of the recent statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If the Minister was flying a kite and the Taoiseach thinks he has brought him down to earth again——