Results 13,101-13,120 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting in Dublin with the French Prime Minister, Mr. Jean Pierre Raffarin. [16322/04]

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Mexico. [16555/04]

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU-Latin American-Caribbean summit. [16556/04]

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: That is one country with which Mr. Royston Brady is familiar. Perhaps he could give the Taoiseach a dig out.

Official Engagements. (1 Jun 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach made passing reference to Iraq. Has he had discussions with the President of France, Mr. Chirac, about his Government's response to the draft Security Council resolution for the UN? What are the views of the Taoiseach, the Irish Government and the French Government on Mr. Chirac's opinion that the draft resolution — which would transform coalition forces, which are mainly...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to serious and widespread reports of ethnic cleansing in Sudan, allegedly being carried out by the Janjaweed Militia with the support of the Sudanese Government; if he has taken action in relation to these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the British Prime Minister in Dublin on 2 May 2004. [12593/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Do the continuing statements in recent months by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform indicate a change in the Government's assessment of the republican movement?

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I welcome the remarks made by the Taoiseach that he detects — I forget the phrase he used — in terms of the republican movement——

Northern Ireland Issues. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——making the final move. Will the Taoiseach be a little more forthcoming with the House in terms of how the average person watching or reading this debate would reconcile that with the remarks of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform or with the findings of the Independent Monitoring Commission? Will he say something on that? Is he saying the movement away from paramilitarism...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On the last point, given that the judge in question when a practising barrister had political affiliations is the Taoiseach saying no representations were made concerning his appointment to the Bench? Had the investigation been completed at the time of his appointment to the Bench and was certain information in the possession of the prosecutorial authorities at that time? Is the Taoiseach...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is believed around the House that the Taoiseach gave a somewhat different presentation to his parliamentary party. He will understand why we on this side of the House are anxious that if we are taken into his confidence in terms of what material is in his possession in this regard and if we play our full part responsibly in a situation that we have not confronted before, we do not find...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: If the judge is disabled, is he not disabled from discharging his functions as a judge?

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked if evidence that is inadmissible before a court can be put in evidence to a committee of the Oireachtas.

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Unlike the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Taoiseach rules out a monetary settlement.

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Next the Taoiseach will tell us that the Minister for Defence, Deputy Michael Smith, will go around the wards.

Written Answers — Educational Schemes: Educational Schemes (18 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the insufficient provision of meals to children from disadvantaged areas under the school meals scheme is having an adverse effect on educational standards; if he has had discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs in regard to extending the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (18 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the situation at the Dublin Institute of Technology whereby the institute must pay €1.4 million in back-pay; if this will have an effect on his Department's grant to the institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14355/04]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the procedure for parents to apply for home tuition for special needs children; if it requires making application on an official application form supplied by his Department; if such application forms are currently available; if not, when they will be available; if they will be available in sufficient time and well in advance of 30...

Order of Business. (18 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not beyond the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, to conjure up a constitutional amendment when necessary.