Results 13,141-13,160 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Official Engagements. (18 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the EU summit in June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14242/04]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (13 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has satisfied herself that there are a sufficient number of inspectors to carry an adequate level of workplace inspections; if she has plans to increase the numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13836/04]
- Job Losses. (13 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the figures for the level of industrial employment at the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which this compares with the equivalent date in each of the previous five years; the steps that are being taken to counter the decline in industrial employment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths that have occurred here in 2004 up to the latest date for which figures are available; the way in which these contrast to each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12530/04]
- Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons he has chosen to reject the proposal to put the Luas on stilts at the Red Cow roundabout in Dublin; the further reason he has chosen to redevelop the Red Cow roundabout as a three-tier junction; when he expects work on the redevelopment of the roundabout to begin; the projected cost and the projected timeframe for the redevelopment;...
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach been offered resignation by any member of the Cabinet in respect of fiascos that have occurred over the past four or five days?
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: If he has not, is it his intention to ask for the resignation of any member of the Cabinet?
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle, you appear to think I get up for amusement to ask questions. I am asking a question.
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: It is a perfectly legitimate question.
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: It is long practice if there is any change in the make-up of the Cabinet. You know that, a Cheann Comhairle, as well as I do. I am asking politely whether the Taoiseach has made any such request or received notice of intention to resign from any Minister and, if not, if it is his intention to ask any member of the Cabinet to resign.
- Order of Business. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Shame, shame, shame.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Taxpayers, â¬52 million of whose euro has gone down the drain, would be amazed if they could see the flippant manner in which the Taoiseach's motley doughnut regards this issue.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach sometimes convinces me that if he had been around at the time of the Wall Street crash, he would have come into the House to say it was good for the economy. We know what is in the commission's report. Not alone is this ill-fated, arrogant and incompetent experiment buried for 11 June, but these machines are buried forever. The Taoiseach is wrong when he says there is a flaw in...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: The machine was constructed according to an incorrect specification and it cannot be re-engineered.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Not only have the views of the Opposition and various academic and information technology experts been dismissed, but ridicule and scorn have been poured on their heads by, among others, the Taoiseach. The Minister for Finance, Deputy McCreevy, came to the House to say he thought the Opposition was suggesting there were little Fianna Fáil leprechauns â if that is not a tautology, which is...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: The result is that â¬52 million has gone down the drain.
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Is there any incompetenceââ
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that this is the most scandalous, unnecessary waste of taxpayers' money since Abbotstown? Is there any incompetence, bungling, administration or abuse of public funds that would cause a Minister in this Government to resign? Is it not the case that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, ought to do the decent thing?
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: At a time when the Minister for Health and Children is leaking memos to the press to the effect that he is attempting to obtain â¬50 million from the Minister for Finance, the Government has wasted â¬52 million on a system of electronic voting for which nobody asked. This was the bright idea of the absent Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey. We have no shortage of tallypersons, yet the Government...
- Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not think Parliament can function in circumstances where, in a matter as straightforward as this, the Taoiseach can say with a straight face that no money has been wasted. There is no point in our continuing if he continues to treat the House in that manner. What does he mean when he says no money has been wasted? We know from a reply to a parliamentary question last week that â¬52...