Results 13,161-13,180 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, has enough to deal with in terms of the disappearance of the RAPID scheme without dipping his nose into something about which he told Vincent Browne he knew nothing.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: At least he was honest.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The commission also stated that the system could introduce the possibility of new errors in the use by electors of the voting system and that interference was possible in certain circumstances. What is the point of misrepresenting the commission's findings——

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and making statements to the effect that no money has been wasted? The Government spent €157 million clearing the site at Abbotstown and €52 million on electronic voting machines. It treats public money like confetti at a time when the Minister for Social and Family Affairs saves €52 million off the backs of the most vulnerable in society and when hospitals require €50 million...

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: All we get from Ministers is ridicule, arrogance and incompetence.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: There is no provision for a voter trail.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: How much will it cost to store them?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Mountains of Mourne falling on top of Monaghan.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not agree to the proposal. I do not see the point of the House returning at 12.30 p.m. to debate a Bill which relates to 6,000 machines which not even Robert Mugabe would buy. Deputy Hayes wants €2 million for his local hospital. The 6,000 machines are worth about €2 million to some unelected dictator or southern state of the United States. What is the point of putting this...

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Surely I am entitled to ask a question.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the point in returning at 12.30 p.m. to compound an error, already of monstrous proportions, with the——

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not propose to debate the content of the Bill. Why is the Taoiseach persisting with this measure? What is the purpose of bringing us back from Arbour Hill?

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I am merely trying to get a reply from the Taoiseach as to the purpose of engaging in this. It will lay us open to litigation from the supplying company. God knows what the extent of the exposure is but there is no point anybody on the side opposite, given their record——

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I will be up again if I do not get an answer.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair cannot railroad the House like this.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Already once today, the Chair chose to respond to Deputies who had raised Standing Order 31 by ignoring them and proceeding directly to Riar na hOibre.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Chair ought not to restrict the apology to this occasion. It should go wider because of the manner in which the Chair rides roughshod over the Members of this side of the House.

Order of Business. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We have merely sought to establish the reason Members are being brought back from Arbour Hill at 12.30 p.m. to debate a redundant Bill that has already cost the taxpayer a fortune and in respect of which the taxpayer will be exposed to further moneys.

Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the report of Mr. Justice Barron dealing with the Dundalk and Belturbet bombings and the murder of a person (details supplied); the procedure that will be used to deal with the report which is submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5710/04]

Commissions of Inquiry. (4 May 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the Government's views on the recommendations of the sub-committee of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Women's Rights on the Barron report; the action the Government intends to take to ensure that the recommendations are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/04]