Results 13,361-13,375 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Merely because the Taoiseach dealt in good faith with the political heads in Downing Street and Stormont does not mean there is no cause for concern about some of the matters that have been raised here. The Taoiseach has told us that a different order of inquiry would, in his opinion, be unlikely to elicit a greater extent of co-operation from the British authorities. Does the Taoiseach...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: While I know the Taoiseach opposed the war last year, he does not have a great record on this.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On behalf of my party, I wish to be associated with Deputy Kenny's and the Taoiseach's expressions of sympathy to the family of Frances Sheridan. I greatly doubt whether another insider review is what is required in what is manifestly a dysfunctional service. I return to a question I sought to raise in the House on a number of occasions in respect of the reason the Government decided it...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach did not deal with any of the questions I asked. I asked him if the papers exist. Ms Justice Laffoy sought discovery of papers that would buttress the interviews given by the former Minister, Deputy Woods. She said in her report, "The committee is not satisfied that since its establishment, it has received the level of co-operation which it is entitled to receive from the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not my view.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 10 December 2003 with representatives of the families of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [31159/03]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the action he intends to take arising from the publication of the Barron report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if he has raised the contents of the report with the British Prime Minister; if so, the response he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/03]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to express my party's appreciation to Mr. Justice Barron for the effort put into this important investigation. Has the Taoiseach formed any view about any further inquiry or the shape of a further inquiry? In respect of the verbal commitments given by the British Government, expressly so by Mr. Paul Murphy, does the Taoiseach consider that the order of co-operation by the British...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Should we not inquire into the matter? Servants of the State in possession of serious documents on an act of mass murder which have gone missing in our sovereign control——

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the judgement of the European Court of Justice is expected in the case being taken by the Commission against Ireland arising from this country's inadequate administrative response to illegal waste disposal activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2879/04]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in regard to his consideration of the report of the health research board study commissioned by his Department into the likely effects of landfill and thermal treatment; the specific steps he intends to take to deal with the finding in the report that Ireland had insufficient...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to increase funding opportunities through the equal opportunities child care programme to adequately support the provision of quality child care; if, in particular, he will consider removing the existing cap on the staffing grant available from the EOCP to ensure that the financial allocation is an...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the progress to date in implementing the national child care strategy of 1999. [2709/04]

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share time with Deputy Quinn.

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is appropriate that the Dáil should reconvene after the Christmas recess to a discussion of the Irish Presidency, an event which successive Governments have taken pride in dealing with well. I had the privilege of being President of two Councils of Ministers when Ireland last held the Presidency and I have no doubt that the Government and excellent public service back-up will again do the...