Results 141-160 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Brian Lenihan, as Chairman of the all-party committee, made several recommendations on how to process a referendum. He even went as far as to say that the committee recommended that the Standing Orders of the House be amended to embody a presumption that every Deputy and Senator would have sufficient opportunity to make whatever contribution he or she wishes. Will that happen or will...

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: ——with what the Irish Refugee Council described as the "frenzy" of an election? I warn the Taoiseach that, just because his American guru has advised him to do that, he should not presume partisan advantage to exploit such an issue in the context of elections.

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: He raised it in his letter.

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Are the Russians and Moldovans coming?

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Quantify them.

Leaders' Questions. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the——

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach not know well that the Minister sought to discuss this matter with the Opposition spokespersons at the same time as he issued a statement to the press announcing the referendum? I do not know what the pretence about mystery is because that was the discussion that took place. I do not know why we must listen to people hedging by saying the Taoiseach does not know what the...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Bill be discussed in the week after Easter? That is the question.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: How come I know the answer?

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: We will see, Billy. I will lay you a wager.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It will create the same circumstances as those that existed in Deputy Kelleher's constituency at the previous general election.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: There will be Deputy Noel O'Flynns all over the place and Deputy Kelleher knows that. If the Taoiseach thinks that is a good idea, I am afraid I do not agree with him.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: They are checking the advertisements to see if anyone has replied.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: There was a large meeting of workers at Shannon last night. The workers want to know whether the Taoiseach approved the proposals worked out between Phil Flynn and his programme manager at Dublin Airport. When will the Bill to break up Aer Rianta be published? Will the workers have an opportunity, in advance of the publication of the Bill, to examine the financial data they have been promised...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Last December in the aftermath of the failed Rome summit, the Taoiseach appeared to lack ambition to conclude negotiations on a new treaty and a great deal of discussion took place on the need for a period of reflection and so on. On that occasion I said: It now falls to the Irish presidency to seek to complete the job. I have to say that in the reported comments of the Taoiseach over the...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: A successful case cannot be made in the seven sitting days left to us between now and 12 May which is the minimum deadline of 30 days before 11 June.

European Council Meetings: Statements. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is reprehensible that the Government should seek to do this. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, in the sixth report of the all-party committee, which made a number of important recommendations, said: Measures should be taken to ensure that a Bill to amend the Constitution is fully debated by the Dáil. Given the importance of a constitutional amendment, every Deputy and every...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a great pity the Government has resolved to proceed. Clearly, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, then chairman on the all-party constitutional committee, counts for nothing. For seven years the Government has paid lip service to the wisdom on whether we should intrude in the matter of private property as it relates to building land. After his first five years in office, the...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of recent statements from the INTO, he has plans to drop the requirement for teachers trained outside the State to pass the SCG Irish language examination within five years of working in schools here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the exam is a barrier to filling chronic teacher supply shortages; and if...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on the practice that has emerged in Swords, County Dublin, whereby parents hoping to enrol their daughters in a local school (details supplied) are forced to camp out overnight prior to the school opening applications for enrolment the following day; if this reflects the shortage of school places available in the area; his...