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

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

Pat Rabbitte: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers at primary level who have provisional recognition pending acquisition of the SCG qualification; the number of those who are currently on extensions of time beyond the five year limit to obtain the Irish language qualifications; if he can provide a breakdown by country in both of these categories; and if he will...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the costings of his "Your Education Service" initiative, broken down by venue costs, publications, fees to chairs and staff, promotion and advertising and other costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9948/04]

Written Answers — Literacy Levels: Literacy Levels (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made to date in implementing the literacy target to halve the number of pupils with serious literacy difficulties in schools designated disadvantaged by 2006, as declared in the NAPS 2002; the measures he has put in place with which he plans to meet the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/04]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when divisional status for Tallaght Garda station will be implemented; the proposals being considered for a Garda station in west Tallaght; the present position on the construction and staffing of a Garda station or office in west Tallaght, in view of the continuing rapid growth of the area; if he will prioritise a local...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (30 Mar 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the Garda station office at Rathcoole, County Dublin; the way in which he will address local concerns about inadequate opening hours and Garda coverage; the long-term plans for policing and a permanent base for gardaí in the growing community of Rathcoole-Saggart; and if he will make a statement on the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I bring to the attention of the House-——

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The schedule circulated by the Whips clearly sets out that today's business is the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. My party wants to oppose the Order for Second Stage. We are told repeatedly from the Chair that the ordering of business is "a matter for the Whips". I have received a document from the Government Whip which...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not propose to discuss the matter. I merely want to bring to your attention the recommendations of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution. The committee in its sixth report recommended, for example, that even "the Standing Orders of the House should be amended so as to embody a presumption that every TD and Senator will have sufficient opportunity to make whatever contribution he or...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: On a point of order, since when is a Whips' document not a House document? The Taoiseach answers questions every day on the Order of Business.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach says repeatedly the ordering of business is a matter for the Whips. I have received a document from the Whips. When was Second Stage ordered?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Therefore, we will have the vote next week after the debate as to whether to have the debate.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The House is being reduced to a farce.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Listen to him. Does anyone remember when he was over here?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is entitled to ask a question under the rules of the House.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister take a question?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister suggest that we should put advertisements in the newspapers like the PDs?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not know it was a controversial referendum.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: It is eight weeks since the Taoiseach told the Dáil that his Government had no plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year unless one was required on Europe. However, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform was able to tell the nation a few weeks ago that he had been working on a proposal for this referendum since 2002. The day after the Government's proposals were...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government may have been engaged over the past couple of days — and the Minister's excited condition is testament to it — in spinning madly the assertion that because the British Government is not bothered, there is no difficulty with the Good Friday Agreement. To help the spinning, it has tried as hard as possible to create confusion between the British-Irish Agreement and the...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Pat Rabbitte: I take our Constitution, and the process of amending it, seriously. The All-Party Committee on the Constitution reported on the referendum process and set out clear and agreed procedures for the holding of referenda on constitutional amendments — agreed procedures that cannot possibly be complied with in order to meet this artificial and suddenly imposed 11 June deadline. There has not been...