Results 181-200 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (23 Jun 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made in respect of last year's undertaking to implement proposals in the Wood MacKenzie report on offshore exploration; if it remains his intention to give expression to these changes in the Finance Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (23 Jun 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 632. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed measures with the Department of Finance in respect of the implementation of the Wood MacKenzie report in respect of offshore exploration; as already committed to in principle by Government; if he will report on progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Jun 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the combined therapy cancer treatment, that has been recommended in respect of a person (details supplied) at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, is only available on a private basis, at a cost of €70,000 to the person; if it will be made available through the public system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24066/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance (16 Jun 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: I think the Minister is being harsh. It is the second time I have heard Sinn Féin come out in full support of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. That might be useful to note as the year goes on.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Legislative Process (9 Jun 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 1120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to complete the enactment of the Minerals Development Bill in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21974/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: If this is Professor Honohan's last meeting, I think we should record our appreciation. He has done the State some considerable service since his appointment and it would be appropriate for this committee to acknowledge that. Professor Honohan made reference to the tracker contract being uniquely expensive to bank shareholders. That is obviously the case. Why has it been so costly to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: Professor Honohan also said that if legislation had to be contemplated, it would in all probability have only a modest effect on standard variable rates. He mentioned a timeframe of a few quarters. Does this mean that the Governor of the Central Bank envisages that after a few quarters, interest rates will go in a certain direction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: In terms of some of the statements made after the meeting with the Minister about the prospect of a modest reduction or an alternative offer, what merits does Professor Honohan see?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: I have a few questions that do not relate to mortgages, and we might come back to them. What in the name of God is the reason for the delay in fixing the rotten tooth on the quays? I saw it on television last night when we were showing off Dublin to its best. Here we saw-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: There are people adjacent to the building down there who say the same thing about bank regulation. They say that in typical Irish style, we have gone 180 degrees from light touch regulation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: I would like to ask a question about the same matter, if the Vice Chairman will permit me to do so. I apologise for intervening, but I have to attend another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: We can get rid of it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask Professor Honohan about Deputy Sean Fleming's point and the point raised by Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett about the profit redounding to the Exchequer through the Central Bank. Did I understand correctly that Professor John FitzGerald was saying in the article he had written, which I intended to read more carefully, that some €9 billion was likely to be saved by the Exchequer in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: The impact on payment of debt is helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: That may not be distributional in the normal meaning of things, but it is helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not over-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: That calculation is not over the period of 40 years. It would be over a decade because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Governor commented on the Penrose Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (28 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: From three years to one.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (26 May 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: 992. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Digital Hub Development Agency property portfolio has been enhanced arising from its collaboration with a company (details supplied); if he will report on progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/15]