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Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: ...He seemed to ignore the fact that we have come through the worst financial crisis in the history of the State. If we could do all the things he wants us to do, there would not have been a crisis. We are where we are. It will take some time to get-----

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Feb 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...day long on the question of the international figures, how good or how bad our system is, what happened in Northern Ireland when BT came in, and so on. However, to use the great cliché of the day, we are where we are. We can have an interesting academic debate on why certain things happened, including why Telecom Éireann was privatised in the fashion it was, why its subsequent...

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...other Deputies referred to similar problems in their constituencies, including Deputies Michael Healy-Rae, James Bannon and others. These are not problems that are unique to Ireland, however. One must accept that we are where we are, in the cliché of the day. What happened in the case of the privatisation of Telecom Éireann has happened and is behind us now. Other countries...

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (21 Nov 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: ...in that case. I take the point made by Deputy Coffey on that. Deputy Stanley asked why the line was not put along the motorway when it was being built and I do not know. That was not done and we are where we are. We need to ensure the regions of Ireland have adequate power and energy for the purposes of employment and economic development. Time does not allow this evening for us to go...

Strategic Energy Infrastructure (19 Oct 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: That is why we are where we are. That is why the previous Government brought in Colm McCarthy, whose report stated that we should sell . It is not possible to forget something that happened before Christmas. Even if someone were a presidential candidate he would remember he was a member of the Executive before Christmas. That was only a few months ago. These are the origins of the problem...

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: .... It now appears that the markets have been proven right. Unfortunately, we are not big enough to take on a guarantee of €440 billion and to suffer a dysfunctional banking system. As a result, we are where we are. I must give credit to the Minister for Finance who, like King Canute, is somewhere on the mainland presenting this as Ireland coming to the rescue of Europe. One must hand...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: ...now where, notwithstanding the debate we have just heard, this country's economic sovereignty is at risk because of the behaviour and reckless conduct, if not criminality, of the banks. That is why we are where we are. We do not know what will come out of tonight, we do know what is going to come out of tomorrow and it is plain that the Government does not know but everything for which...

Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: ...different colour. The Bill before the House provides for a legal services ombudsman but in terms of what was envisaged by the Competition Authority, it is a modest measure. Part of the reason we are where we are is because of what might be euphemistically referred to as recent events.