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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (3 Dec 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: ...influence of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council purely for that contribution alone. Is Professor McHale not being a bit severe? When Professor McHale says the unplanned expenditure at the end of 2015 echoes the last boom, when property-related revenues funded large increases in spending, I am not sure I fully understand it. As I understand it, what happened during the boom was that when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Telecommunications and Energy Council of Ministers Meeting: Discussion with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: ...a considered opinion on the subsidiarity aspects of the Commission's proposals. The concerns raised by my officials during their appearance before this joint committee a few weeks ago have been echoed by a number of member states at recent meetings in Brussels. The European Council, in its October conclusions, noted the need for intensive scrutiny of the proposal, which will assist in...

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: There are two entirely different realities obtaining in this Chamber. The last speaker echoed views expressed in and outside the House last night to the effect that we have the option not to sell anything. One wonders about the point of going through-----

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...33 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. This obligation is the same as that already imposed on RTE under section 123 of the 2009 Act. It ensures conformity with the state aid rules of the EU. It echoes the obligation imposed on TG4 in an earlier amendment to section 118(9) of the 2009 Act, which related to moneys paid to TG4 from the Exchequer rather than from television licence fee receipts,...

Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: ...would only be considered as a last resort. As a result we are now gambling with private equity consortia whose routine practice is to come in, make a killing and get out. The senior Ministers then echo the banks warning that even after they are appropriately capitalised, it will not necessarily follow that they will resume normal lending. We are bluntly informed by bank chiefs, whose...