Results 1-20 of 102 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Pat Rabbitte: ...said in December that "judges and courts should not be excessively overactive or interventionist in areas where the boundaries of the judicial and executive function intersect". Mr. Justice Kearns acknowledged that many commentators now seemed to feel successive court interventions had "virtually paralysed" the investigatory process "where accountability for matters of serious public...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jan 2015)

Pat Rabbitte: ...impunity. I have seen very sad cases. There are some people who cannot peacefully enjoy their own homes. I know of cases where people are afraid to go out at night and where women living alone feel vulnerable and exposed. I know of circumstances where, over Christmas, a single man's residence was broken into and the few bob in savings he had in the world were stolen while he was at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...of target, and in the current febrile mood where there is such a cranky environment after eight contractionary budgets, as they say in their statement, and six long years of recession and so on and people feeling they cannot take any more, does the Government not have to make decisions or are we in a circumstance where, notwithstanding the Government's huge majority, it goes out of...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...the protection of the reputation or rights of others. Similarly, our constitutional guarantee, in Article 40.6.1°, of the right to express convictions and opinions freely, and, under Article 40.3°, to communicate convictions, opinions and feelings, is also limited. The State is obliged, under Article 40.3.2°, to protect citizens, as best it may, from unjust attack and, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Senator Keane always makes me feel inadequate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...a Green Paper on energy. We are deliberately publishing a Green Paper and it will facilitate committees like this and the Deputy, as an elected Member for the midlands, to make whatever input they feel is appropriate. There is a coherent, thought-out policy surrounding this area. The Deputy or some others may not agree with that policy and that is fine, but the policy is there. I take...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Mar 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...of the pilot are available on the Dublin City Enterprise Board web page at and it is likely that very similar criteria will apply in relation to the national scheme. I have also made arrangements for companies who feel that they may be eligible, and would like to be informed when the scheme is being rolled out, to contact my Department at with their name and contact details and my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (11 Mar 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...broadcasters in the State, to ensure that they adhere to these Guidelines, as well as to the spirit and letter of the relevant judicial rulings in this area. The basis for the practice whereby broadcasters feel constrained to give 50% of airtime to both sides of a referendum campaign derives from an interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of Coughlan v. The Broadcasting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Online Business Voucher Scheme (6 Mar 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...criteria that operate in the case of the pilot are available on the DCEB web page at and it is likely that very similar criteria will apply for the national scheme. I have also made arrangements for companies who feel that they may be eligible, and would like to be informed when the scheme is being rolled out, to contact my Department at with their name and contact details and my...

Seanad: Free Speech, Homophobia and the role of the State Broadcaster: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: ...no complaint was made in respect of news and current affairs coverage. In practice, however, the effect of the Coughlan judgment seems to have been to create a situation in which broadcasters feel constrained to give 50% of air time to both sides of a referendum campaign. If this is so, it is not because of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, or its codes. The current edition...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I feel like the people of south Tipperary after that because I, too, am bewildered. I am very hurt that Deputy McGrath should make such charges against me and the Government. The fact of the matter is we are trying to protect ordinary people.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Proposed Legislation (16 Oct 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...from considering wind energy development that may otherwise be acceptable or even desirable from a broader energy policy perspective. Along with my ministerial colleagues in the Department of Environment, we feel that the issues raised in the proposed Wind Turbines Bill are best addressed through a targeted review of the existing guidelines rather than legislation. In order to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...three.ie. Additionally, a team of field engineers has been established to address NBS specific service issues at customers’ premises. My Department has a role when customers have fully utilised the established complaints process and still feel that their complaint has not been resolved. It operates a dedicated NBS mailbox, which NBS customers can contact by email at...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Jun 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...has been established to address NBS specific maintenance issues at customers' premises. My Department has a role when customers have fully utilised the established complaints process and still feel their complaint has not been resolved. It operates a dedicated NBS mailbox, which NBS customers can contact by email at nationalbroadbandscheme@dcenr.gov.ie with any comments or complaints...

Television Reception (25 Apr 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ..., the event was not well attended. I do not know whether that was because it was not well advertised or because Members were otherwise busy. Perhaps that event should be repeated if colleagues feel it is necessary. It is important to acknowledge that RTE is putting an investment of some €70 million into this initiative. One would not have been able to rely on the private sector to...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Apr 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...3 Customer Services, Hutchison 3G Ireland Limited, PO Box 333, Dublin 2. I should add that my Department also has a role where customers have fully utilised the established complaints process and feel that their complaint has not been resolved. My officials operate a dedicated NBS mailbox, which NBS customers can contact by email at nationalbroadbandscheme@dcenr.gov.ie , with any...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: I suffered it for 14 years. I know how Deputy Martin feels.

Broadcasting Services (8 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...for traditional broadcasters, not just in the context of a major increase in the number of sources but also in terms of the massive increase in competition for audiences. Broadcast media clearly feel they have to be seen to engage with this new media in case they might be seen to be slow and cumbersome or as being somehow unreflective of the zeitgeist. This does not mean that basic...

Seanad: Media Standards: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...monumental paradigm shift. Advertising revenue and circulation figures for newspapers have tumbled across the developed world. Radio and television are holding up for the moment. One cannot but feel their time will come too and the television market is just too attractive a target to fully escape the Internet revolution. Moreover, consumers and citizens are faced with a broader choice...

Seanad: Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...of the House. When a statutory instrument is made, it is laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and there is a period of 21 days in which it can be annulled. It is open to every Member who feels that strongly about it to move a motion to have it annulled. It is not something that goes through sight unseen, or that should go through sight unseen. It is a fairly arcane process to stay...