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Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That was exactly the import of what he said.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He said to Deputy Kenny that a life sentence should mean life. What is that supposed to mean? The Taoiseach is the one who decides.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is the Taoiseach who paroles criminals, not the Judiciary.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The headline from RTE today stated: "Judges are considering comments, made following the shooting, by the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the sentences imposed for serious criminal offences." That is what RTE stated.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: RTE stated it in response to the Taoiseach's and Deputy McDowell's comments.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The spin is that judges are somehow responsible for imposing inadequate sentences.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach deny saying——

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——to his own Ard-Fheis that one of the most basic of all civil rights was the freedom to be safe on one's own streets and in one's own home? He went on: "I will make the fight against crime my priority in the new Fianna Fáil Government. Let me put the Fianna Fáil message in five simple words to the drug barons and criminal gangs: "We will not accept this".

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach continued: You will no longer be allowed hold sway over our lives. You will not live in luxury with impunity because we have a plan for you. Our plan is to arrest you, prosecute you and put you in jail.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He did it for 16% of those who committed murder using firearms in the six years, 1998-2004. That is the record inherited from the Minister for zero tolerance, who said we could judge him at the end of his term of office by whether our citizens feel safer in their homes and in the streets. They feel safer in neither and that is his legacy. Deputy O'Donoghue cynically trotted out his policy of...

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is working from 800,000 units.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The legislation is two years old.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the health repayment scheme Bill to refund overcharging in nursing homes be published this session?

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I move: That Dáil Éireann, —recalling calls made by the Irish Nurses Organisation, the Irish Bank Officials Association and the Irish Airline Pilots Association, among others, for comprehensive statutory protection for employees and others who blow the whistle on significant illegal and unacceptable practices that can otherwise become established and remain unidentified over long periods,...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I applaud the Minister's confidence.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress in completing the integrated ticketing project; if he is satisfied with the level of co-operation between different State transport providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9180/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which and when he proposes to legislate for the private operation of speed cameras; when additional cameras will be provided and the number of same; the preparation he has made to identify the locations for such speed cameras; if this legislation will be dealt with through the proposed Road Traffic Bill or under a separate Bill; and...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons for having an upper age limit for application to become a Garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9554/06]

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to the National Children's Hospital. Responsibility for policy and health matters is retained by the Minister and operational responsibility is with the HSE. Since it came to existence the HSE is taking policy decisions and disputing policy decisions advocated by the Tánaiste, correctly so in some cases. Concerns exist about the handling of the national children's hospital. A team of...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Tánaiste for her assurances and I take them at face value. Nobody I know of has criticised the McKinsey report and this is not the issue because the merits of the report are accepted. It may have been a slip of the tongue on the part of the Tánaiste but I think she took the report before Christmas. The presentation to which she referred was held on 31 January 2006.