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Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (27 Apr 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in view of comments made at the opening of offices for the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, when he expects to bring forward proposals for the civil registration of same-sex unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15667/06]

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There seems to be an enormous repository of knowledge about this in the Ahern family but the problem is——

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Indeed, that seems to be the case since the Taoiseach entered politics. The problem is that we have a register which, according to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, could contain as many as 800,000 inaccuracies, with an electorate of approximately 2 million. How can the Taoiseach give those answers with a straight face and tell the House he is glad there is now...

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I have not heard any answers to my questions to the Taoiseach. When will this blitz start? When will it finish? How much money is being allocated to it? Will the old register be refurbished or will we start anew? How does the Taoiseach propose that the task force will have access to gated communities? Has any thinking been done on any of these issues? It is true that Deputy Quinn suggested...

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the register due on 15 November?

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The draft register is due on 15 November.

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: They will only start in September.

Leaders' Questions. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He believed in lifelong learning.

Departmental Bodies. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach when the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnership last met; when the committee is due to meet next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14447/06]

Departmental Bodies. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has started discussions for a new social contract. In respect of the commitment in the last one to provide 10,000 affordable houses, how many of these have been built? Is the national spatial strategy still Government policy, given that it was ignored during the ill-considered and rushed announcement of the decentralisation programme? Is the cross-departmental team involved in...

Departmental Bodies. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach saying the Government is satisfied with the take-up of public private partnerships and about the process that must be gone through? Is he satisfied that the State is able to discriminate between the kind of projects the State ought properly to undertake and could properly undertake more cheaply than through a PPP? I wonder if I understood the Taoiseach's rebuttal of Deputy...

Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Dalton report gone missing or does the Taoiseach know anything about it? Is the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, squatting on it or what is the story? With regard to legislation, does the Taoiseach imply that whatever is necessary to refurbish the electoral register, the Government does not intend bringing forward legislation?

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the statistical and evaluation data available to his Department from road collisions, the Courts Service, and An Garda Síochána is adequate to comprehensively evaluate road safety measures and strategies; and his proposals to improve information in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to curtail the number of provisional licence holders legally allowed to drive unaccompanied; when he expects to take action in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (3 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the Adelaide and Meath Hospital at Tallaght, there are plans to move the diabetes centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16380/06]

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: In matters not pertaining to security, does the Government intend to have the Garda Síochána come under the remit of the Act?

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is almost six years since the shooting of John Carty at Abbeylara. I have raised the Barr report hearings, which finished in 2004, on several occasions in this House, and I have been told, as per the latest replies from the Taoiseach, that the report would be published in March. Can the Tánaiste say why that report has not been published and if there is a difficulty with it? I refer her...

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The flexibility of the Chair never ceases to amaze me.

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Rather than spending time with the Fianna Fáil backbenchers, does the Tánaiste not think she would be better spending some time with the nurses at their annual conference?

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: She can hear the complaints from the backbenchers about the health services at any time.