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Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Surely the Government is agreed that we want to avoid the ludicrous position of people who must now be released finding themselves in a position to take an action against the State for wrongful imprisonment if they are not released.

Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What I am trying to establish is when the necessary legislation in this case is being brought before the House.

Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Surely it was reasonable to expect in a case of this moment, having regard to the law reform recommendation of 1990 and other considerations, that somebody would have been monitoring the case and that the Government would have been prepared for this situation.

Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On promised legislation, I understand the Tánaiste has told the House that the amending Bill required as a result of the Supreme Court judgment on the consent case will be before the House in two weeks' time. Is the House scheduled to be in session in two weeks' time. This is an important——

Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is there any serious matter affecting our citizens that a Deputy in this House is entitled to raise without hectoring interventions from the Ceann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to clarify whether the Dáil will be in session and whether we will take that Bill. I intend to do that.

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will provide capital funding for the National College of Art and Design in order that it can upgrade its campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19905/06]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the cap on the number of support teachers for children whose native language is neither Irish nor English in order that schools with a large number of such children can get necessary support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19904/06]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in regard to the summer works programme in primary schools, the local contribution of five percent and the relevant capped sum in respect of schools designated disadvantaged continues to apply; if she will confirm that her Department has issued a circular advising school authorities that in respect of a further sanctioned project...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (25 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department is seeking a second local contribution in respect of a further summer works programme project at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22, despite the Department circular to the effect that no such second contribution would be sought within a five year timeframe; her views on the difficulties raising such...

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if an agenda has been received for the June 2006 EU summit; his priorities for the summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at, and the outcome of, the recent EU-Latin America summit in Vienna. [19449/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. John Howard. [19450/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am unsure if I heard the Taoiseach correctly but he appeared to say that the agenda for the June meeting of the European Council is not yet clear. Does he agree there is a danger now that we have entered a period of drift in the EU? Judging from the latest reports, the majority of the electorate in France is still opposed to the EU constitution and it appears nobody believes the question...

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: In 2013.

Leaders' Questions. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach misunderstands that parents are not interested in a dissertation on criminal law or the contents of the 1990 Law Reform Commission report. They want to know if their children will be safe this weekend. It is not right to give us a lecture either on the separation of powers between the Supreme Court and this House. The Attorney General does not defend a constitutional action...

Leaders' Questions. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This Bill would seek to reinstate the status quo while the broader debate the Minister has opened about the age of consent and the substantive issue could continue but in the interim, the loophole needs to be closed off. This Bill provides for that situation. It allows for the defence of honest mistake but other than that, it reinforces the one section that is now gone and three further...

Leaders' Questions. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There ought not to be but when the case was stated the Government knew what might have happened and it took no steps to provide for that situation. We are left in the circumstances now where there is a gaping loophole in the law that threatens the protection of our children from predators starting immediately and all the Taoiseach can say is that he is looking at it. He will fly to America...

Leaders' Questions. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I told the Taoiseach last week that in my view if an offence is deemed unconstitutional, the trial and conviction are invalid as is the subsequent imprisonment. The Taoiseach said that nobody would walk free as a result of the Supreme Court judgment. This is the same Taoiseach who asks me now to be assured that other aspects of the criminal law will protect our children from this weekend on....

Leaders' Questions. (30 May 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the next step in this process? There should be no slithering, sliding or the Taoiseach stating he will be back in 64 hours and we can meet at the weekend. Will this House be in session next week? Why is it that if my colleagues can draft legislation, it cannot be done in the parliamentary counsel's office on the instructions of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform?