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Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: When?

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not say he did.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Under the terms of reference of the——

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This situation arose famously in 1994 in a different context.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The terms of reference——

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not seeking a debate on it.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This is an important procedural point. We had this in 1994. The terms of reference state that the report is to be presented to you in your capacity as Ceann Comhairle. It now emerges that the Minister had it on Friday. That does not appear to vindicate the integrity of the terms of reference. We should have got this report in the House——

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is the office mentioned.

Order of Business. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: From a parliamentary point of view, that is most unsatisfactory.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that it is now more than four years since the last general election: deploring the many failures of the current Government including: — the failure to deal with rising crime rates, the lower detection rates and the continuing unacceptable level of crime, ranging from gun murders to vandalism and anti-social behaviour; — the failure to adequately...

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This Labour Party Private Members' motion is the last of the Dáil term and the last of the parliamentary year in which the Dáil met for 95 days, 55 days fewer than our neighbouring Parliament at Westminster. It has been the hallmark of this Taoiseach to contrive as few sitting days as the Government can get away with. No Ministers are more anxious to see the shutdown of the Dáil than the...

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: It is clear that the Government is fractured and factional. Its eye is anywhere but on the ball, and disasters like the statutory rape crisis drive it ever further into its mental bunker. As it wanders aimlessly towards the general election, we will see more of this disconnection from the real needs of families and communities. We may well also see a concerted effort to buy the election....

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not true.

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Why is the Minister always trying to join us then?

Government Record: Motion. (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: We are neutral on the Progressive Democrats' leadership contest.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of speech therapists who graduated here in 2005; her views on whether the number of places are adequate to the need for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25928/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine, in co-operation with local management, the standard of accommodation and the need for the development of the school building and grounds at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 and specifically, to survey the school yard with a view to resurfacing and levelling, to authorise a modernising project for the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 745: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24, she has received an application from the school for further classroom accommodation; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the school had to utilise its library to accommodate children in class during 2005/2006; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has just told the House how much better off the public finances are than had been anticipated. I want to tell the House about a man from Ballybunion called Tony O'Gorman who drove to my clinic on 7 April to tell me about his wife, who had been diagnosed as a multiple sclerosis sufferer and who has been awaiting the implantation of a Baclofen pump for two years because she is in...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Jul 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He goes on to ask me to raise the matter in the Dáil. That was on 24 May. I did not do so because I felt that private discussions with the hospital, the consultant and the Minister might be more successful. This is the last Leaders' Questions before the summer recess. If we have as much money as the Taoiseach says, why can this woman not get some relief from constant pain and have that...