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Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: I am sure the Minister knows that, some 20 years ago, the Committee of Inquiry into the Penal System, headed by Dr. T. K. Whitaker, produced the landmark report on the Irish prison system. When I referred to it earlier today, the Minister uttered a rather belittling reply. I remind him that Dr. Whitaker, who is alive and well — I am not sure if the Minister knows this — wrote this year...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: I wish to share my time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to notify me when five minutes have concluded. Dr. T. K. Whitaker goes on to state: "it seems that it is not just the penal system, but the whole social system that needs attention, directed towards minimising the alienation from moral and constructive living of so many who, missing out on good parenting and...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: That is what the prison is designed for.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: Our children's futures are being mortgaged.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: It is just like the Health Service Executive with no financial information available.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: It is totally unaccountable.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: This is typical of Fianna Fáil. The Minister was up every tree in north Dublin at one time but found nothing. He knows little about trees.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister was up every tree in north Dublin and still found nothing.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: We have heard that before. This is the Minister who was up every tree in north Dublin.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: There is a large tree-building operation at the site.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: That is shameful.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: Women felt much safer then.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: The level of serious crime is on the increase. The Minister is incompetent.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: What did Deputy Kennedy say?

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: I hope the Deputy is not starting to climb trees.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister was the tree man.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: He was the tree man.

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: I repeat my request to the Minister to publish the economic and business case in respect of the public private partnership. Will he explain the concept of the transfer of risk, given that the Department is the guaranteed purchaser of the services of the PPP and our children and grandchildren will be paying for it in 25 years? The Minister is most famous for having spent considerable time up...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: That is a very weak answer.

Written Answers — Ship Inspections: Ship Inspections (17 Jun 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent assignation of white list status to Ireland from the Paris Memorandum of Understanding; the number of inspectors currently inspecting ships docked in ports here; if he will appoint more inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23290/08]