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Commemorative Events. (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I take it that no new commemorations are contemplated. May I ask the Taoiseach about the campaign that has been under way for some time for an appropriate commemoration of the Famine and whether the Government has formed any view on that issue? The view of those campaigning is that the Government is positive towards it. That may be down to the Taoiseach's easy facility to communicate...

Commemorative Events. (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There will be no main alternative to a military parade.

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to the Taoiseach's announcement ten days ago, when he said out of the blue that the Government proposes to have a referendum on the rights of the child. We are no clearer ten days later on whether the Government thought this through or what is intended. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has given half a dozen interviews, diplomatically pouring treacle on our heads but we...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I agree with the Taoiseach that the last 12 years of prosperity have had some trickle down effect in the geographic areas I referred to. I am disappointed, however, to see the Taoiseach follow his Minister for Social and Family Affairs in attacking the statistics as distinct from attacking poverty. The fact remains that 60,000 live in consistent poverty. I never raised any question about...

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Children are going to school depending on that school laying on a warm breakfast for them. Some 60,000 children are living in consistent poverty. These are the statistics, which are well-established. There is no point in us arguing about EU or United Nations measurements or anything else. The most recent EU measurement I have states that 21%——

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——are at risk from poverty.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That sounds true.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: They will be sorry about that. They will need a pint after that meeting, but whether they drive home or not is another matter.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Government understand that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, will announce elections in the House of Commons later this week? Has the Government set its face against any provision to improve the reliability, accuracy and quality of the electoral register? I read in today's newspapers that notwithstanding the fact that——

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am grateful for that, Sir.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: There are 600,000 inaccuracies in the electoral register. We do not know how many people entitled to vote are not on it.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Government intend to introduce the brief, one paragraph amending Bill necessary to extend the deadline of 25 November and allow the register to be refurbished so we can rely on it? While the Tánaiste is briefing the Taoiseach he reminds me that——

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I am on the Order of Business, believe me. Last week I asked the Tánaiste what happened the judicial misconduct Bill. This falls even within the Chair's narrow parameters for the Order of Business. Given recent events, the collapse of the amendment in 2001, the withdrawal of the judicial misconduct Bill and the promise of a new Bill some three and a half years ago, when are we likely to...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: What does the Taoiseach mean when he says this is what people called for? We called for an accurate electoral register.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: May I ask the Taoiseach to refer to Mr. Peter Hain?

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach believe Mr. Hain will make that statement in the House of Commons this week?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received final figures on the number of applications received under the back to school clothing and footwear allowance scheme in 2006; the number of applications accepted; the amount paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37613/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Information: Social Welfare Information (14 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a national advertising campaign to promote greater awareness of social welfare entitlements, similar to the campaign now being run by the Revenue Commissioners to promote greater awareness of tax allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37614/06]

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: I have raised here a number of times on Leaders' Questions and on the Adjournment the daily hell being experienced by motorists on the M50, specifically the blockage at the West Link toll bridge. In particular, I want to again raise the request I put to the Government on a number of occasions to have the barrier lifted while the renovation of the M50 is going on. I am sorry to interrupt...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it correct that the ownership of the bridge will not be transferred until mid-2008? Is it the case, as the Secretary General of the Department has stated, that once the port tunnel is opened, 2,200 heavy goods vehicles will be decanted on to the bridge which, she said, is the equivalent of 6,600 cars per day, or one year's additional traffic on one day? I want the Taoiseach to explain if...