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Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise this issue but am content to wait my turn and hear the Minister.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: There is minimal opportunity in the House to hold Government to account. The rolling of an omnibus leaders' question to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs by the Ceann Comhairle does not do justice to the Opposition in terms of our capacity to hear what the Minister has to say and pursue him by way of supplementary question. It is a precedent largely created during the current Ceann...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever about closing down the tribunals, we may as well contemplate closing down the Dáil if it keeps going the way it is being run by the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I mean no disrespect to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, but I believe he is eighth in Cabinet ranking. If I were Taoiseach he would be higher than that.

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Why has he been sent in here to deal with the Order of Business this morning? When we had a vote in the Chamber, we saw a number of other Ministers appear from behind the arras. What is this snub to the House, although I mean no disrespect to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs? Will the Minister indicate if my understanding of the matter before the House is correct? I believe that...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister for Finance, having sanctioned the higher fees, stated the process to be a gravy train that should be stopped. No action was ever taken. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform brought in legislation in 2004 to curtail the fees but turned a blind eye with regard to implementing the new fees, which have never been put in place. If the Tánaiste is so concerned about...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I would have preferred to hear the Minister for Social and Family Affairs on the issue and put supplementary questions to him having regard to Deputy Kenny's request for extended time to allow the Government to clarify the issue, make a statement and allow questions and answers. As Deputy Kenny stated, tribunals clearly cannot go on forever and they are inordinately expensive. There are...

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Who does he think should address it?

Order of Business (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Can I ask the Minister what is the purpose of drawing attention to it?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the legislation being drafted to implement the key recommendations made in the Dalton report; when the legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/07]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue a letter confirming the status of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [5769/07]

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in January 2007; if he will provide the figures for the same month in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3856/07]

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Government not apply the Act to the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the time been reached when the Government, consistent with requirements for security, ought to apply the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act to the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it time that——

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach satisfied with the extent to which legislative provisions are inserted in legislation to circumvent the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act?

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by the communications unit in his Department during 2006 and the projected costs for 2007; if the unit will continue to operate in the period between the dissolution of the current Dáil and the holding of the general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3857/07]

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Does this unit monitor the movements of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? The Taoiseach mentioned the Iranian nuclear crisis but made no reference to where the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is today. Would it not be desirable at this time with the excitement of the eve of a general election to monitor him before he spends the entire GDP of the...

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Somebody needs to stop him before he bankrupts the country.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is extraordinary that it is not on the list the Taoiseach read out. With regard to the view the Taoiseach has portrayed a number of times about these typical civil servants who would not know politics if it jumped up and bit them, I have a piece from the Sunday Independent which states "Taoiseach's communications unit goes into overdrive during Bertiegate". That seems to be political. It...