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Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: So now we will have prisons that are not confined.

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the European Council Meeting of 8 and 9 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/07]

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meeting with the President of Poland, Mr. Lech Kaczynski. [7294/07]

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the EU summit on 8 and 9 March 2007. [9620/07]

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. What is the purpose of the so-called "people-friendly" declaration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Union at the forthcoming meeting in Berlin next Sunday? Is it the Taoiseach's intention to attend that meeting? Has the Government signed off on the declaration and is it agreed at this stage?

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: On the energy dimension, after the summit the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, announced that the Government would take an initiative to either ban or tax the traditional light bulb. Has the Minister decided to turn out the lights or will the Government impose a tax on light bulbs? What contribution will the Government make on the issue? Having...

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: What is the Taoiseach's view?

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Speaking of the President of Poland, while he was here at the National Forum on Europe, he made some remarks that were regarded as very offensive by the gay and lesbian community. Did the Taoiseach register any view with the President when he met him on this issue? As I understand, it is part of the package that it would be legally binding to make renewable energy account for 20% of the...

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to ask a question, but I do not know how many minutes remain. With regard to what happened yesterday, it is not fair to embark on a new batch of questions when there is no opportunity to answer. How can the Taoiseach be so confident that Ireland will meet the targets when we have officially budgeted €300 million to purchase carbon credits in the next few years? What is the basis...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I have a question regarding the police ombudsman commission. My colleague in the other House, Senator Tuffy, received a reply from the commission chairman, Mr. Justice Kevin Haugh, in response to a query she made about the accidental killing at Lucan indicating he could not inquire into the matter because the commencement order——

Order of Business (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——had not been made. Why is that the case? When will the commencement order be made? I also have a question regarding a promise made on legislation necessary to implement the State's commitment under the St. Andrews Agreement. There appears to be a lacuna in the legislation. The British-Irish Agreement of 1999, as the Taoiseach will know, made provision for North-South bodies and...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: As the House knows, Opposition Private Members' Business is precious. A limited amount of the Dáil calendar is given over to the Opposition to ventilate issues of public interest. This is the third occasion in the past three years that the Labour Party has sought to address the issue of class size in its Private Members' Business. I thank my colleague and education spokesperson, Deputy...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 8 February 2007, if he has received the report of the special [i]rapporteur[/i] of the UN Commission on Human Rights on trafficking; the contents of same; the Government's reaction to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (21 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the most recent discussions between the EU and China regarding the ongoing mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners. [10494/07]

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This Bill comprises 128 pages and deals with important issues such as altering the bail regime, reorienting the right to silence and providing for seven days detention and electronic tagging. To propose that it should be guillotined in this fashion cuts across everything this Parliament ought to stand for. I have seen transformations in Deputies who have crossed from this side of the floor...

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: That is true in my case, but I am not sure about the Deputy.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: If that is the case, why can the Tánaiste not permit the Bill to wind to an orderly conclusion? To further stipulate, as the Tánaiste sought to do, that next week we would take Committee and Remaining Stages in the same time slot was simply outrageous. The Whips persuaded the Government Chief Whip to depart from that. What has come over the Tánaiste, who was once a very active and...

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Yet on these fundamental issues, Members on this side of the House are essentially required to take the Tánaiste on good faith and nod it through. We know where we all went wrong the last time we did that.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case that the expert group to which the Minister referred——