Results 4,741-4,760 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Inter-faith Dialogue. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the opening in Dublin Castle on 26 February 2007 of the structured dialogue with churches, faith communities and non-confessional bodies; the way he envisages this process advancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/07]

Inter-faith Dialogue. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I respect the Taoiseach's views. However, could he give me an example of what he had in mind when he used the term "aggressive secularism"?

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach when he last received a report from the complaints referee appointed under section 9 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993; the main findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8549/07]

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a report from the judge designated under section 67 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to keep under review the provisions of that Act in regard to powers given to the Garda to access data in regard to telephone records; if the report included details on the number of occasions on which these powers were invoked by the...

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach when he last received a report from the High Court Judge, designated under section 8 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 to keep the Act under review; the main findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/07]

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Perhaps the Taoiseach can explain if I am the only one who thinks it odd that, according to the Data Protection Commissioner, over 10,000 requests were made in 2006.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This was a broad brush question and I was not asking——

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——the Taoiseach to go into detail. It seems odd that, under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act, the Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed there were 10,000 requests or 300 per day.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not trying to get the Taoiseach to state that it was 299.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not asking about the operation of the Act. I am asking him to give some advice or opinion on whether it is normal that 10,000 requests were made by the Garda Síochána in respect of accessing telephone records in 2006. The Minister told the House that the Act would be strictly controlled and limited to the investigation of serious crime. Many law-abiding citizens will be taken aback...

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am aware the authority to authorise interceptions is a matter for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Since I presume that power is exercised judiciously, I have no concern about it. I am concerned, however, to know the Taoiseach's response to the view of the Assistant Data Protection Commissioner that perfectly innocent people are having their private records pored over....

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it normal in peacetime that the Army would access this information in this way? Should there not be a public awareness campaign to inform citizens that there is a referee?

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not think I will get the opportunity in the time remaining in this Dáil to ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform about this matter. I also do not think he will be the Minister in the next Dáil so I hope the Taoiseach might be kind enough to answer the question about the apparently high number of resorts to this legislation by the Garda Síochána.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Why was no report laid before the Houses by the designated judge in respect of applications by the Garda Síochána? The report before the Houses concerns the inspection of the Army records. The judge says the documents he has inspected related to those located in the premises of the Army. No such document in respect of the Garda Síochána was laid before the Houses by the judge....

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a disgrace.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach finished?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Last week I raised the question of the Minister for Health and Children failing to lay in the Oireachtas Library the direction under the Health Act regarding her hospital building programme but which then appeared on yesterday's Order Paper. This morning there are no fewer than 280 statutory documents on the Order Paper, some of them going back to 1940. Will the Taoiseach give some...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——in the month of April, nobody knows how many children are in the various classrooms of this country?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This is typical of the Minister for Education and Science; she has consistently refused——

Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——to give answers when the information is of course in her possession. I put down a question to her asking her about the former Minister, Deputy Woods——