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Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (23 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proportion of serving Gardaí who have information technology training; if basic competence in information technology is required for recruitment to the force; the proportion of the force that has regular resort to IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25296/07]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to deal with the matter of the affordable housing clawback clause in relation to the proceeds of the sale of an affordable home should the market value of the home be less than when the home owner purchased it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25329/07]

Legislative Programme. (24 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his legislative priorities for the Thirtieth Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25397/07]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (24 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order that employers can avoid many of their duties towards employees; if he will engage in a public information campaign to highlight the legal situation surrounding false contracting and the methods...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Bill relates to slavery. Trafficking people for the purpose of exploitation used to be called slavery — that was its definition. I am sure many people who have not thought about this subject or who live in the kind of environment or social setting in which they never encounter it will be shocked to learn that the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007 is designed to combat what...

Written Answers — Sports and Recreational Development: Sports and Recreational Development (25 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures his Department will take, in view of the increase in child obesity, to promote sporting activities among young children and teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action he proposes to take to improve the income of older pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26272/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (31 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way and when he will increase eligibility for the carer's allowance. [26273/07]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (31 Oct 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the closed circuit television programme promised for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24 may not be capable of being implemented due to a shortfall in funding; the steps he proposes to take in respect of the shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Regional Drugs Task Forces: Regional Drugs Task Forces (1 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and location of the regional drugs task forces; the amount of money invested in these task forces over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26521/07]

Written Answers — Regional Drugs Task Forces: Regional Drugs Task Forces (1 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the population of the areas served by each of the regional drugs task force; the number of persons employed in each region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26522/07]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 378: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an appeal for the continued special maintenance grant for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27106/07]

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Central Statistics Office crime statistics for the third quarter of 2007; his further views on the continuing high level of crime and anti-social behaviour; the steps he will take to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27394/07]

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The report from the Central Statistics Office makes grim reading, as I am sure the Minister will agree. Deputy Flanagan has asked a question about gun murders so I wish to ask about anti-social behaviour. I will instance my question by telling the House about a man who visited my clinic last Saturday. He is a single man and a night worker. Local youths know his pattern of work. They...

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In practical terms, how does that affect my constituent who, like in the Minister's own constituency, is not alone? Anybody who is alone or old or vulnerable is targeted by these young thugs. They do not necessarily have any alcohol on board, yet they torment and persecute people living in their homes. The Minister points reasonably to the powers that exist but these powers are not being...

Family Law Courts. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report (details supplied) commissioned by the Courts Service, which described the Irish family courts system as shambolic and overcrowded; if he will implement the recommendations made in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27395/07]

Family Law Courts. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In this report Dr. Coulter says it is remarkable that the system works at all. She talked about it being shambolic and overcrowded, the lack of uniformity, court lists overcrowded, courts meeting late into the night and a number of other defects were identified and recommendations were made in 1996 in the Law Reform Commission report and not acted upon. I wish to ask the Minister a couple...

Family Law Courts. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the unmarried fathers?

Garda Investigations. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to probe the appalling crime too deeply either. Is any breakthrough anticipated by the Garda authorities in this regard? The figures we had earlier showed there has been a 50% increase in gun murders in the third quarter, which is an appalling level of carnage by a small number of gangsters running areas of our city. We have had 137 such gun murders since 1998, with only 20...

Garda Investigations. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In other jurisdictions such evidence can be led in court and is admissible. Given the gravity of the situation that confronts the law enforcement agencies, why should it not be made admissible in this jurisdiction?