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Written Answers — Integrated Ticketing System: Integrated Ticketing System (6 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be introduced in the greater Dublin and mid-east regions; the estimated cost of implementing an integrated ticketing scheme; the amount that has been spent to date on the integrated ticketing programme; if all relevant Bus Éireann services will be included in the integrated ticketing scheme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to reform bus licensing legislation; when he will to publish proposed legislative changes; the areas of Dublin that still have inaccessible buses; the position regarding the new bus re-equipment programme at Dublin Bus; the number of buses currently in the Dublin Bus fleet; when he will increase the total size of the bus fleet; when he...

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (11 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the rising number of foreign national students in the school system here, she will introduce an international junior certificate and leaving certificate examination in which non-anglophone students would do non-core subjects in their native language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33441/07]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (11 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a standard assessment for non-anglophone pupils will be introduced in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33440/07]

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to restrict the supply of cocaine in view of evidence of its growing use in society here and the toll it is taking in terms of deaths of users and the role it plays in financing criminal gangs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/07]

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister of State agree with the Taoiseach that the Garda ought to raid house parties or does he believe it to be entirely impractical?

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: From the reply, I gather that the Minister of State does not agree with the Taoiseach and believes the suggestion is impractical. As gardaí may enter public houses for the purposes of inspecting compliance with licensing laws, why would this provision not be extended to permit gardaí to enter such premises to inspect suspected offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act? Allow me to give the...

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Not under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Having regard to the tragedies of recent weeks and the fact that yesterday the newspapers reported on three coroner's inquests into cocaine deaths, what three additional top priority measures does the Department propose to take to deal with this phenomenon?

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State need not prioritise. He can just tell us what new measures the Department proposes to take.

Crime Prevention. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is wasted in integration.

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that as of the end of November 2007 there were more than 111,000 outstanding warrants, including 36,000 bench warrants, and whether this indicates a serious problem with the enforcement of court warrants; the steps he will take to deal with this situation and to ensure those in respect of whom warrants...

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I have difficulty in following the reasoning of the Minister of State.

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: He claims it is inevitable that in any criminal justice system there will be a significant number of warrants outstanding. I could accept that for two to five weeks but not for 111,000 outstanding warrants. How long have these been outstanding? How many are outstanding for three months, more than six months and more than a year? How many relate to bail? It is fantastic for the Minister of...

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Can the Minister of State confirm that is the case?

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State looked into the camera and gravely assured the public that there were no persons being sought for serious offences in respect of whom warrants had not been executed. How does he know that? He does not have the profile for the outstanding warrants. While it may be the appropriate thing to say, is there any scientific basis for it? Is he serious that a significant...

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: One would not be guilty of too serious an offence to incur a fine of €100 nowadays. I accept that the Minister of State does not have the information on the profile, although I would have expected that PULSE could generate it. How many of the unexecuted warrants relate to bail, a major issue on which we deserve a reply? In what circumstances does PULSE record outstanding warrants as...

Garda Operations. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State needs clarification.

Prison Accommodation. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Or a speed dial to Joe Duffy's "Liveline".

Prison Accommodation. (13 Dec 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State referred in his answer to the minimalist provisions in regard to the making of telephone calls by prisoners. What is his view on the unofficial provision? I read today that 2,000 telephones have been confiscated in prisons but there has been only a handful of prosecutions. Is the Minister of State concerned about criminal operations being directed by telephone from...