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Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is good that he went to the conference. I wish there was more of that and that the Minister would take on board some of the conclusions from such conferences.

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: There is little evidence of it in this particular regard. I am reminded of the remark by the late Mr. Justice Kinlen when he said that rather than an Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention what we need is an inspector of the Department. It seems to me that there is probably some merit in what he said. To return to where we started, namely, the question of the Houses of the Oireachtas...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Mr. McDowell bought the land many years ago——

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: ——and the Minister is responding to what was said.

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: If that is what happened it is a very positive step. I am delighted to see the Minister is more responsive than the two people who held the office prior to him. If we are dealing in logic does he not accept in turn that it is hardly a big deal to involve them now that the decision has been made? I am sure they found the presentation very informative but all we are doing today is...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a shame. If an assistant secretary in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, who are not noted for their frankness, were to make a statement like the one made by the assistant secretary in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, one can imagine what the IFA response would be. If an assistant secretary in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment made...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We are dealing with facilities in small-scale institutions. What is in Kilsallaghan now is a combination of small-scale institutions. I would have welcomed engagement with the Minister at an earlier stage of this process to talk more about these small-scale institutions and how they will be configured on the new Kilsallaghan site. However, we did not get that. We have not got a statement...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to the timescale and the fact that the preferred bidder is Mr. Bernard McNamara. Regarding the recent controversy in respect of Dublin City Council and five housing projects, we sought an assurance from the Minister that he had examined the reasons Mr. McNamara's company withdrew from the housing projects in the city and that the Minister is satisfied that Mr. McNamara has the...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: There will be a meeting at midnight of senior mandarins in his Department because of the remarks I made, which were not attacking the official, whom I did not name. The official said that the Department is dysfunctional. I can read it out again if the Minister wishes. That was the import of what he said. The proposition that the paper can be quoted in learned journals on criminology but...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not something the Minister would do.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister lives a very sheltered life.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Younger Members of the House do not call them record players anymore.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I confess to being a sceptic on this Bill. It is designed as an interim high-profile response to the public disorder resulting from binge drinking on our streets and public places. It is true that public disorder and anti-social behaviour are worse now than ever before and it is probably true that alcohol abuse is a major contributing factor to this phenomenon. Is more legislation the...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I apologise, I have misjudged him. I thought his crankiness down through the years was due to the fact——

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: In any event——

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there are plans to fund the refurbishment of the National Basketball Arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24565/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to the proposed transfer of the Central Mental Hospital from Dundrum to a site in the district electoral division of Kilsallaghan in Fingal, he has specified any person for the purposes and within the meaning of section 2 (1) (a) of the Commissioners of Public Works (Functions and Powers) Act 1996 on whose behalf such sale and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to remove the Irish Prison Service from its current status as part of his Department and to establish it as an independent statutory board along the lines discussed in the report published by his Department in 1997 called Towards an Independent Prisons Agency; if not, the reason for same; and if he will...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise two matters, one of which relates to the point raised by Deputy Flanagan. My distributed schedule of business states: "Report Stage business planned for schedule next Dáil week, beginning 30 June — Intoxicating Liquor Bill." The Bill only originated in the House after Private Members' business last night. The Bill started life last night and it is suggested in the...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We expressly included it in the motion. The motion reaffirmed sections 2 to 12 and section 5 of the Offences Against the State Act which related to certain inferences that might be drawn. Section 5 of the legislation relates to inferences from failure of accused to mention particular facts. In the 2007 legislation that was repealed by section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act. We went ahead...