Results 5,401-5,420 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Overseas Missions. (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are satisfied with the level of air support being provided by the French to Irish forces serving with EUFOR in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26029/08]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Chad. [26028/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recorded number of persons suffering from cancer illness in the areas of Cobh, Ringaskiddy, Passage, Aghada and Midleton, County Cork, in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26275/08]

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to publish the report of the casino regulation committee which was submitted to Government in April 2007; if it is intended to proceed with the plan to establish an informal committee from Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to consider the report and related matters; and if he will make a...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister want the cover of an all-party committee?

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: There are a great many matters that have not been legislated for for a long time and where the law is out of date but the Minister does not come to the Opposition asking for its support and views in respect of these. What does "imminently" mean? The Minister has had the report since April 2007 and is now choosing to publish it as soon as the House rises. Does the Minister agree with his...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I have always seen the Minister as part of the Calvinist wing of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister go ahead and establish the committee?

Garda Communications. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Will it be connected to PULSE?

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Given the gambling issue as well as this one, should an all-party Government be formed?

Juvenile Offenders. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Minister of State will acknowledge that the problems of juvenile crime and vandalism are worsening, particularly in some communities. When the Children Act 2001 was enacted, it was welcomed as ground-breaking in that it contained specific provisions to make parents responsible and to prevent abdication of their responsibilities in respect of their children in certain...

Juvenile Offenders. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not inviting the Minister of State to comment on sentencing policy, but parts of the Children Act have been incrementally invoked since 2001. These provisions are a matter of public policy and were bruited in this House as part of the response to juvenile vandalism, anti-social behaviour and general miscreancy. Why, seven year later, have they not been invoked?

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister offers the view that this is such a complex issue that it requires an all-party committee. He put forward the same view in regard to statutory rape. I do not know whether he regards these two issues as more complex than the economy or whether he also intends to involve the Opposition in the financial management of the State. Other than the casino sector, which is currently...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister acknowledges that the international literature indicates that fixed odds betting terminals are woefully addictive, especially in the case of young working class youths. In light of this and having regard to the difficulties we experienced 20 years ago, which resulted in local authorities exercising their power to exclude slot machines, is the Minister agreeable to publishing the...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We have a similar view. Some 32 of the amendments to which Deputy Kenny referred have been tabled by the Minister, highlighting the fact the Bill has been filleted beyond recognition by the Minister, and rightly so, because it was originally misconceived as a PR stunt to be enacted before the summer recess. The Bill has 52 amendments tabled to it, some of which are very important. Some of...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, lines 18 to 21, to delete subsection (3) and substitute the following: "(3) The Courts of Justice Acts 1924 to 1961, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2007 and section 7(a), to the extent that it amends the Courts of Justice Act 1924, may be cited together as the Courts Acts 1924 to 2008 and shall be construed together as one.". This...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not dispute that section 7(a) ought to be included but the critical words are "the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts 1961 to 2007". If the Minister acknowledges that in terms of refurbishment of the law generally this is desirable, I am not sure I entirely understand why then it is not desirable to take it on board here and enshrine it in this Bill.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not asking the Minister to excise anything. I am asking which is the superior expression of what is required for a collective citation. I doubt he will change his mind and the Bill contains more important matters to be discussed.

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I have a great deal of sympathy with Deputy Flanagan's remarks because the first I knew about the amendments was when I received them earlier. They were not provided for in the legislation and I have only recently commended the Minister's worthy civil servants on their prodigious output of legislation. However, I am always left with the impression that if for some reason or other, such as...

Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Will that be spelled out in regulation later?