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Order of Business (3 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach never mentioned this yesterday. This was concocted at last night's Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting.

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (3 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We were well warned about the impact of the Murphy report. Archbishop Martin had carefully prepared the ground for its publication over a prolonged period. Public opinion had also absorbed the Ryan report and the horrors that it laid bare about our treatment and supervision of many thousands of children over many decades in residential institutions managed by religious orders. The Murphy...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (3 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding the €500,000 earnings cap for chief executives at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank guarantee; if this relates to salary only or to the total remuneration package; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this limit is being circumvented through deferred payments, payment in kind or...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (3 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the payment of bonuses to staff at credit institutions covered by the blanket bank guarantee and expected to participate in the National Assets Management Agency; if his attention has been drawn to the bonuses being paid to staff in the lending departments at any of these credit institutions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Medical Inquiries: Medical Inquiries (8 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in the establishment of an inquiry into the alleged abuse carried out by a doctor (details supplied) in the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45557/09]

Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (8 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of persons who contracted HIV or Aids here in 2009; if her attention has been drawn to the factors that have led to this increase; if any public awareness campaign is planned to ensure that people protect themselves against contracting HIV or Aids; and if she will make a...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The truth is that we knew there would be serious cuts in this budget, everyone in the House saw that as an inevitability. Most of us on this side of the House, however, expected the Government to address the other side of the balance sheet and that there would be some element in it to restore growth as quickly as possible leading to job creation. No one anticipated that when we said we would...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It is the Fr. Jack budget.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Does Fianna Fáil go along with any of this?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Which is a drawback.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle in a position to assure the House that Fianna Fáil will vote for this measure?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to amend the Merchant Shipping Bill or any other legislation to increase the retirement age for maritime pilots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45887/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recommendations of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes relating to his Department; the recommendations in this regard which will be implemented during 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46387/09]

Departmental Expenditure. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have been trying to get his reaction to the McCarthy report for some time and his position up to now has been that its recommendations were in the mix in the budgetary discussions. The budget has come and gone. The McCarthy report contains a huge wodge of proposals relating to his Department and I am not clear from his reply which of them he is taking...

Departmental Expenditure. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not imply the Minister is not the person responsible or that Dr. McCarthy is taking over from him. I did not comment on the merit of the proposals, as I am merely trying to elicit information from him regarding which recommendations he will implement and which ones he will not. I have not obtained that. Given the main savings he has made relate to pay and, for example, Garda members...

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I never accused the Minister in the way Deputy Shatter is doing.

Garda Deployment. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I welcome what the Minister said if he is serious about his reply. I welcome the new Garda Commissioner's commitment to a higher profile and significance for genuine community policing. Can the Minister assure the House that, in respect of the inevitable reduction in numbers in 2010, community gardaí will not be the first port of call when reductions are made? Will the belatedly growing...

Garda Deployment. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The notion of a "dedicated" community police force is quite different from the kind of excuses that we have heard in recent years, including from senior policemen, who come out with answers such as "every policeman is a community policeman" and that kind of defensive, meaningless line when they know that is not what is intended by a dedicated community police force. I did not hear the...

Legislative Programme. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Appropriately enough.

Legislative Programme. (10 Dec 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Easy now. The Minister has that smile again.