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Proposed Legislation. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: What the Minister has to say about was auld blarney

Proposed Legislation. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I was referring to the Minister, not the legislation.

Proposed Legislation. (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I would be better off asking an usher.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by the gardaí in determining which witnesses may use the entrance to the new Central Criminal Courts building in Dublin, which is normally used for those in custody and by members of the Garda and the Judiciary; if any witness who requests to use the entrance will be facilitated; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Gangland Killings: Gangland Killings (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is concerned about the spate of gun murders to date in 2010; the steps that he is taking to deal with the upsurge of murders in the early weeks of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/10]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (4 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the conflicting advice from the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Garda National Immigration Bureau regarding whether persons who hold Irish-born child residency visas can renew their visa at their local GNIB office or correspond directly with the IBC...

Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That is theoretical.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Some chance of that.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister did not.

Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Try, "It's not embarrassing".

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach knows there is no smoke without fire.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Greens have gone up in smoke.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share my time with my colleague, Deputy Seán Sherlock.

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This Finance Bill, which deals with matters outstanding from budget 2010, attempts to walk a very fine line between taking a first painful step towards the correction of the public finances on the one hand, and squeezing the life, such as it is, out of the economy, on the other. It is the harshest budget in our history. The measures to be implemented by this Bill constitute a huge risk. We...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government has put the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act into abeyance. I do not recall it happening before. There is a special school in my constituency in which the Minister has decided that 12 of the 17 SNAs must be made redundant by summer and the first batch of them by the middle of February. There are 90-----

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Perhaps I could prevail on the Ceann Comhairle to call me on the Adjournment on the matter. These 90 pupils with special needs in a school under great pressure are among the most vulnerable in our society. It is not appropriate to cut the number of SNAs from 17 to five and threaten to come back take out some of the teachers. Whatever we need to do in this environment of cuts, I suggest to...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is St. Joseph's special school in Balrothery in Tallaght.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Tánaiste for that. The Tánaiste's note is out of date. A meeting took place yesterday and the redundancies are proceeding. I would be grateful if the Tánaiste should intercede with the Minister for Education and Science.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I join the Minister and Deputy Charles Flanagan in commending the work of the review group and Professor Gerard Hogan. I am glad to be able to give a broad welcome to this Bill which introduces some reforms of the criminal justice system and which has clearly been informed by the proposals of the review group, although the proposals therein are not identical to the review group's in all...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Feb 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: -----and I know he will eventually come around to talking about it but some very serious issues were raised in that report. Obviously, the Minister is the sort who puts on the green jersey and says: "I am the Minister for Justice, my job is to defend the Garda Síochána and is it not terrible what they are saying on the other side of the House?" What we are saying on this side of the House...