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Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (25 Mar 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending the remit of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin to cover other dioceses in the country; the position regarding the Garda investigation into matters arising from the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin; and if he will...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (30 Mar 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the talks in relation to building the peace process in Darfur includes both African and Arab communities. [13349/10]

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: In budget 2010, the Government announced it had approved a capital spending envelope of €39 billion for the seven-year period from 2010 to 2016. With some justification ever since, Ministers have taken shelter behind that commitment when criticised for not coming forward with stimulus measures to arrest unemployment and get new jobs going. That €39 billion is the same figure the...

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: They have said nothing of the kind.

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Minister of State taking the slot, not replying to the debate?

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State got stuck with the slot.

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister made reference in his main speech to the change of executives and boards at the top of the banks. I wish to ask the Minister about two positions I understand to be critical. One is chairman of the audit and compliance committee and the other is chairman of the risk management committee. Have those positions changed in the banks? I know for a fact they have not in one covered...

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am just talking about the covered institutions.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of meetings he or his Department have had with the gardaí and the Department of Justice and Law Reform in relation to the prevention of and spread of the sale of illegal drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14271/10]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to the various RAPID areas over the past three years; the breakdown of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14270/10]

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Did he commission a report?

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It was the golden circle at work.

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not seem to know anything.

Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It needed a law.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The old stakeholders again.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will sunbeds make it?

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The question is whether any agency of the State takes responsibility for this issue. I raised the matter with the county manager in south Dublin some time ago. Horses are regularly being subjected to cruelty and there are, as Deputy Upton stated, two horse corpses in a field adjacent to Fonthill railway station. Somebody should intervene because everybody is dodging the issue. I do not...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Ministers should not toss out commitments to hold referenda if they are merely thinking aloud. Many people who are interested in this issue understood from the Minister's statement that there would be a referendum, given his view that this was a constitutional imperative and he had to enshrine it in the new Defamation Act. I do not know what to take from the Taoiseach's response as to...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to reform mortgage interest supplement. [15391/10]

Written Answers — Credit Unions: Credit Unions (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether credit unions should come under the aegis of the Irish Credit Bureau; the number of credit unions now encompassed by the Credit Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14844/10]