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Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a small section of the weir on the River Suir, at Ardfinnan, County Tipperary has collapsed; if it will be repaired as a matter of urgency in view of the potential flooding implications for the village of Ardfinnan and the danger of ongoing erosion arising from the collapse; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal basis and/or administrative scheme governing the visas issued to foreign diplomats here, the staff of the foreign embassies and household workers employed by the foreign diplomats; the specific type of visas issued to these categories of persons; the terms and conditions of these visas and the criteria for...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach will agree that Deputies on this side of the House have been very responsible in not seeking to make political capital out of the extent of gun murders in recent years, compared to the conduct of Fianna Fáil when in Opposition. The two assassinations of last evening showed that this is out of control. Has the Taoiseach any special measure in mind to deal with the situation? My...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to bring forward legislation arising from the decision to withdraw the appeal in the case of a person (details supplied). [27998/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to reform the PRSI rates applicable and the possible benefits accruing to the self employed. [27997/10]

Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I want to raise the same issue. This Bill did not get beyond the Minister's speech on Second Stage. The Taoiseach has promised on a number of occasions that we would deal with this. If we could finish Second Stage, we could take Committee Stage of the Bill in July. The matter is extremely urgent for all the reasons the Taoiseach knows. That would require the Taoiseach to provide time...

Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This has been going on for about six years in the House. The Taoiseach has committed on a number of occasions to seeing it through this term. There is no provision in the schedule as it stands. In advance of the final week's business, there is no reason we cannot sit on the Friday to dispose of what is a very urgent issue.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has received the report on the working group to look at the issue of commercial rent reviews; if he will report on the main findings of the group; when he intends to publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28664/10]

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: If that is the target, we have not done very well so far.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Please do not take the injury time out on me, a Cheann Comhairle. When he announced this group, the Minister said it would report by the end of June. I take it from what he has now said that it will not do so. Is he aware that he made this announcement on the same day that my party introduced a Bill, given the emergency nature of the crisis in the retail sector to deal with the issue of...

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is correct in that we sought expert legal opinion in working on our Bill and my colleague, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, set that out when he introduced it. We received further legal advice to the effect that the measures taken by the Minister, which only relate to the future, will have no impact on the economic crisis I am talking about in the retail sector currently, where 30,000 jobs...

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We are only asking that the veto be removed on the renegotiation of a contract when market conditions have dramatically changed.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Our advice was on the basis of an emergency.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government is only being asked to facilitate contracting parties in making whatever changes they agree as appropriate.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: What if the developer will not do a deal?

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am arguing that the contracting parties ought to be facilitated in renegotiation.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: What if the developer does not deal with the other party?

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is there no public interest?

Prison Building Programme (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made on the Thornton Hall prison project; when plans for the construction of a new prison at Thornton Hall were first announced by his Department; when a builder will be engaged to build the first block on site; the amount this block will cost; if the design has been borrowed from the collapsed public private...