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Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Tánaiste about the judicial misconduct Bill. A report in The Irish Times earlier this week set out the implications of not having this Bill. When allegations made against a member of the Judiciary had to be processed under a constitutional arrangement by an Oireachtas committee, we received a bill of €1.9 million from lawyers for the judge concerned. A personal injury case...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This is an unconscionable situation at a time when every other section in society has endured cuts. A certain sheltered professional class which apparently has no regard for the environment in which we live is extorting extraordinary and unjustifiable fees. The Government needs to address the issue.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste can require the Minister to answer.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste can require a Minister to answer the question.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Of course it does.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: On a point of order, is there any precedent for a Minister taking a position that a grant should be cut by half because a pamphlet is claimed to have criticised a Minister. Perhaps her action would be more acceptable if there was not such a stench of sanctimony from the same Minister, Deputy Mary Alexandra White.

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I support these amendments, particularly Nos. 10 and 55, which are in the name of my colleague, Deputy Burton. The danger is that because of the catastrophe which has befallen us due to blind-eye regulation we will now swing 180 degrees the other way. The amendments introduced by the Minister, Nos. 35a and b, were an afterthought. Somebody said, "We are restructuring regulation dealing...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Then if we vote at 1 p.m., it will be on this amendment.

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Drogheda review will report; if she has decided to have an inquiry into the issues involved; if the inquiry so recommends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28927/10]

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: He must be thinking, "What did I do to deserve this-----

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to share time with Deputies Joe Costello and Aengus Ó Snodaigh. The Labour Party will support the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010. The pity is that it took so long for Government to respond to the rash of so-called head shops that have spread across the country. I say this because terrible damage has been done. Some of the young people seduced by what are...

Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The banks were lying.

Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We have nationalised them anyway.

Leaders' Questions. (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: As Deputy Gogarty would say, "It is a nightmare".

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: A couple of weeks ago I asked the Taoiseach if he would schedule the Multi-Unit Developments Bill given the urgency surrounding the matter. We are not scheduled to sit on Friday. The Minister is briefing the Taoiseach to the effect that Second Stage has started in the House and we could conclude it on Friday. Nobody on this side of the House is going to vote against the principle of the...

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I find it hard to hear the Taoiseach. Is he saving his energy for later this evening?

Order of Business (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That rattled the Taoiseach.

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: No one can dispute the analysis set out by Deputy Ó Snodaigh. He put his finger on it when he spoke about the capacity of these products to re-invent themselves. At the same time, I have sympathy with the Minister in saying we do not want to create a new regulatory body unnecessarily which may duplicate an existing one. However, the treatment of this subject by the Minister for Health and...

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am a bit surprised the Minister did not ask the Attorney General to supply him with a copy of it.

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister did not only hear about it. I told him about it and quoted from it on Second Stage. The Minister should not shake his head on this. I know he believes he has never been wrong about anything but I did raise this on Second Stage. I would have thought it would have been essential for him to look at it to see how those representing the head shops view the legislation. Deputy Ó...