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Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Ceann Comhairle trying to tell me that I should stop, or is he trying to write my future scripts for me?

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not know why the Ceann Comhairle thought it necessary to interrupt my few remarks. I ask him not to see his decision to allow this debate as a facilitation of Members. This debate is central to our democracy.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I would rather if the Ceann Comhairle saw his decision to allow this debate as a reflection of the necessity for the House to do justice to the serious report that was expeditiously produced by Mr. Justice Morris. Nothing in the new Garda Síochána Bill will address the core issue, which is that unaccountable power is a very dangerous thing. That the Bill is before the House at present gives...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Gardaí who take pride in the uniform and do the job to the best of their ability have been diminished by what went on in County Donegal. This Legislature is not addressing that. The Government resisted the attempts of Deputy Costello and others to ensure that the first Morris report was debated in this Chamber.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children intend to make a statement about the latest appointee to the chief executive of the HSE not to take up the post?

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the outcome of the Westminster elections in the North makes reaching an agreement on the re-establishment of the institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement more or less likely in the short to medium term; his strategy for the months ahead in terms of engagement with the North's political parties and the...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the appointment of Mr. Peter Hain as the new British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; the contents of his meeting with him in Dublin on 18 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding developments in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19708/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the British Prime Minister to discuss matters relating to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19709/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which he has met representatives of Sinn Féin since the beginning of 2005; the figure for meetings with the SDLP, DUP, UUP and Alliance Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19710/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meetings with Sinn Féin. [19711/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the British-Irish Council meeting on the Isle of Man on 20 May 2005. [19712/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Government any information which the Taoiseach can give to the House on the involvement of the IRA in the money laundering activities that were the subject of much Garda activity and publicity last February? Will the Taoiseach refer back to the business of secret meetings with Mr. Adams? Does he accept there is a thin line as to whether these meetings were secret or private? Does he...

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach does not do too badly.

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am only in the ha'penny place.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: How can the Taoiseach repeat this to the House given the facts of this matter? When the second Morris report was published, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform launched it and claimed credit for it. He then stated that the House must facilitate early passage of the Garda Síochána Bill. However, the major recommendation directed to the Oireachtas by Mr. Justice Morris was that...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That reply entirely distorts what is happening. One amendment is being brought forward to require gardaí to answer for their actions while on duty. It is beyond belief that one must legislate for this. This is not the issue. Mr. Justice Morris studied and assessed the Bill and concluded that the Bill, not a single paltry routine amendment that should not be necessary in the first place, but...

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The two gardaí were not in the first report.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: This is a diversion. I am sorry that I mentioned it.

Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a complete diversion.