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Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: He cannot be correct if the Minister is correct. What is the answer to the question? We do not want a lecture on investigation files.

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Government has taken or plans to take arising from the very serious findings of the second report of the Morris tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21422/05]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering taking disciplinary action against any Garda officer above the rank of superintendent arising from the second report of the Morris tribunal; if the resignation or early retirement of any such officer has been sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department decided to let go three teachers in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if this decision means a 20% reduction in the teaching staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21672/05]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in announcing budgetary decisions for capital projects; when she will provide capital funding for the Tallaght Institute of Technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21673/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason eight full-time special needs assistants employed at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be required to present for interview for four full-time and five part-time special needs assistant posts in September 2005 when most of the staff have three years' service with the school; the reason specific purposes...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social inclusion and drugs last met; and when the next meeting is due to be held. [20741/05]

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Questions like these about Cabinet sub-committee meetings have been the traditional method used to permit the head of Government to answer broad questions such as those posed by Deputy Ó Caoláin. The Ceann Comhairle has constantly, persistently and consistently narrowed the scope of questions that this House might legitimately put to the Taoiseach to such a point that it is not worth our...

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: They are not statistical questions. That cliché has come into parliamentary exchanges because of questions habitually posed under the rubric of the Central Statistics Office and other statistical matters. A question about drug abuse and a Cabinet meeting is not statistical in nature.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That question is in line with parliamentary convention and aims to ascertain if, arising from the meeting, any decisions were reached or general policy announcements are to be made by the Taoiseach. He is the head of the Government.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: If we accept that the position is so, what is the point in posing a question to the Taoiseach?

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Could the Ceann Comhairle suggest, on the matter of drugs policy that effects so many people in our communities, how we might draft an appropriate question?

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not missing the point. You do not want the Taoiseach to answer——

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: You want to narrow the scope of the questions that we can put to the Taoiseach.

Cabinet Committees. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach's Government changed that procedure.

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 15 June 2005 with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. [20735/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcome of his talks with the DUP in London on 15 June 2005; his assessment of the prospects for political progress in Northern Ireland in view of these talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20736/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Given that it is now three months since Mr. Gerry Adams made his statement to the IRA, has the Government any factual information on when a definitive response from the IRA can be expected? Given that the impact is that everything else is on hold awaiting the IRA's response, does the Taoiseach acknowledge how frustrating this is for the democratic parties which cannot proceed with normal...

Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Taoiseach understands the difference between retired paramilitaries choosing to commemorate whomsoever they want is quite distinct from democratically elected Governments conferring approval on a particular version of history. In the sectarian slaughter that we have witnessed over the last 30 years, more people were killed by the IRA than by the Black and Tans. It is a matter of...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach agree that the state of the aquatic centre is a metaphor for the state of the Government? He has just admitted that the centre and the Government are his own creations; that both are defective and incapable of performing the job they were set up to do. Their foundations are cracked and both are leaking like a sieve. They are swallowing up and wasting taxpayer's money and...