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Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Are there any bodies under the aegis of the Taoiseach's Department to which the Act has not yet been extended? Does the Government plan to extend it to the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: What about the Garda Síochána?

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: You have almost made the Taoiseach redundant in this House, a Cheann Comhairle.

Freedom of Information. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: And me along with him.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: To be fair, he delivered the e-voting machines to the Minister, Deputy Cullen.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I was about to say that Deputy Bruton had left me deprived of any questions to ask. However, on hearing the Taoiseach's answer, he clearly has not. Will the Dublin transport authority be on a statutory basis? If so, when will the proposals be introduced? What does the Taoiseach mean when he says it will be a national authority for Dublin? We had enough problems when it was confined to Dublin.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I thought the Minister made a definite commitment on this matter yesterday.

Order of Business. (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Not even the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Lenihan, would be able to explain that on television.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he intends to take to reduce the high and rising incidence of workplace fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31623/05]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the 230,000 strong construction industry workforce which is covered under the CIF pensions registered agreement; if he intends to take measures to ensure that employers fulfil their legal obligation to register and make pension contributions for all employees; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach promised last March that the Seamus Ludlow report would be published within weeks. It seems there were difficulties in this regard, perhaps arising from the advice of the Attorney General in regard to named individuals and so forth. Now that it will be released into the public domain through the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, it seems...

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I join in the welcome to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Taoiseach had a bad day yesterday but I did not think it was sufficiently bad to put the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in charge, with all that it might imply.

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a bad omen that the Tánaiste is caught in traffic. I am reminded of the fact that she was helicoptered to a famous opening in north Leitrim not long ago and I am disappointed that the same mode of transport is not available this morning.

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not know why the Fianna Fáil benches are so happy behind the Minister, Deputy McDowell, when they are so glum behind the Taoiseach.

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Ipsis hibernicis hiberniores. When will the Abbotstown Bill be brought before the House and will it have the Minister's full support?

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is a virtual Bill.

Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: On a number of occasions the Government has promised regulations to provide for a code of conduct for senior public servants leaving the employ of the State. Following a second county manager taking up a position with a prominent developer immediately after retiring, can I ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the code of conduct is imminent, prepared or likely to be...

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Hear, hear.

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Having regard to the terms of the Government amendment, which I support, I will not be moving the amendment tabled in my name and those of my Labour Party colleagues. Having regard to the Sinn Féin motion, it seems the party still lives in an alternate reality, with its own timeline and its own rules of cause and effect. In our reality, the provisional movement failed to live up to its...

Irish Unification: Motion (Resumed). (3 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: It is that sense of permanent crisis, however, that makes normal politics impossible and allows extremism to thrive. In this motion, Sinn Féin calls for the re-establishment of the institutions of the Agreement at the earliest date and the Labour Party supports that call. However, given recent and not so recent events, it is reasonable to conclude that Sinn Féin's political agenda is not...