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Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Taoiseach will join me in deploring the circumstances in which 13 Latvian workers were abandoned on a small island off the coast of Skerries. This is part of a pattern. It is the latest, but most extreme example of the casual regular everyday exploitation of immigrant workers, in particular poorly paid workers. The case history is well established. In the case of Gama, it was...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Can we deal with the facts? The number of labour inspectors has not yet been increased from 20 to 31. A recent response to a parliamentary question made it clear that there were sixteen and a half inspectors. Just four of the ten new posts mentioned by the Taoiseach have been filled. Therefore, there are twenty and a half labour inspectors, in my language. We are not talking about the...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: As far as I understand it, the extent of the abuse of the underclass in that country is not as bad as what is going on in this country.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Many people from other countries, who are working in domestic service, are prisoners in the homes of this country's nouveaux riches. They are being exploited and abused as they work for long hours to do the most menial of tasks for the poorest of pay. Such abuse is not confined to sections of the construction industry, Irish Ferries and Gama Construction. The Minister promised portable work...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Taoiseach know that domestic service is exempt from the Employment Equality Acts?

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Can I ask about the ministerial code of conduct in terms of the business of Ministers promoting themselves at the taxpayers expense through advertisements? This particular one is called, "Planning Ahead for Christmas".

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The point Deputy Kenny did not get an opportunity to put on the record is that the Minister of State is advertising that full details will be contained in a special supplement of the Sunday Independent.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: We will get a special supplement with the Minister of State perched on top of it like a garden gnome on top of Liberty Hall.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State tells us in a half page of the Evening Herald that there will be a full supplement in an upcoming edition of the Sunday Independent with several pictures of him in it.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is that an acceptable use of——

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State's Fianna Fáil colleagues should not laugh because this is serious.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy O'Dea will probably have an article in the Sunday Independent supplement.

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle should be reasonable.

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (8 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra funding she will provide under the DEIS proposals to the schoolbooks for needy pupils grant scheme; when extra funds will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32802/05]

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Has the Taoiseach surveyed the results of a child care survey which are published in today's Irish Examiner? The approach advocated by the Labour Party in a comprehensive child care policy document it has published is strikingly borne out in the results of the survey. I am aware that a couple of people are permanently employed by Fianna Fáil to publish statements about the Labour Party every day.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I notice that no statement has been produced in this regard.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: No such statement has been published in respect of the Labour Party's criticism of the Government's child care policy.

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does that mean the Taoiseach and the Government are contemplating the acceptance of the Labour Party's child care policy? The Taoiseach is aware that just one person in ten believes child care is affordable. Some 84% of those who responded to the survey in the Irish Examiner believe the Government has failed to address the issue of child care. The average cost of keeping a child in crèche...

Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach has agreed that child care is a big issue. I accept his comment that it is impossible to put in place a perfect child care system overnight, given the absence of a decent system up to now. Having listened to the Taoiseach's response, however, it is unclear what the Government proposes to do. He said, for example, there are 2 million people in the workforce. Is the Taoiseach...

Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for the remainder of the 29th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/05]