Results 6,041-6,060 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It was an outrageous observation.

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I did not think the Minister of State had such respect for socialism.

Bank Guarantee Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That should not surprise the Minister of State.

Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The commission of investigations is a matter for the Minister.

Prison Committals (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Leaving aside Thornton Hall and whether the Minister or I will ever see it completed, is the Minister satisfied that it is the correct thrust of policy to seek to continue to provide more prison cells? Why are we not dealing with the situation of minor offenders not being incarcerated in prison? Why are we not dealing with the situation of more prisoners being incarcerated in open prisons,...

Prison Committals (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is evidence of more crime.

Prison Committals (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Do I take it then that the way to reduce crime is to reduce the number of judges and gardaí?

Prison Committals (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The people are being convicted because they have committed a crime.

Criminal Legal Aid (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It has been a pattern of the Minister's successive periods in Government that quangos and agencies have been established to do work previously done by the administrative government. If it is the case that additional staff prove necessary to fund this transfer of the criminal legal aid scheme, will the staff be transferred from existing State service?

Juvenile Offenders (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that just three Anti Social Behaviour Orders have been placed on young offenders since the legislation was enacted in 2006; the reason this power has been used so little having regard to claims made at the time the legislation was published of the role they could play to reduce anti-social behaviour; and if he...

Juvenile Offenders (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister think the anti-social behaviour orders have been such a complete and abject failure?

Juvenile Offenders (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case that since the law was invoked in 2007 three anti-social behaviour orders have been made? Is it not the case that the Garda Síochána do not in reality operate the system? The Minister has referred to 1,541 warnings. Is it not the case that they are entirely meaningless? Since the Garda Síochána was established in 1922 gardaí warned young fellows. What does that...

Juvenile Offenders (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: What I am trying to do is provide protection to communities and persons who are adversely affected by anti-social behaviour. For the Minister to say I am trying to encourage the Garda to apply an ASBO to every child when three have been applied since the system was introduced is fantastic and ridiculous. Is it not the case that the Minister committed to a range of measures in this area in...

Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the call made by the family of Father Niall Molloy, who died in violent circumstances in a house in Clara, County Offaly, in 1985 for a new garda investigation into the case in view of new information that has emerged; if he will request the gardaí to re-open the investigation; and if he will...

Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister not agree the story published in the Irish Independent by a reputable journalist is profoundly disquieting and ought to be a cause for concern for the Minister for Justice and Law Reform of the day? I thank him for the minimal information he has given Deputy Shatter. It is a great deal more and different in character from the information contained in the written reply he...

Garda Investigations (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case that the difference between the answer given in December 1986 and today's situation is that such new facts as referred to by the then Minister for Justice have emerged? For example, these new facts relate to the time lag between the death occurring and the Garda being called, the fire in the Offaly coroner's office and the destruction of the file, and the retired sergeant...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funds paid by his Department to date on the Metro North project; the amount budgeted for 2011; the expenditure to date and for next year under the following headings: planning, purchases of land and properties, and enabling works; if he will make the cost benefit analysis available to the spokespersons on transport for inspection;...

Written Answers — Commercial Seaports: Commercial Seaports (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of seaports here; his plans for modernising the country's seaports; if he is satisfied that there is sufficient shipping capacity for the medium to long term; if he is satisfied that all the seaports have management structures and financial resources to carry out their mandate; and if he will make a statement on the...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I prepared a Bill on this issue. I commend Deputy Shatter for the time he has taken in constructing amendment No. 1. I intend to move amendments Nos. 2 and 3 when we reach them, while accepting that they are being discussed now, as part of a group, with amendment No. 1. I was disappointed when the Government voted initially to accept my Bill, which subsequently died on Committee Stage,...

Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister made reference to a letter he wrote to Deputy Varadkar.