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Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: He was present earlier.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Do you think the Minister, Deputy Gormley, will walk on this one?

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the sports capital budget will be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36693/10]

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Black Thursday, and all that went before it, threatens to undermine Ireland's economic sovereignty. In 1997, a Fianna Fáil-led Government inherited an economy that was in pristine condition. Some 13 years later, a Fianna Fáil-led Government is pleading for bipartisan co-operation in order to keep the IMF wolf from the door. What has happened in this country represents a scale of collapse...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: As the Honohan report makes crystal clear, early on a policy decision was made not to allow any bank, derelict or otherwise, to fail. The report states: The "no failure" policy also took the question of optimal loss-sharing off the table. In contrast to most of the interventions by other countries, in which more or less complicated risk-sharing mechanisms of one sort or another were...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We voted against the blanket guarantee.

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I am surprised at the speed with which the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Power, has caught up with the facility of his one-time senior Minister in the constituency to bend the truth. The facts are we opposed the blanket guarantee and Mr. Honohan is immensely critical, for a serving governor, of the wisdom of how that guarantee was drawn, and the inaction and dereliction of duty which...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Honohan report continues: The scope of the Irish guarantee was exceptionally broad. Not only did it cover all deposits, including corporate and even inter-bank deposits, as well as certain asset-backed deposits and senior debt, it also included ... certain subordinated debt. It continues to indicate "The inclusion of subordinated debt in the guarantee is not easy to defend against...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (13 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the recent number of cases highlighted by the National Consumer Agency where some branches of the country's four largest retailers were charging customers more than the prices displayed; if he is satisfied the law is adequate to deal with such practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36384/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the most recent position as it pertains to the Saharawi people and their struggle for self-determination and independence. [36114/10]

Written Answers — EU Meetings: EU Meetings (12 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs If he will give details of all recent discussions he has held with Baroness Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union [36113/10]

Order of Business (12 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: When does the Taoiseach expect the geothermal energy development Bill to be introduced in the House? I know he is in a certain amount of hot water already. There is a pilot project ready to go in the Dublin South-West constituency and it is meant to have tremendous alternative energy possibilities. It needs, however, this framework legislation to be put in place. There are three Ministers...

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to make the purchase of sex an offence; if he has made any assessment of the present legislative developments in Sweden in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/10]

Written Answers — Gangland Killings: Gangland Killings (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps he plans to take to deal with the continuing spate of gangland murders, particularly in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35524/10]

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Instead of rubbishing the WHO statistics, the Minister might be better employed telling me what he will do about that organisation's findings which state we have the highest homicide rate among young men in western Europe and the second highest for knife killings. Is it not the case that there were eight knife killings in 2003, some 21 in 2005 and 37 in 2007? It is a shocking report. If...

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister did it for me. I did not want to repeat it.

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not about gangland killings although we can have that debate if the Minister wishes to have it. There is casual resort by young people in the community to the use of knives. I already spoke to the Minister about a situation in an area of my constituency during the week when the residents were up in arms about the absence of policing and the difficulties people have, feeling they have...

Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister say that the WHO drawing its information from medical records could be inaccurate?

Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I calculate that approximately a quarter of those persons served with a deportation orders are deported. Would the Minister again give the figures for the persons who leave voluntarily? I do not know what means of validation exist for the numbers that leave voluntarily. At what point does the serving of a deportation order that is never implemented discredit the system? Has the time not...

Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I believe the Minister said there were 529 voluntary departures in 2008, 539 in 2009 and 286 in 2010. Is that correct?