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Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Fianna Fáil has Gormley where it wants him.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I have never seen such enthusiasm.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Go for it.

Order of Business. (27 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We get another schoolma'am lecture.

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (26 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding changes to the agri-environment options scheme specifications on species rich grassland and the increase in the natura payment from €75 to €150 per hectare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (26 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 19 May 2010, that the Health Information and Quality Authority and not Beaumont Hospital itself should commission the inquiry into whether Beaumont Hospital complies with the minimum safety standards prescribed by the Joint Committee on Higher Surgical Training; if she acknowledges that it...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (26 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the standards recommended in the 2006 Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland report have been achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22196/10]

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: He must be visiting his local head shop.

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste told me on Thursday in the context of the speech by the Director of Public Prosecutions that it was not the intention of the Government to introduce legislation to protect whistleblowers. On Friday night the Minister for Justice and Law Reform made a speech to the Law Society which the media interpreted as meaning that there would be such legislation. I accept that neither...

Order of Business. (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Are we sticking with the sectoral approach?

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Second Stage (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: One would not get 30 minutes to deal with the banking crisis, yet we can devote that much time per speaker to dealing with beggars. When the history of this time is written, people will see in the middle of the year 2010 that at the nadir of the worst recession that ever affected this country in living memory our preoccupation in this House is with a Bill to put beggars in prison. I am...

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Second Stage (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Some of these people are in such circumstances that they might welcome a month in the prison. I apologise to the Minister for missing his opening remarks. I was surprised by the speed with which the amendments to the previous Bill were dispatched. The Minister seems to want to indicate that he does not intend imprisonment to be the normal consequence of the implementation of this Bill. I...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving members of the Garda Síochána who have disabilities; the number of gardaí who have been recruited with disabilities; the number of gardaí who have disabilities arising from incidents related to their work; if arrangements are in place to accommodate members who, for whatever reason, have...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (25 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a separated couple are exempt from the non-principal private residence charge when the second residence becomes the primary residence of one party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21739/10]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (20 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had in recent times with the Venezuelan ambassador to Britain and Ireland. [20950/10]

Written Answers — International Relations: International Relations (20 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate proposals he may have for deepening cooperation between Ireland and Cuba. [20951/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that the standards recommended in the Safe Neurosurgery in Ireland 2006 report have been achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20892/10]

Written Answers — Health Information and Quality Authority: Health Information and Quality Authority (19 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Information and Quality Authority is permitted to commission an independent external inquiry into the national referral centre for neurosurgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20959/10]

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I know that this would fit in with the text that has been sent to all Fianna Fáil Deputies entitled "We have turned the corner". Let us hope that it is true. I do not dispute what the Deputy has said. This debate is about stability in the eurozone. There is no arguing with his point that it is in our interest that the euro remains strong and is protected and that there is a requirement...

Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is always worth listening to Deputy O'Keeffe on financial and economic issues. On the matter of whether there are any green shoots to be spied by observers, the notion that the Fianna Fáil collection in Mitchelstown went up last Sunday is the most tangible evidence I have heard so far of an improvement in the economy.