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Commissions of Investigation (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister agree it is deeply troubling that the archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Martin, felt it necessary to go public with the trenchant remarks about dark forces still covering up this evil in our society? What more could one have expected from the archbishop other than going to the top of Croagh Patrick and crying out to the heavens for help? He is saying in black and white that these...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share time with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. The Labour Party is pleased to welcome the Bill. It is narrow in scope and the service it confers, which is to authorise the availability of liquor in the specified circumstances given expression to in its provisions, is necessary. I do not have any dispute with it. The conference centre is an essential part of the tourism infrastructure in...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The purpose of the Bill is to authorise the sale of alcohol at the national conference centre. I too was interested in the point raised by Deputy Flanagan about the licence following the premises, but I will not go back over that territory. Do I understand that a licence must be applied for each time there is a qualifying event? If that is not the case, why does subsection (8) state-----

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: And the excise duty of €500 mentioned in subsection (8) is per annum?

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I was disappointed that the Minister was not able to give us any information about the application for an adjacent hotel, because it seems to be quite important. In Irish weather conditions, if the conference centre is to attract 4,000 barristers, who are usually well upholstered, from various countries across the world, will it require them to walk long distances from the conference centre,...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Unless it was a Munster rugby match.

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The issue is whether, having waited so long for this tourism infrastructure, it will be damaged by the absence, within reasonable proximity, of adequate hotel accommodation. That is the issue, rather than the cost of hotels.

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We should have sent the budgets of the past ten years to Brussels.

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Did the Green Party clear the dress?

Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Our sovereignty is at issue.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the recent report published by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland seeking changes in the current arrangements for issuing work permits to persons from outside the EEA area which it claimed was leading to exploitation of workers; if he is planning any changes to the current regime; and...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to prevent the exploitation of domestic workers, particularly migrant workers in such positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/10]

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The "Viper".

Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Send in the "Viper". He will collect it for you.

Written Answers — Schools Patronage: Schools Patronage (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the ten schools that are shortlisted for a transfer of patronage to occur; if she will hold the plebiscite of the local communities involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18304/10]

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We raised that three years ago.

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy O'Rourke finalised it last year.

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: That is the job of the Parliamentary Counsel.

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: We are obviously getting away from the referendum on the amendment on the rights of children.

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Before he left the House, Deputy Noonan suggested we might have to apply for an order of habeas corpus to have the Minister for Health and Children brought before the House. I support that. Concerning the referendum announced by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Ahern, on blasphemy, can the Tánaiste tell me whether that will be held in conjunction with the...