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- Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Tánaiste for that. The Tánaiste's note is out of date. A meeting took place yesterday and the redundancies are proceeding. I would be grateful if the Tánaiste should intercede with the Minister for Education and Science.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I wish to share my time with my colleague, Deputy Seán Sherlock.
- Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: This Finance Bill, which deals with matters outstanding from budget 2010, attempts to walk a very fine line between taking a first painful step towards the correction of the public finances on the one hand, and squeezing the life, such as it is, out of the economy, on the other. It is the harshest budget in our history. The measures to be implemented by this Bill constitute a huge risk. We...
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach knows there is no smoke without fire.
- Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Greens have gone up in smoke.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That is theoretical.
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Some chance of that.
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister did not.
- Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Try, "It's not embarrassing".
- Gangland Killings. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That is not what the Minister told the papers at the time.
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of An Garda SÃochána Inspectorate on resource allocation; if he will implement the recommendations contained in this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5804/10]
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister agree this is a very disturbing report on the operational condition of the Garda SÃochána? It paints a picture, albeit in polite language, of a police force as it might have operated in 1950s Ireland in terms of management techniques, deployment of manpower, absence of technology, rostering systems, the failure of the civilianisation effort and so on. Law-abiding...
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not ask this question in any spirit of confrontation. The view I have outlined is that of the Garda inspectorate, as set out in this serious review, and there is no point in trying to whitewash it. The Minister should not try to dodge the question about how many Garda stations have e-mail by referring to network connections. I draw the Minister's attention to the number of gardaà who...
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: They have been released from the requirement to take long-hand notes.
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister has no role in it. It is a matter for the Garda Commissioner.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That would be the end of civilisation as one knows it.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Members might get answers that way.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Ulysses was more brief.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Ulysses is simpler.
- Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister provided the figures for Christmas. To what did the Christmas release bring the figures for December? The figures I have from the Prison Service suggest that 174 prisoners were on temporary release in January 2008. The latest date for which I have figures is July 2009 when it had increased to 614. That seems to suggest-----