Results 7,041-7,060 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: And the fact that there is more crime.

Prison Accommodation. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: In the number of criminals.

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all sections of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, have been brought into operation; the number of occasions on which the powers contained in the Act have been used since its enactment; the number of prosecutions transferred to the Special Criminal Court under the provisions of section 8 of the Act; the number...

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There is no reference to a timelag in any of the newspaper cuttings from the period prior to the summer recess. All I can see are headlines inspired by the Minister to the effect that 300 crime bosses were to be rounded up and that crime bosses would flee to the "costa del crime". There are several references to the fact that as soon as the President had signed the legislation into law,...

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not believe I am doing the House a disservice at all. The Minister did it a disservice when he engaged in what was a political stunt designed to lead unfortunate victims of crime to believe that if the law were passed and if referrals were made to the Special Criminal Court under its provisions, the crime bosses responsible for directing criminal activity in this country would be locked...

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Why did the Minister's people brief the newspapers?

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is the one who briefed the newspapers-----

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: -----that 300 people would be locked up.

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister's agents..

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Come on.

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What does the Minister mean by "where it was coming from"? It was coming from the Minister.

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What action?

Criminal Prosecutions. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is the one who has his tongue in his cheek.

Citizenship Applications. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Can they not write to the people and state that is the position?

Gambling Legislation. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case and does the Minister not understand well that the reason the all-party committee did not get off the ground was because there was an attempt by his predecessor, in conjunction with the then Minister for Finance, to use an all-party committee as a cover to introduce fixed odds betting terminals, FOBTs, into bookies' shops in the Republic of Ireland? If the Minister...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I would like to raise a number of questions with the Minister for Finance on behalf of business people trying to plan their survival in the real economy. I would be obliged if the Minister when he replies to the Second Stage debate would address these acute concerns of people who are trying to stay in business and retain their workers in employment. The debate for the past number of weeks...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I have quoted him often in the House. I was a Member when no financial measure could be put through the House without Mr. Desmond being consulted about his opinion. There was a time I thought he was more powerful than the Minister for Finance of the day.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I have often quoted Mr. Desmond. Regarding this legislation, he stated: Nama as conceived will do untold long-term damage to Ireland Inc. It will result in paralysis for decades to come. Ireland's key focus must be to get the economy moving again and start to promote the real economy. Without this tax revenues will continue at the current low levels and unemployment outside the public sector...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: We are still a sovereign Government and no Minister, including the Minister for Finance, has come in here and explained to the House why, on day one, the Government included long-term subordinated debt in the terms of the guarantee. It was remarkable. It was picked up very shortly afterwards on these benches by my party leader, Deputy Gilmore, and my colleague Deputy Burton, but we have...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Sep 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It is pathetic. Deputy Mulcahy is correct.