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Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: No, the Minister referred to hundreds of millions of euro.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: No one outside this House would believe this. The biggest prison building project in the history of the State is the responsibility of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. He tells the House piously that he does not know anything about the figures, that he has nothing to do with it and that he does not meet-----

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Members are entitled to know. Were I Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I would know everything there was to be known about this building project. I again ask the Minister whether it is true that the increase in the price from that indicated in 2007 is not hundreds of millions of euro but is approximately €30 million and that it is mainly due to the cost of sourcing money on...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: It was hundreds of millions of euro.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister think he can secure an alternative consortium?

Garda Reserve. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The political will is in the Bar Library.

Garda Strength. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received to date in 2009 for early retirement from members of the Garda; the way this compares to the same period in each year from 2002; his views on reports that a significant number of senior gardaí are planning to take early retirement as a result of the public service pension levy; and if...

Garda Strength. (27 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Does this mean the Minister discounts the advice given to him by the AGSI, whose members told him they feared for the capacity to discharge their managerial functions given the expected rate of early retirement? When he gives me the figure for the number who have left in the first four months of this year, has he figures available with regard to the prospective retirements for the rest of...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on legislation to protect airline passengers from the range of extra charges and levies that are continually being imposed upon them and particularly in view of the need to maintain passenger volumes in the airline sector; if he has had contact with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Commission on Aviation...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of consultation which occurs between his Department, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and An Garda Sióchána on strategy and levels of enforcement for road traffic and transport law; if he has been briefed by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and An Garda Sióchána on reduced levels of enforcement...

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There is no point of order during Leaders' Questions.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is a crawthumper.

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is a crawthumper.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: When will the Spent Convictions Bill be brought back to the House? That would deal with part of the problem we have here. Does the Taoiseach not agree that it is entirely misleading to seek to give the impression that the report of the Committee of Public Accounts somehow vindicated the deal made with the religious institutions? It did not do anything of the kind; in fact, it found to the...

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sorry I was not here when this was discussed previously. It is wrong to give the impression that the report of the Committee of Public Accounts somehow vindicated a negligent and bad deal in the interest of the taxpayer.

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (21 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has found a way to address the financing of the promised beds for cystic fibrosis patients at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20476/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (21 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the major problems arising as a result of the moratorium on replacing health service staff which in some cases is hindering the implementation of her policy; if she will introduce more speedy procedures or approval in urgent or critical situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (21 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the new services for cystic fibrosis patients that will be delivered in the different Health Service Executive regions in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20477/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 May 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are services here for sufferers of Frederick's ataxia who are under the age of 18 years; the services there are for over 18 year olds; the reason the clinic at Tallaght, Dublin cannot treat under 18 year olds; the contribution the State can make to sufferers who must be treated outside the State; and if she will make a...