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Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the public service recruitment embargo, announced on 26 March 2009, will apply to the recruitment of full-time members of the Garda or the Garda Reserve; if it will apply to civilian employees working for the Garda; if an assessment has been carried out on the implications for policing and of the number of gardaí who...

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: May I take it from this response that the moratorium will have no effect on the Garda and that the figure will be 14,900, as the Minister informed me on 25 February? That appears to be the answer. The Minister should inform the House how many gardaí qualified in the first quarter of 2009, how many will qualify in the second quarter and how many he expects to qualify in each of the third...

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to say that I do not believe the Minister in case he walks out on me again, as he threatened to do the last day.

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Minister to look at the file. Is he seriously telling me that the file prepared for Question Time does not have the figures about which I asked? Is he seriously coming in as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and telling me he does not know how many gardaí came out in the first term? Does he think I came down in the last shower? How many gardaí came out in the first...

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: There were very poor figures when Brian Ború was in control.

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Answer the question.

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister answer the question I asked him? How many gardaí will come out over the four quarters?

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Do I take it the moratorium does not apply to the Garda Síochána?

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: He did not answer the question. It appears the moratorium does not apply to the Garda Síochána.

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: But the same numbers will come out. The Minister has no regard for this House.

Garda Recruitment. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I know where the replacement should take place, it should be on the Government benches.

Garda Investigations. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister asked for information about witness intimidation. I will supply information to him on such a case. The person felt he was coerced to give evidence; he felt he had no other choice. He gave evidence and was posted out of the country in the witness protection programme at very great cost to himself and his family. He is back in the jurisdiction and feels that he is not protected...

Proposed Legislation. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: On the question of juries, will the Minister clarify - in so far as he has thought it out - whether certain scheduled offences will be a matter for the criminal courts only, which do not have juries, or is he addressing the issue of witness intimidation? I am not sure what is the case from the package the Minister announced to accompany the surveillance Bill.

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Bilocating, God almighty, I cannot get over this. There are now two equality authorities. The Minister tried to destroy the one we had and now has created two. I suppose he will be able to cycle to the one in Dublin but will have to drive to Roscrea. I never heard anything so ridiculous in all my life. Can I ask my question again? The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: What row? With whom?

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Gormley is a pussycat.

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: I apologise to Deputy Ó Snodaigh but this is my fourth attempt to obtain a response. Will the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform state whether the statement by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the effect that he persuaded him to reverse the cuts in respect of the Equality Authority is true or not?

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Therefore, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was codding us and the members of his party and there is no basis for the remarks members of the Green Party.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: May we take it from the Taoiseach's response to the leader of the Labour Party earlier that he will again take responsibility for answering questions on referendums? I heard Deputy Bertie Ahern on a new radio station say that it was his biggest regret that the Constitution stopped him implementing the Kenny report.

Order of Business (22 Apr 2009)

Pat Rabbitte: Of all the cruel statements of political mendacity, that would take some beating given the manner in which he ducked, dodged and dived implementing the Kenny report for approximately seven years.