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Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions initiated to date under section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006; the number of convictions secured; the number of cases pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions brought and convictions secured for an offence under section 9 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 in each year since its enactment; the number of such prosecutions that related to terrorist and to other serious crimes; if there are proposals to amend the law in order to keep...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: With the permission of the House, I wish to share my time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Upton and Costello. I have no doubt about Deputy Connick's sincerity when he tells the House the Government is dedicated to putting the crime bosses behind bars. Unfortunately, it has not been particularly successful up to the present. The Minister made his big play today in advance of this debate when he...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Never mind the FOI — that is a complete diversion and the Minister knows it.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Anyway, the Minister has published a Bill and it is entirely ambiguous, because all it appears to do is put on a statutory footing the existing powers of the Garda Síochána with regard to surveillance. Only in exceptional circumstances may gardaí use this evidence in court. Now that is really a three card trick, which does not advance us one whit. If this is the Minister's big...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I would love to be able to support the Minister. He should not feel so upset about it.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister is very narky. I was watching him on television last night and some of the questions were about the time he went off to London, to maintain JMSE, and keep it stum. He came back and said, in effect, that it had been Bertie's decision, not his. He is always so self-exculpatory. He should stay quiet for a minute. I did not interrupt him. The Minister tells me the Government...

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I was watching television last night and it is no wonder the people are wearying of the Government. I watched the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, and it was almost beyond belief. One would believe he was a new Fianna Fáil Opposition Deputy.

Gangland Crime: Motion (18 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: What did Deputy Ó Cuív say last night when asked about the question of gangland crime, and especially the problems in Limerick? He said, "The biggest blight in this country is bad planning". This was from a Fianna Fáil Minister, and it is almost beyond belief. Who is the cause of the sprawling housing estates we have built? Then he went on to say his solution was that he would seal off...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the criticism made in the Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the fact that more than 200 Garda vehicles, purchased in 2006 at a cost of €3.8 million, were not put into service until 2008; if changes are planned to purchasing or commissioning procedures to...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Government will take arising from the two final reports from the Morris Tribunal, published on 7 October 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40162/08]

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The programme for Government contains a large number of proposals the Government would implement to deal with drugs, organised crime, sentencing policy and court procedure. For example, in the drugs areas it would increase search powers for the Garda and had nine different proposals for organised crime. Another example of a practical proposal on drugs states the Government would "require...

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked about the registration of mobile telephones.

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The role of the Garda Ombudsman is not to supervise the Garda. Its function is to oversee complaints about the Garda.

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: That is not true. The Minister is misrepresenting my Bill.

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: When will the covert surveillance Bill be published?

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is not admissible evidence.

State Agencies. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the anticipated savings that will be made in terms of salaries and other costs arising from the budget 2009 announcement of the rationalisation of State agencies for which his Department is responsible; the reason for the reduction of 24% in the budget of the Irish Human Rights Commission and 43% in that of the Equality...

State Agencies. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Why has the Minister decided to kill off the Equality Authority? Can he offer any other example of a 43% budgetary cut that he has made? How does he respond to the view of the board that the authority will not be able to discharge its core functions as a result of what has been done? Can the Minister give me a figure for the savings that will arise from the decision he has taken in respect...

State Agencies. (13 Nov 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister sacked the board a year ago.