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Morris Tribunal: Statements (22 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The commission could not be seized of this matter.

Morris Tribunal: Statements (22 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I will come to that in a minute. One could not go to this Minister in any confidence that he would do anything other than go to the superior of the Garda sergeant to that person's detriment. It is disgraceful——

Morris Tribunal: Statements (22 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: ——I feel I am in such a circumstance. The issues that arose in Donegal and gave rise to the Morris tribunal continue to arise around the country. Just last week, for example, we read of allegations that gardaí worked with a convicted drug dealer in allowing the distribution of drugs which were later seized by the same officers. Criminal charges relating to a €1.7 million drugs find...

Morris Tribunal: Statements (22 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We must remember Mr. Justice Morris's ominous conclusion that "of the gardaí serving in Donegal, it cannot be said that they are unrepresentative or an aberration from the generality". Mr. Justice Morris concluded that the Garda risked losing its character as a disciplined force amid "staggering indiscipline and insubordination". The most serious questions are raised about both the...

School Staffing. (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this important matter. St. Mark's junior and senior national schools have more than 1,000 pupils in their care in an area not designated disadvantaged. The area concerned is a modest private housing estate of approximately 2,000 houses, a very high proportion of which are privately rented. A large number of these...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans regarding the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion and in particular the high level goals in relation to welfare support for children. [35625/08]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí allocated to a division (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35372/08]

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: They would rather throw out the baby with the bathwater.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Even Homer nods, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Green Party Members come in on their bikes.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: By the way, where is the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin?

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: How much is the Government saving?

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is about €16 million.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: This morning the Minister stated: In the case of subsidiaries participating in the scheme, the Minister may impose specific obligations under the scheme to appropriately ring-fence the activities of a covered institution in order to minimise the covered institution's financial exposure to its parent credit institution. When the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Act was going through the...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Then one morning The Irish Times had the headline that the banks were to be charged €2 billion. That did not arrive there because of some journalist. That figure was planted. Now the figure has changed. I understand the Minister's argument that if he were to impose a commercial rate, say 2%, it might be counterproductive. Is it not the case that the €500 billion is an estimate and the...

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: In the case of a bank that has a parent company outside the State, what is the relationship of the guarantee to some of that parent company's undertakings?

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: If we have decided that in no set of circumstances would we let a bank go down, irrespective of the assessment, then I cannot see why certain banks should not continue as they have been doing.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: So long as the Minister does not expand the category.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We are not seeking the Alistair Darling way forward.

Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Are we to have a Second Stage speech on this, or are we asking questions? I am not questioning Deputy Morgan's expertise.