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Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: We have a similar view. Some 32 of the amendments to which Deputy Kenny referred have been tabled by the Minister, highlighting the fact the Bill has been filleted beyond recognition by the Minister, and rightly so, because it was originally misconceived as a PR stunt to be enacted before the summer recess. The Bill has 52 amendments tabled to it, some of which are very important. Some of...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to publish the report of the casino regulation committee which was submitted to Government in April 2007; if it is intended to proceed with the plan to establish an informal committee from Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to consider the report and related matters; and if he will make a...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Minister want the cover of an all-party committee?

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: There are a great many matters that have not been legislated for for a long time and where the law is out of date but the Minister does not come to the Opposition asking for its support and views in respect of these. What does "imminently" mean? The Minister has had the report since April 2007 and is now choosing to publish it as soon as the House rises. Does the Minister agree with his...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I have always seen the Minister as part of the Calvinist wing of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Minister go ahead and establish the committee?

Garda Communications. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Will it be connected to PULSE?

Constitutional Amendments. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Given the gambling issue as well as this one, should an all-party Government be formed?

Juvenile Offenders. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure the Minister of State will acknowledge that the problems of juvenile crime and vandalism are worsening, particularly in some communities. When the Children Act 2001 was enacted, it was welcomed as ground-breaking in that it contained specific provisions to make parents responsible and to prevent abdication of their responsibilities in respect of their children in certain...

Juvenile Offenders. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not inviting the Minister of State to comment on sentencing policy, but parts of the Children Act have been incrementally invoked since 2001. These provisions are a matter of public policy and were bruited in this House as part of the response to juvenile vandalism, anti-social behaviour and general miscreancy. Why, seven year later, have they not been invoked?

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister offers the view that this is such a complex issue that it requires an all-party committee. He put forward the same view in regard to statutory rape. I do not know whether he regards these two issues as more complex than the economy or whether he also intends to involve the Opposition in the financial management of the State. Other than the casino sector, which is currently...

Casino Regulation. (8 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister acknowledges that the international literature indicates that fixed odds betting terminals are woefully addictive, especially in the case of young working class youths. In light of this and having regard to the difficulties we experienced 20 years ago, which resulted in local authorities exercising their power to exclude slot machines, is the Minister agreeable to publishing the...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Chad. [26028/08]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the recorded number of persons suffering from cancer illness in the areas of Cobh, Ringaskiddy, Passage, Aghada and Midleton, County Cork, in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26275/08]

Overseas Missions. (2 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are satisfied with the level of air support being provided by the French to Irish forces serving with EUFOR in Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26029/08]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (1 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps being taken to amend legislation to ensure that foodstuffs of foreign origin cannot be labelled as produced in Ireland, processed in Ireland or sourced and produced in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25577/08]

Written Answers — Farm Safety: Farm Safety (1 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 110% increase in the average number of fatal farm accidents between 1993 and 2007 on farms among those over 60 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25576/08]

Written Answers — Ministerial Delegation Orders: Ministerial Delegation Orders (1 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the terms of any delegation order to his Minister of State; when any such delegation order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25708/08]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: From the Seanad (1 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: It is interesting that there has been no input, according to the Minister of State, from the Law Society. In other words, if it has been operating on the assumption that it has had these powers, implicit or otherwise, over the years, I wonder what its view is about the fact that we are now giving formal expression to them in this new law. Perhaps it is six of one and half a dozen of the...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: From the Seanad (1 Jul 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Is that a recent judgment?