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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I welcome the Minister's amendments and remarks. It is true that there is a knock-on effect in accepting my proposal. I understand similar amendments are required to sections 4 and 5. I ask the Minister to indulge me in putting forward the case that my amendment No. 6 is more eloquent than his amendment No. 5. However, I am not prepared to go to the wire on that. The point is that it is...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 6: In page 5, to delete lines 9 to 11 and substitute the following: "(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life or a lesser term of imprisonment, or to such imprisonment and a fine, or, in the case of a body corporate, to a fine.". Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand", put...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: There is advice from the Attorney General in connection with the seizure of the assets of drug barons. People want the money to go to worthwhile programmes for drug addicts, but the advice of the Attorney General is that it must go the Exchequer.

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Amendment No. 12 was a third way of seeking to address the same issue. I do not want to labour the point. The Minister's amendment is probably as close to dealing with the issue as we are likely to get.

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: The House will be aware I am an admirer of the Minister but I have come to the view that barristers should not be let near the Office of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and teachers should not be Ministers for Education and Science. The Minister's stock in trade is the ability to argue any point on whichever side of the case he happens to stand. In this instance, his...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I welcome the commitments put on record by the Minister as they will be of some ease to organisations working at the coalface. I reiterate the point made by Deputy Naughten that we will have no statutory provisions with regard to victims protection, and after this debate I am still at a loss in understanding why the amendment is being resisted. I am prepared to take on board Deputy...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (7 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following new section: 3.—The Minister shall promulgate a code of victim's rights in respect of victims of trafficking which shall address the following issues: (a) protection of private life of victims; (b) appropriate medical assistance to victims; (c) secure accommodation; (d) recovery and reflection period...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (6 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish participation in a United Nations mandated EU force being deployed to Chad. [3689/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he and his Department have had with Chinese counterparts as well as representatives of the Chinese Government in Ireland with regard to continued mistreatment of practitioners and adherents of Falun Gong. [3690/08]

Written Answers — Motorway Service Areas: Motorway Service Areas (5 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of applications for motorway service areas that have been submitted to his Department by the National Roads Authority; the number that have been approved to date by his Department; the reason there has been a delay in approving these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3396/08]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (5 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if in relation to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 5 December 2007, there was correspondence from the Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General at the Department of Education and Science, the CEO of the Health Board and the then director of the children's centre, Finglas regarding co-operation in...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Did the Taoiseach say that the sale of alcohol Bill will not be ready until the autumn? I have just attended a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights at which Dr. Gordon Holmes told us he is to report to the Minister by 31 March on the latter's commitment to introduce the Bill before the summer. I take it from what the Taoiseach said that...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the information available to her on the incidence of MRSA, C Difficile and other infections in hospitals here; the measures being taken to reduce the spread of these infections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2712/08]

Hospitals Building Programme. (31 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the plans there are to increase the capacity of the National Rehabilitation Hospital or to provide such a service elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2713/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the estimated number of each category who will have relocated by the end of 2008; the breakdown of each set of figures in terms of those who are relocating from Dublin and...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí currently allocated to Ballyporeen Garda Station, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1362/08]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí and civilian staff currently allocated to Cahir Garda Station; the number of dedicated members assigned to anti-drug policing and traffic duties; the number of foot patrols conducted during the month of December 2007; if there are plans to increase the number of members and civilian staff; and if he...

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he received the most recent report of the Expert Group on Children Detention Schools; when he proposes to publish the report; if in the interim he will outline the main recommendations of the group; if those recommendations are compatible with the apparent intention, as reported in the media, to detain children in...

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (30 Jan 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child as they relate to detention of a child in the custody of the State; if a proposed detention centre for children as part of the Thornton Hall complex is compatible with those provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1523/08]