Results 8,401-8,420 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (13 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department is making provision to provide more school places for pupils entering the primary school system in 2012 in view of the recent report (details supplied) that highlighted that Ireland's birth rate is expected to increase by 11% compared to 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28454/07]

Written Answers — Civilianisation Programme: Civilianisation Programme (8 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in regard to the civilianisation of all outstanding posts in the Defence Forces. [27726/07]

Written Answers — Interception of Postal Packets: Interception of Postal Packets (8 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, submissions under section 6 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993, in relation to applications for authorisations for the interception of postal packets and telecommunications messages, when made to him by an officer of the Minister nominated for the purpose under...

Military Archives. (8 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence when his Department intends placing advertisements in the national press seeking to recruit professional archivists who will be dedicated to making the military pension archive available to historians and to the public. [27725/07]

Written Answers — Victim Impact Statements: Victim Impact Statements (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans changes to the victim impact statement system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27362/07]

Written Answers — Border Controls: Border Controls (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions he has had with the British authorities regarding their plans for the introduction of an electronic border control system by 2009; if the Government will introduce a similar system here; the implications of the British decision for Ireland's immigration control system; the implications for travel to and...

Garda Investigations. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not want to probe the appalling crime too deeply either. Is any breakthrough anticipated by the Garda authorities in this regard? The figures we had earlier showed there has been a 50% increase in gun murders in the third quarter, which is an appalling level of carnage by a small number of gangsters running areas of our city. We have had 137 such gun murders since 1998, with only 20...

Garda Investigations. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In other jurisdictions such evidence can be led in court and is admissible. Given the gravity of the situation that confronts the law enforcement agencies, why should it not be made admissible in this jurisdiction?

Garda Investigations. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am sure it is not straightforward and a judgment call would need to be made in certain cases. However, I am at somewhat at a loss to understand how it might alert the criminal as mentioned by the Minister. If these individuals are already under surveillance as he suggested and the Garda is gathering intelligence on them anyway as it ought to be, what more precisely does the Minister mean...

Joint Policing Committees. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Minister amenable to tweaking the guidelines? I am a member of a joint policing committee and my experience is that it is entirely too clumsy. The committee comprises 23 public representatives and representatives of community organisations, which means that the last thing it has is a qualitative interchange with the senior gardaí present. With all due respect to the county managers...

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister has drawn heavily on the word processor from the last day. This site, as we know, cost €30 million when the commercial valuation, locally, was in the order of €6 million. Does the Minister intend to put steps in place to surcharge his predecessor, or some of the senior civil servants who facilitated this folly by his predecessor? Do I take it from what he has just said...

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Ceann Comhairle is absolutely right. Will the Minister explain something to me, because I was trying to figure it out the last day? He said: "In addition to allaying these concerns the new roadway will provide significant additional benefits both during the construction and operational phases of the project." What does that mean?

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Presumably there was always going to be access to this famous site.

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: No, commercial valuers locally.

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister has reversed other bizarre decisions of his predecessor. Will he not reverse this one?

Prison Building Programme. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: There is to be an organic garden, with the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, tending to it.

Criminal Prosecutions. (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I join the Minister in congratulating the Garda on recent apparent successes, especially the Celbridge operation. This demonstrates the resources and degree of patience required for such operations. Given the very low level of detection and conviction that the tabular response shows, are there plans to make internal changes within the Garda Síochána to target the gangster leaders? I am...

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Central Statistics Office crime statistics for the third quarter of 2007; his further views on the continuing high level of crime and anti-social behaviour; the steps he will take to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27394/07]

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The report from the Central Statistics Office makes grim reading, as I am sure the Minister will agree. Deputy Flanagan has asked a question about gun murders so I wish to ask about anti-social behaviour. I will instance my question by telling the House about a man who visited my clinic last Saturday. He is a single man and a night worker. Local youths know his pattern of work. They...

Crime Levels (7 Nov 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: In practical terms, how does that affect my constituent who, like in the Minister's own constituency, is not alone? Anybody who is alone or old or vulnerable is targeted by these young thugs. They do not necessarily have any alcohol on board, yet they torment and persecute people living in their homes. The Minister points reasonably to the powers that exist but these powers are not being...