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Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise a point of order. Is it not the case that the Standing Orders of the House provide for Deputies to ask questions on the Order of Business?

Inter-faith Dialogue. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the opening in Dublin Castle on 26 February 2007 of the structured dialogue with churches, faith communities and non-confessional bodies; the way he envisages this process advancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/07]

Inter-faith Dialogue. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I respect the Taoiseach's views. However, could he give me an example of what he had in mind when he used the term "aggressive secularism"?

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach when he last received a report from the complaints referee appointed under section 9 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993; the main findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8549/07]

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a report from the judge designated under section 67 of the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to keep under review the provisions of that Act in regard to powers given to the Garda to access data in regard to telephone records; if the report included details on the number of occasions on which these powers were invoked by the...

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach when he last received a report from the High Court Judge, designated under section 8 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 to keep the Act under review; the main findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/07]

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Perhaps the Taoiseach can explain if I am the only one who thinks it odd that, according to the Data Protection Commissioner, over 10,000 requests were made in 2006.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This was a broad brush question and I was not asking——

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——the Taoiseach to go into detail. It seems odd that, under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act, the Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed there were 10,000 requests or 300 per day.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not trying to get the Taoiseach to state that it was 299.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not asking about the operation of the Act. I am asking him to give some advice or opinion on whether it is normal that 10,000 requests were made by the Garda Síochána in respect of accessing telephone records in 2006. The Minister told the House that the Act would be strictly controlled and limited to the investigation of serious crime. Many law-abiding citizens will be taken aback...

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am aware the authority to authorise interceptions is a matter for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Since I presume that power is exercised judiciously, I have no concern about it. I am concerned, however, to know the Taoiseach's response to the view of the Assistant Data Protection Commissioner that perfectly innocent people are having their private records pored over....

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it normal in peacetime that the Army would access this information in this way? Should there not be a public awareness campaign to inform citizens that there is a referee?

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not think I will get the opportunity in the time remaining in this Dáil to ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform about this matter. I also do not think he will be the Minister in the next Dáil so I hope the Taoiseach might be kind enough to answer the question about the apparently high number of resorts to this legislation by the Garda Síochána.

Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Why was no report laid before the Houses by the designated judge in respect of applications by the Garda Síochána? The report before the Houses concerns the inspection of the Army records. The judge says the documents he has inspected related to those located in the premises of the Army. No such document in respect of the Garda Síochána was laid before the Houses by the judge....

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: So, the water is grand. It is all an illusion.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach tell the House if there will be an audit of the Government's waste of taxpayers' money? How many hundreds of millions of euro does the Government reckon it has wasted in the past five years? It is solely the prerogative of the Taoiseach to decide when the election is called — we all accept that — but whenever that happens, will we use electronic voting? If the answer...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Comptroller and Auditor General reckons it costs approximately €1 million per year to store them, but I read that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, has now relocated most of them to a central location. Did we have to buy out the leases on the premises where the machines are being stored? I saw the Minister for Communications, Marine and...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This is the same Minister who seeks to lecture us on economic credibility. He was succeeded by my friend, the Minister, Deputy Cullen, who could not wait to get his hands on the machines either. The Government spent €62 million of taxpayers' money when there are people waiting for home help hours.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The €62 million would have provided the entire population of Galway with an excellent water service.