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Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it not the case that the expert group to which the Minister referred——

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——has not even reported yet?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is it in order for the Tánaiste to mislead the House in the fashion he just did?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Self-praise is no praise. Will the Tánaiste join me in sending the congratulations of this House to the Irish cricket team on its tremendous sporting achievement? In that regard, has the Government considered the great additional financial burden that will be imposed on it as a result of reaching the last eight? I am advised by Deputy Seán Ryan, who was no mean cricketer in his day, that...

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Tánaiste is the line Minister.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I got away with it? I cannot believe that. The Tánaiste spends the entire morning lecturing us on doing our business here and the Ceann Comhairle tells me that I have got away with something. What am I supposed to be doing?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Supreme Court made some very trenchant remarks yesterday regarding the oppression of an Irish citizen, Mr. Frank Shortt. I am sure the Tánaiste, as someone who, like me, supports the gardaí, is as disturbed about it as I am.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask that the Tánaiste take this opportunity to do something on behalf of the Garda Síochána that has not yet been done.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: He should apologise for the appalling conduct of a minority of gardaí——

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——who engaged in the oppression of a citizen.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Third, when the Tánaiste came galloping to celebrate the partnership between Paddy the plasterer and the Taoiseach last October, he promised legislation as he breathlessly congratulated the Taoiseach on "getting away with it", or did the Ceann Comhairle correct me the last time — perhaps the word was "surviving".

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The question concerns promised legislation.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: When will we see that Bill? The Ceann Comhairle says that he will hear me, but he keeps interrupting me.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am perfectly entitled under the rules of this House to ask about promised legislation. Is that not right?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not making a long preamble, I am trying to rebut your constant interventions.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: When will we see publication of the "we survived it" Bill, and will it be enacted in the lifetime of this Dáil?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I asked when the Bill would be enacted.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: We have not yet seen the Bill.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I hold a firm wicket. What about the Garda Síochána?