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Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I might not agree with what the Minister, Deputy McDowell, always has to say——

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——but I want to defend his right to say it.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Labour Party has a long tradition in defending oppressed minorities. If a decision has been taken somewhere to deny the Minister, Deputy McDowell, as Deputy Sargent said, the opportunity to speak, or that he gets less time——

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: This relates to Deputy Sargent's question. Can we rewind the clock to give the Minister, Deputy McDowell, an opportunity to come to the House to speak on that matter? The second matter I want to raise relates to the Privacy Bill sponsored by the same Minister. At the weekend he got the chairman of his constituency to put down a motion denouncing the Bill, saying it was a charter for those...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: ——arranging for his constituency council to oppose it? Does the Taoiseach believe the Minister will still see it through the Oireachtas?

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: We will vote tomorrow to cause him to leave.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise the 28th Amendment of the Constitution Bill, which I received this morning. Other Deputies would have received it somewhat earlier. What clarity can the Taoiseach provide on its processing from here? I understand there are seven propositions encompassed by the Bill. There are actually eight but one is the simple transfer of a section from the existing article of the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: My point is not that six of the proposals are uncontentious and two are contentious. Rather, my point is that they are distinctly different. It is claimed that some relate to the rights of children, with the others concerning the protection of children. The Joint Committee on Child Protection was referred to by the Taoiseach. I am not even asserting that two issues are contentious as I...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach seems to be saying he is not wedded to a single question. The Whitaker review considered the question of whether there should be a provision prohibiting the submission of a Bill containing a number of proposals for amendments with different substantive effects for decision by the people in a referendum by means of a single vote. It concluded that while there should not be such...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: One could trade them internationally.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: There is no Standing Order against preventing a Member from shooting himself or herself in the foot.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Does this unit monitor the movements of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform? The Taoiseach mentioned the Iranian nuclear crisis but made no reference to where the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform is today. Would it not be desirable at this time with the excitement of the eve of a general election to monitor him before he spends the entire GDP of the...

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Somebody needs to stop him before he bankrupts the country.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is extraordinary that it is not on the list the Taoiseach read out. With regard to the view the Taoiseach has portrayed a number of times about these typical civil servants who would not know politics if it jumped up and bit them, I have a piece from the Sunday Independent which states "Taoiseach's communications unit goes into overdrive during Bertiegate". That seems to be political. It...

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Over the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: I hope the Taoiseach is not implying that I gave it to them. If I did, I would have only shot myself in the foot.

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach saying there is no wing of the Government monitoring the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform?

Departmental Bodies. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a critical question, Sir.

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in January 2007; if he will provide the figures for the same month in each year from 2002 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3856/07]

Freedom of Information. (20 Feb 2007)

Pat Rabbitte: Why does the Government not apply the Act to the Garda Síochána?