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Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: ——to his own Ard-Fheis that one of the most basic of all civil rights was the freedom to be safe on one's own streets and in one's own home? He went on: "I will make the fight against crime my priority in the new Fianna Fáil Government. Let me put the Fianna Fáil message in five simple words to the drug barons and criminal gangs: "We will not accept this".

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach continued: You will no longer be allowed hold sway over our lives. You will not live in luxury with impunity because we have a plan for you. Our plan is to arrest you, prosecute you and put you in jail.

Leaders' Questions. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: He did it for 16% of those who committed murder using firearms in the six years, 1998-2004. That is the record inherited from the Minister for zero tolerance, who said we could judge him at the end of his term of office by whether our citizens feel safer in their homes and in the streets. They feel safer in neither and that is his legacy. Deputy O'Donoghue cynically trotted out his policy of...

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: In addition to the description given by the Taoiseach, I have encountered workers willing to work excessive overtime hours without being paid or without being paid overtime rates.

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: That is also a factor and some colleagues in the media may be interested in examining this. I refer to a report received yesterday which I presume is an assessment of progress on the Lisbon Agenda by the Taoiseach's Department. Will he indicate whether any unique Irish proposals on the question of the Lisbon Agenda will be advanced at the summit?

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received the agenda for the forthcoming March EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5497/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the forthcoming March EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5498/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of his meeting with the Prime Minister of Croatia on 3 March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Taoiseach aware of an initiative among the member states under the umbrella of the Party of European Socialists culminating in a petition to President Barroso about the trafficking of women into Germany in advance of the World Cup for the purposes of prostitution, degradation and so on? Will the Taoiseach lend the support of the Government to the initiative to cause member states to...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the recently published NESF report on care for the elderly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8560/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she intends to bring forward the promised medical practitioners Bill in view of the decision of the Medical Council to proceed with competence assurance measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8562/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Soccer Stadium: Proposed Soccer Stadium (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will expand on recent comments that he views the development of a stadium for soccer exclusively as a preferable option for the new stadium for Shamrock Rovers in Tallaght; if he will withhold funding for the new stadium if it is also to be used for hosting Gaelic games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8188/06]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: On my behalf and on behalf of the Labour Party, I join Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach in paying tribute to our late colleague, former Deputy Larry McMahon, and in offering sincere condolences to his family. I agree with everything Deputy Kenny and the Taoiseach have said about Larry McMahon's qualities, his commitment to public life and the fervency with which he held his views and argued his...

Order of Business. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Will arrangements for discussion of the Neary report be announced this week? Did the Taoiseach see the report in The Sunday Tribune last weekend claiming that the register of electors is inaccurate by up to 860,000 people? Since I previously raised the matter, has the Taoiseach given any consideration to when proposals should be made by the Minister and whether these will include legislation?...

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40409/05]

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever else the Taoiseach has, he does not have too heavy a legislative programme.

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: This has much merit as it gives the Taoiseach time to move around the country to do the things he has done with such innovation as compared to any of his predecessors. Given the workload in the Department in terms of Bills, is there an argument for more legislation to be put through the Taoiseach's Department? For example, the money advice bureau Bill is on the Order Paper since 2002 but has...

Legislative Programme. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Can I take it from that response that we cannot expect a referendum, for example, on the EU constitution, this year or this side of the general election?

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work to date in 2006 of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/06]

Active Citizenship. (1 Mar 2006)

Pat Rabbitte: Have the individuals behind this initiative given any thought to the concept of citizenship in the education system? During the events of last Saturday, a great many young people spewed out sectarian hatred and bigotry on the streets of Dublin, who did not seem to have much of a concept of citizenship of this State or of somebody resident on this island. Perhaps we ought to include the...