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Leaders' Questions. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: One recommendation.

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: That is just as well as a number of them are on very shaky ground. The Taoiseach will remember telling the House that if the Minister, Deputy Martin, had read his brief it would have saved the country €50 million. The Tánaiste told us on 12 May that failure to sign regulations was costing approximately €12 million a month — that amounts to approximately €144 million a year. If the...

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do, Sir. I anticipated the Ceann Comhairle would ask me that. The Tánaiste said on 12 May that she would be signing the regulations next week, but to the best of my knowledge, they have not been signed. When is it proposed to sign them?

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding developments in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19708/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the British Prime Minister to discuss matters relating to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19709/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 23: To ask the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which he has met representatives of Sinn Féin since the beginning of 2005; the figure for meetings with the SDLP, DUP, UUP and Alliance Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19710/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 24: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent meetings with Sinn Féin. [19711/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 25: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the British-Irish Council meeting on the Isle of Man on 20 May 2005. [19712/05]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the outcome of the Westminster elections in the North makes reaching an agreement on the re-establishment of the institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement more or less likely in the short to medium term; his strategy for the months ahead in terms of engagement with the North's political parties and the...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the appointment of Mr. Peter Hain as the new British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; the contents of his meeting with him in Dublin on 18 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/05]

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I also oppose the proposal for the adjournment of the House. There is a number of compelling matters that ought to detain the House next week. They include the news that the latest chief executive-designate of the Health Service Executive will not now take up the post, given the difficulties in the health service. To put it at its mildest, this is something that ought to be debated in the...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The former President of the High Court, Mr. Justice Morris, deserves the commendation and applause of the House. He probably despairs of the Legislature, however, given its response to his first report. The Minister for Finance told the House that the Government takes a most serious view of this second report and will act on it. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform said the exact...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The performance of the Garda Síochána is central to our democracy. It is clear that what has happened in County Donegal is a scandal that implicates the gardaí who were directly involved. However, it is also an indictment of the appropriateness in the 21st century of the structures which govern the force. The Government is not addressing that at all. The notion of a Garda authority was...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Such a commission should be charged with going up and down the country, to community halls etc., to take evidence from ordinary law-abiding citizens about the efficacy, efficiency, appropriateness and responsiveness of policing in today's world. Mr. Chris Patten was able to complete his work in 18 months. Those of us who have spoken with Mr. Hugh Orde in recent times about developments in...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Is the Ceann Comhairle trying to tell me that I should stop, or is he trying to write my future scripts for me?

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I do not know why the Ceann Comhairle thought it necessary to interrupt my few remarks. I ask him not to see his decision to allow this debate as a facilitation of Members. This debate is central to our democracy.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I would rather if the Ceann Comhairle saw his decision to allow this debate as a reflection of the necessity for the House to do justice to the serious report that was expeditiously produced by Mr. Justice Morris. Nothing in the new Garda Síochána Bill will address the core issue, which is that unaccountable power is a very dangerous thing. That the Bill is before the House at present gives...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Gardaí who take pride in the uniform and do the job to the best of their ability have been diminished by what went on in County Donegal. This Legislature is not addressing that. The Government resisted the attempts of Deputy Costello and others to ensure that the first Morris report was debated in this Chamber.

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children intend to make a statement about the latest appointee to the chief executive of the HSE not to take up the post?

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Do the regulations include electronic voting machines?