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Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Can I take it that the purpose of the Supplementary Estimate will be to ensure that there will be no diminution in the level of care for people in such circumstances?

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I understand that the Tánaiste has——

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Yes, of course.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: They are not being enforced.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Tánaiste indicate, in respect of the Supreme Court decision and the requirement to bring legislation before the House to enable charges be levied on elderly and incapacitated people and so on, when such legislation might be published?

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not asking the Tánaiste to rush anything.

Written Answers — Omagh Bombing: Omagh Bombing (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is now intended to publish the report of the Nally group on the Omagh bombing in the light of the acquittal of a person (details supplied) on a number of charges at Letterkenny Circuit Court on 18 January 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4950/05]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda will issue its promised apology arising from the wrongful charging of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the nature of the apology to be issued; the state of the Garda investigation into the crime; if he will publish the results of the internal Garda investigation into the arrest and charging of this...

Domestic Refuse Charges: Motion (Resumed). (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I will share my time with my colleague, Deputy Eamon Gilmore. It is bad enough to hear Fianna Fáil backbenchers not knowing what the powers are in this matter, but when a Minister of State does not know the powers and in so far as he does he differs with his Minister, one wonders what is really happening in Government on this issue. My colleagues have clearly set out why this is a simple...

Domestic Refuse Charges: Motion (Resumed). (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Absolutely, Deputy O'Connor. I do not know what the Deputy is saying but I agree with it. The issue in this debate is straightforward. In a country as small as this, where 21 of the larger local authorities have privatised waste collection and where there is a question of clarity about what the law permits in terms of a waiver scheme in the case of private collection, serious hardship is...

Domestic Refuse Charges: Motion (Resumed). (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Even the Minister is smiling.

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the implementation to date of An Agreed Programme for Government. [3497/05]

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: In his reply the Taoiseach dealt with the importance of social partnership and the responsibility of his own Department for nurturing social partnership. We moved a motion in Private Members' Business last night to have a national uniform waiver scheme in terms of waste charges for people who are unemployed, those with a disability or pensioners but the amendment moved by the Government...

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer the Taoiseach to the programme for Government which states: "In so far as it lies within our power, we will strive to create and maintain a secure environment for political progress and bring about, both through the application of law and by persuasion, a complete and lasting cessation of all paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland and throughout these islands, including punishment...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I support Deputy Kenny's request for a brief debate today on this important development. Following the passing of this Bill, Deputy McManus on behalf of my party, wrote to the President, suggesting that she might convene the Council of State, because in our view this Bill was unconstitutional. It has now been struck down by the Supreme Court, with some of the implications that Deputy Kenny...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I introduced a Bill on it but it was voted down.

Leaders' Questions. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach a matter relating to the programme for Government. As we all know, that agreement was entered into after the election so we are not talking about election promises. The Taoiseach stated in the programme for Government: We will continue to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in our schools. Over the next five years we will progressively introduce maximum class...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is right. I might well agree with him but all I am doing is pointing to the programme for Government that he agreed with the Progressive Democrats. The Taoiseach does not agree with it. He gave a clear commitment that he would bring class size below the international best practice guideline of 20:1 within five years. That was a Government agreement. Whether I agree with the...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: Does the programme for Government stand under the new Minister for Education and Science? Her Department has quite properly in recent years taken sex education seriously but, nonetheless, it appears to be entirely taken aback when three or four years after young couples buy homes in a new housing estate, children appear. Only when the children are four years of age does discussion begin on...

Leaders' Questions. (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Rabbitte: ——but I still disagree that it is acceptable for 100,000 primary school children to be in classes of between 30 and 39 in whatever area of the country they happen to be located.