Yesterday's Business
Resumed debate and vote on Private Members' motion on Iraq.
Second stage of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Bill, which consolidates all existing legislation relating to this area in one Bill.
Resumed debate on the Railway Safety 2001 Bill, which introduces a new regulatory framework for railway safety.
Questions to the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr O'Donoghue.
Motions on the Adjournment relating to job losses in the Longford-Roscommon area, the flooding in Tolka Park, Dublin, extra resources for St Michael's House, Dublin, catering for people with intellectual disabilities, proposed place of detention headquarters and ancillary facilities at Clondalkin, Dublin.
I refer to the Government jet and the fact the service cannot be relied on. It will not be possible for the Government to conduct Ireland's presidency of the EU with a rickety old plane.
- Mr Gay Mitchell, Fine Gael
A new set of jump leads would do fine.
- Mr Bernard Durkan, Fine Gael
I am unashamedly on the side of the United States ... but I am not an uncritical, unthinking, cap-touching admirer of the US.
- The Minister of State for Justice, Mr Willie O'Dea
The fact that a person ... may be a member or associated with a group or organisation in any community ... does not mean their life is cheaper in the eyes of the law.
- The Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell
This is not rocket science. They are publicly crying out for help but they are not getting the adequate resources.
- Mr John Deasy, Fine Gael about Garda representative groups
There has been no policy of zero tolerance. Instead there seemed to be a policy of maximum tolerance.
- Mr Joe Costello, Labour