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Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The internal inquiry conducted by Fianna Fáil is not before the tribunal.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I do not want things to fall between stools. I want to make sure that Fianna Fáil answers for what is within the Dáil remit and for which Fianna Fáil has taken responsibility. We are talking about a Senator who, with other Fianna Fáil, and some Fine Gael, councillors, was apoplectic when I asked a basic question in 1993 as to whether any councillor on Dublin City Council received a...

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the files which were released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; the files pertaining to 1975 which were withheld by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/06]

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Today's question time is repetitive. Not only is this almost entirely the same answer as before to these questions on the National Archives but, similarly, questions on freedom of information legislation yesterday elicited almost identical replies, as do questions on disability issues. One must ask whether the limitation on questions here is making question time ridiculous. While they are all...

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress to date in 2006 in implementing the recommendation of the OECD report Regulatory Reform in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3415/06]

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Regarding the OECD's views on regulatory impact analysis, was the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill subject to regulatory impact analysis? Does the Taoiseach accept the comments about the lack of proper regulatory analysis and the regulatory failure cited by Airtricity when it pulled out of the residential energy market in Ireland? What lessons must be learned from this...

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Have no lessons been learned from Airtricity?

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It was taken for regulatory considerations.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Government has two opportunities.

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I think 90 minutes is a reasonable request and is in line with precedent.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the occasions on which he has raised the issue of human rights violations at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay with the US Administration; if he will be raising with the US Administration the recent UN Commission on Human Rights report which calls for the closure of Guantanamo highlighting the human rights abuses at Guantanamo,...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's view as to whether it has a responsibility under international law to ensure Ireland does not serve indirectly as a link in US extraordinary renditions where planes transit through Irish territory [i]en route[/i] to or returning from such missions; the Government's view of the likely implication for Ireland's duties under...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to obtain an explanation from the Government on a matter of urgent public concern, namely, how a Monsanto GM food-promoting, multinational company was accredited as an Irish participant at the World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong last December, given that the vast majority of people in Ireland and the EU generally are...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, a former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, inform the House when he expects to receive the Dalton report from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform? Will he make time available for it to be debated in the House? In that context, will he address the clear bias that exists whereby dogs, horses and fat cats are healthier...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Tá athas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo. Is Bille é a bhfuil teideal fada air na laethanta seo, an Bille um Athchóiriú an Dlí Leas Shóisialaigh agus um Pinsin 2006. It seems that the wordsmiths in the Department are having a field day. I see they have already reformed the terminology for a number of the payments and entitlements. While that at least indicates that thinking...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to criticism by Comhairle Fo-Thuinn, the Irish Underwater Council, of the Naval Service's diving capability following the [i]Rising Sun[/i], Wexford fishing tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7487/06]

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to State boards and agencies under his aegis since June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/06]

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We have heard reference to gender balance and all-island dimensions. Maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge, an bhfuil aon chritéir nó ceist mar gheall ar chumas na Gaeilge in aon duine a ainmnítear d'aon bhord Stáit? What is the provision for somebody dealing with the State bodies through Irish? Is that dealt with separately to the appointments of which we are speaking? Does the issue of...

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It does not for Bord na gCon but it does arise for the board.

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am and I will continue to.