Results 2,001-2,020 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It might be useful for nominees to know if they are expected to keep minutes.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to date in 2006 to his Department of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/06]

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It would not be difficult to be quicker in this case. Is it true that the cost so far is more than €22.5 million? For a tribunal that has sat for eight years and five months, that amounts to just under €3 million per year. Has the Taoiseach a firm conviction that this tribunal will definitely not exceed the new extension date of the end of June 2006? Is that a definite date or another...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Absolutely. The Ceann Comhairle has proved my point very ably once again. Have lessons been learned from this eight year and five month tribunal and is the end of June a firm date or another target?

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the implications of decentralisation for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Dúirt an Taoiseach i mí na Samhna seo caite go raibh timpeall 20% dá fhoireann le dílárnú, cé nach bhfuil a Roinn féin le dílárnú. Has the Taoiseach factored in a cost for retraining those who replace his decentralised staff members? Does he even intend to replace such staff members? Does he expect his staff to have moved out before the next general election? Are any members of his...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I note the Tánaiste apologised to victims at the publication of the Drogheda hospital report and I welcome that. Will the Taoiseach apologise on behalf of the Government to the trauma experienced by victims of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital which has been documented comprehensively through the publication of the Judge Harding Clarke report? Does the Taoiseach accept that this report raises...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I hear the Taoiseach expressing regret and I ask him to be quite specific. Does he apologise on behalf of the Government or has the Tánaiste simply apologised on her own behalf? It is very important to clarify that. What does the Taoiseach mean when he says the matter has been dealt with? I understand and appreciate the work that has gone into the investigation but does the Taoiseach accept...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——we have a cover-up. This is fundamental. We have a cover-up, with files removed and a crime that needs to be investigated. Will the Taoiseach follow through on that? We have victims who have suffered horrific injustice, who have a deep emotional hurt where they should have a womb. We must act. We must have a redress board and the Taoiseach has not told us if that will happen. We need to...

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I certainly share the view that there is a need for some clear objective in terms of a motion that can be resolved by consensus of this House as I understand the issue has been raised in Westminster. It has the major potential to stall and put back much of the progress made in building tolerance and a common understanding of what the peace process needs to achieve. I ask that we focus on that...

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On the same matter——

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The debate is badly needed. Will the Taoiseach indicate to the Whips that it is a matter of urgency that we have a debate on the Lourdes Hospital report.

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to ask, as I tried to before, if the Taoiseach can give a definite date for publication of the medical practitioners Bill given that it was promised for 2004 and again for 2005 and now is promised for late 2006 according to the Government list of promised legislation. Will the Taoiseach state whether that date is definite this time around or will it be a case of third time lucky? Will...

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: That is the intelligence on which they depend.

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Deputy was not listening.

Public Order Offences: Statements. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Like the Deputy.

Public Order Offences: Statements (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na TeachtaíÓ Snodaigh, Harkin agus Cowley. It was with profound sadness that I heard on Saturday about the appalling hatred shown and the vitriolic attacks on marchers from Northern Ireland who came to demonstrate in peace in Dublin. It is ironic that the demonstration took place less than one month before a festive march where Irish people will...

Public Order Offences: Statements (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The questions I want to ask are designed to elicit facts. The Garda is to be commended for preventing the circumstances from becoming even worse. This must be acknowledged. Bearing in mind that the Minister mentioned Cabinteely Garda station and other stations far from the city centre, is it not the case that gardaí were drafted in at very short notice from Carlow, for example? Within what...

Public Order Offences: Statements (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: From how far did gardaí have to be brought?

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the public bodies which remain excluded from the freedom of information legislation; his plans to extend the remit of the legislation to include them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7941/06]