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Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am sure the Deputy can clarify the issue with the Tánaiste.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I would like to clarify whether the Government is serious about the issue. Dr. Conor Farren stated that if we are depending on the drinks industry for education, we are in a sorry state. Will the sale of alcohol Bill be brought back from exile? Will the Tánaiste give it some time and then put it into exile so that she can apply this voluntary code about which she has spoken before? Is there...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: How much time is to be given to the trial period?

Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (2 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of the elimination of the 2% health levy for the new over-70s medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8602/06]

Written Answers — Obesity Levels: Obesity Levels (2 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on the implementation of the recommendations of the task force on obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8601/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the European Council's March 2006 meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/06]

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: If I heard the Taoiseach correctly, in his original reply he said he is concerned about environmentally sustainable growth but needs to maintain the momentum. Will there be awareness at the March European Council meeting of the serious phenomenon of the peak of oil production which is imminent if it has not already been reached? Even the most optimistic forecasters and geologists predict it...

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: What about conservation?

EU Summits. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Swedes are not building more.

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On promised legislation, I tried to get an answer to this previously on Taoiseach's Question Time. The Council of Europe has recommended we should have tougher laws on trafficking or extraordinary renditions. There is legislation in train from the Department of Justice, Equality and Reform which is slightly wide of the mark — the criminal justice trafficking in persons and sexual...

Order of Business. (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Why not?

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the current system of reporting road accidents does not provide people with the information necessary to ascertain the causes of accidents and that there is an urgent need to implement a new system of detailed categorisation to tackle the ever-growing tragedy of road accidents. [9211/06]

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Chief Whip accept that the current situation where the CSO is seen to be quite separate from the issue of the electoral register needs to be addressed? The comparison with the foot and mouth disease when matters were not left to the local Teagasc offices to deal with is apposite. It was very much a matter for the Government to take a lead and lay down not just guidelines but...

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: In his reply to my last question, the Minister of State mentioned that the CSO is mindful that PPS numbers could be used to authenticate the electoral register.

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The CSO has a role to play, which is why I am asking this question. In the forthcoming census, will notice be taken of the need for PPS numbers to accurately reflect the number of people so there is one effective PPS number for each living person? If the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is to make use of the information, it is pointless if the existing situation...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: As the Tánaiste outlined, it is International Women's Day and it is appropriate that we are dealing with the inquiry into Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. While she attended the event earlier on, did the Tánaiste get any sense from what was said by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that legislation is to be introduced to deal with the issue of gender balance, for example, on...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——such as sectarianism or racism, given that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has asked us all to agree to sign a pledge on anti-sectarianism? Would legislation make it possible to sanction somebody in that regard?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We are getting promises of all sorts, on issues ranging from gun law to——

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——other serious legislative matters.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I know the Ceann Comhairle has no control over the Taoiseach and what he might say outside the House.