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Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is important that we clarify whether there is any substance in matters that are raised outside the House.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Can we take it that there is no substance in the rambling outside the House that comes from the Taoiseach in regard to legislation, or from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: That is the electoral side of it.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I agree with the Tánaiste.

Departmental Guidelines. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They have huge control.

Departmental Guidelines. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is extortion.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the national climate change strategy in view of the comments by the EU Environment Commissioner, Mr. Stavros Dimas, in Dublin on 2 March 2006 that climate change, not terrorism, is the biggest threat facing humanity. [9773/06]

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Given the Minister's reply, which is more or less the same one we have had previously, can I take it the EU Environment Commissioner did not have any influence at all in pushing on the national climate change strategy? Does the Minister recall the recent climate change conference organised by the Green Party in the Mansion House? The belief among experts working in a number of different...

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: If he likes I can give the Minister a DVD of it.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is a start.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Certainly not.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They will be much higher than that.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: This is not about forcing people to make sacrifices, it is about taking advantage of an international opportunity. Sweden's Minister for Sustainable Development has declared that a Sweden free of fossil fuels will present enormous advantages, not least by reducing the impact from fluctuations in oil prices. The report of the Climate Group, Carbon Down, Profits Up, demonstrates that the...

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I did not say we have a monopoly on wisdom.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Minister accept that councillors, in making decisions on rezoning matters under their reserve functions, exercise a quasi-judicial role? As such, they are expected to take into account the arguments made by professionals and technical staff. A judge would not offer an opinion as to the guilt of a defendant before hearing evidence in a case. I ask that this be taken into account as a...

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: In theory.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Inertia is the main one.

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I also thank Judge Harding Clark and all those involved in putting together a very important report. It tells a story of criminal abuse, although it does not tell the entire story. Questions still remain regarding the motivation behind these practices. This is work that remains to be done. The report also holds up a very important mirror to a culture of unaccountability, power and deference...

Inquiry into the murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Tááthas orm go bhfuil an rún uile-pháirtí seo os ár gcomhair. Like other Deputies, my colleague Deputy Boyle and I have met Mrs. Geraldine Finucane and her family and sought such a cross-party motion. As we have reached this point it is important that we move on. Judge Cory has been clear that he is becoming more and more disillusioned. As a respected international judge that must send...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on using his power under section 19(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2001 to draft regulations which would ensure that all major developments in a designated area of a local area plan be subjected to environmental impact assessments in accordance with Strategic Environmental Assessment...