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Written Answers — Migrant Issues: Migrant Issues (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the NESC conclusion in the NESC publication Managing Migration in Ireland A Social and Economic Analysis, that the decision to exclude migrants for welfare categories because they were not habitually resident in Ireland was a short term policy which will eventually have to be replaced by one which allows some...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the European Commission's proposed directive to protect the occupational pension rights of EU workers who change jobs or move between member states. [37669/06]

Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 177: To ask the Taoiseach if the Office of the Attorney General has plans to establish a training programme for parliamentary draftspeople. [37924/06]

Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding filling vacancies for parliamentary draftspersons in the Office of the Attorney General. [37925/06]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if doctor on call charges for children under six weeks old are covered by the mother and child scheme; if this policy has changed recently; and the reasons for this change in policy. [37418/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department considers epilepsy a disability. [37444/06]

Written Answers — Experiments on Animals: Experiments on Animals (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the frequency of visits by inspectors from her Department to registered user establishments licensed for animal experiments. [37897/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to suggestions that forest brash should be removed from sensitive sites where the nutrients may be causing damage to the ecosystem; her views on whether this would be feasible or if there are difficulties in operating such a policy. [37410/06]

Written Answers — Pesticide Control: Pesticide Control (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the decline in the frequency of inspections by the pesticides control service of her Department in 2002; and the low frequency of inspections in subsequent years. [37775/06]

Written Answers — Pesticide Control: Pesticide Control (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has plans to reform her Department's pesticides inspection regime. [37776/06]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Food Safety Authority has the authority to inspect foodstuffs for chemical residues; if and how frequently it has exercised this power; if and how frequently it has exercised this power to inspect mushrooms. [37777/06]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has satisfied herself that An Bord Bia's quality assurance scheme is a sufficiently rigorous mechanism for inspecting mushrooms and other foodstuffs for illegal chemical residues. [37778/06]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 447: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a company (details supplied) has been in receipt of awards from An Bord Bia between 2000 and 2006; and if the company's produce was tested for pesticide residues by An Bord Bia during this time. [37779/06]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department first claimed to a television station that an inspection of a company's (details supplied) premises had been carried out on 24 October 2006, but in reply to Parliamentary Question Nos. 432 and 434 of 7 November 2006, said that, as there was no visible sign of activity at one of the premises, an inspection...

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department conducted chemical residue testing of mushrooms grown on the premises of a company (details supplied) since the claims of employees that illegal pesticides were sprayed on their produce were first aired on a radio station on 27 October 2006. [37781/06]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to improve the transparency and consultation with milk quota owners before the new quota exchange schemes are announced; the legal status of milk quota; and to revise the decision to penalise those who sell their milk quota, including those who do so for reasons of ill health, old age or bereavement. [37892/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if epilepsy is considered a disability or a medical condition by her Department; if its classification as a disability or medical condition has changed recently; the way her Department's special education needs organisers classify epilepsy; and the way this classification affects children's entitlements to educational supports....

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to suggestions that forest brash should be removed from sensitive sites where the nutrients may be causing damage to the ecosystem; his views on whether this would be feasible or if there are difficulties in operating such a policy. [37411/06]

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The overrun on Leaders' Questions is symptomatic of other overruns. Global warming is an issue regularly raised in the newspapers. The Irish Times today tells us that in 30 years time, losses from droughts, hurricanes and floods could cost up to €800 billion annually. This is a level of impact that I do not think the Taoiseach appreciates. I do not know if the Taoiseach has read the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Can I presume the Taoiseach made a mistake when he said he wants to put more emissions in place? Would the Taoiseach agree that boasting we have improved from 39th position to 33rd is like boasting that Ireland will beat San Marino in tonight's soccer match? Has the Taoiseach any ambition for this country in terms of its responsibilities and the weight of responsibility on this and future...