Results 3,941-3,960 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent
- Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach when he last received a report from the complaints referee appointed under section 9 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunication Messages (Regulation) Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14122/07]
- Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I have listened with interest to what the Taoiseach had to say. The question certainly raises the old maxim about life imitating art, given the film, "The Lives of Others" about east Germany that is currently being shown in cinemas. It begs a question that the Taoiseach is in the best position to answer. Given the think tank report entitled, Power to the People, does he accept that it is...
- Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach as Head of Government has responsibility for the confidence of the public in the authorities.
- Telecommunications Data. (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I am simply quoting from that report, which is relevant to the question we are debating. It says that people have confidence in the Garda, but not in the complaints procedure. Will the Taoiseach accept that work needs to be done here? We will not continue to have public confidence in the law enforcement agencies unless there is a clear explanation as regards the extraordinary amount of...
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I concur with Deputy Gilmore. This legislation should have been dealt with years ago, saving a large amount of grief, money, sickness and problems that will impact on life, health and business. The legislation needs the time to be dealt with in detail. Unless we get this Bill right, what is happening in Galway will happen elsewhere. The population pressure on the east coast makes the...
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: We do not want to be wasting time.
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I want the Government's assurance that the resources will be given for the Bill's provisions to be put into effect.
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: This is discrimination against smaller parties.
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I am sick of reading Standing Order 26.
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: What have we done to deserve this discrimination?
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: We cannot be blamed for that.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the practice of back paying the early childcare supplement in April for the period 1 January to 30 March adds to the financial burden of families when it comes to having to budget for the cost of childcare; and the total amount of payments made in this period. [15334/07]
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: Did the Ceann Comhairle not receive a request under Standing Order 31 in my name?
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I was informed by the Ceann Comhairle's office that it did. How many offices has the Ceann Comhairle?
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I am sorry about the confusion but I was led to believe there was no confusion. I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism explain how the only cultural centre for traditional music in Fingal has been snubbed by the Government after Fingal County Council, the fastest growing...
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: This measure again highlights the fact that the Dáil is being changed from an accountable Parliament into a tokenistic talk shop. We cannot be expected to deal with legislation and changes of this nature in such an offhand way and at the 11th hour of a Dáil term. The measure is also a further indication of how the Government is facilitating the eclipse of health by health care. It has...
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I would like to ask the Minister for Finance, who has worked in the Departments of Health and Children and Foreign Affairs, about the register of persons who are considered unsafe to work with children. The House has not since 2004 been given any indication of when the legislation providing for that register will be considered. It has gone completely. It is hoped that the institutions in...
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: It is inexplicable and unforgivable that the legislation is not being introduced as a matter of urgency. The demonstrations outside this House during the statutory rape crisis should have reminded the Government that this matter cannot be dismissed.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: I would like to know why the legislation is gone.
- Order of Business (26 Apr 2007)
Trevor Sargent: The legislation has gone off the list.