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Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are currently in place for graduates with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23918/10]

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work programme of the FÁS national advisory group on disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23919/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Deputy McEntee should try listening.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: That is not new.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: The Deputy knows well. What about 2009?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: That was not our policy.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: What about the Labour Party's U-turn on stag hunting?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: That is Deputy Stagg's job.

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the licence for a salmon farm (details supplied) in County Kerry and if the licence has been revoked or is active; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company has apparently served notice that it intends to apply for permission to increase the output of the farm from 500 to 2,000 tons...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: At taxpayers' expense.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: We did more than you ever did.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: It is a small mercy.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: It would be as well to recognise that we have an international obligation in the area of biodiversity. However, let us deal with that issue when we have an opportunity to do so. The legislation before us has a narrow focus as it deals with a specific activity. It in an anachronism in this day and age that the activity in question continues to take place. In addition to the animal welfare...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: I thank God we have not had-----

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Do we have freedom of speech in the House? I thought we had come to another sorry state where freedom of speech was being denied. I apologise for the interruption there. There are many incidents that are near misses which never feature in the media. I do not want them to feature in the media because I do not want a fatality as a result of this anachronism in 2010.

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom ar dtús báire buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Brady as a chuid ama a roinnt anseo ag an díospóireacht atá an-thábhachtach i mo cheanntar féin agus ar fud na tíre gan amhras. I congratulate Deputy Byrne, Deputy Shatter and my constituency colleague, Deputy Reilly, on their elevation to the positions they hold on the Fine Gael front bench. I notice that Deputy...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Teachta Gogarty.

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Trevor Sargent: The Dog Breeding Establishment Bill 2009 is, as Deputies have rightly said, primarily focussed on addressing and regulating the breeding of approximately 90,000 puppies per annum, approximately half of which are exported, mainly to the UK in a trade that is worth €29 million. It definitely needs regulation. On many occasions in this House we have called for regulation in different...

Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Teachta Chris Andews. Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis labhairt ar an mBille um Fhorbairtí Ilaonad 2009. I ndáiríre, tá sé thar am go mbeadh an dlí seo againn. Tá sé thar a bheith deacair ar a lán daoine atá ag déanamh iarracht íoc as na hárasáin, srl., atá acu go dtagann billí uafásacha móra anuas orthu gan aon fhreagracht, i...

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Ar dtús báire, tááthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo. Many of us are far more aware of the immigration issue in the past few years. Those of us with a constituency clinic are probably much more educated in the areas of global conflicts, human rights problems, environmental issues and the details and geography of countries such as Nigeria, the Philippines, Cameroon,...