Results 561-580 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Animal Diseases. (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Does he recognise that the open market did not take account of the ability of diseases such as this to spread? I did not hear him mention quarantine in his reply, but will he consider the view I have heard expressed by farmers and vets that there is a need for closer attention to be paid to the quarantine issue, particularly for specimens of...

Food Industry. (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Have there been any discussions recently with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, regarding not simply retail planning guidelines, which are probably most on his mind in this regard, but the casual trading possibilities of farmers' markets, something he has mentioned previously? What progress has been made in bringing us up to the standard that...

Food Industry. (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Yes, and I have had many more since.

Food Industry. (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I was at it.

Food Industry. (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Minister of State discuss the matter with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche?

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na TeachtaíÓ Caoláin, Harkin, Finian McGrath agus Joe Higgins.

Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (Resumed). (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: This motion is very difficult in the context of having met with the McCartney family, acknowledging and identifying in every way possible with the situation in which they find themselves. The sisters of the late Robert McCartney and his partner, Bridgeen, it must been acknowledged have been an inspiration to us all to uphold justice with clarity, without ambiguity and without being a prisoner...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the development of the bio-fuel sector in agriculture here and the potential for replacement employment following the decision of a company (details supplied) to close the Carlow sugar factory. [6974/05]

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the development of the bio-fuel sector in agriculture here and the potential for replacement employment following the decision of company (details supplied) to close the Carlow sugar factory. [7054/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether Irish citizens without individual means, property or pension but who are now elderly having been home-makers in the 1950s and not in a position to accumulate stamps should be entitled to a State pension in accordance with the unequivocal intent of Article 42.2.1 of the Constitution; the plans he has to...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (3 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason mortgage lenders are exempted from regulation under the Consumer Credit Act 1995. [7070/05]

Written Answers — Budgetary Process Reform: Budgetary Process Reform (3 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the reforms of the budgetary process to which he alluded in his Budget 2005 speech. [7069/05]

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the high level group on terrorism under his Department last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4488/05]

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Has the Government received similar advice to that given to the UK Government by its senior scientific adviser who said that climate change is more of a threat than international terrorism and needs to be considered as such? Deputy Joe Higgins raised that issue in his initial contribution. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether he believes that the high level group on terrorism is sufficiently...

National Security Committee. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: ——that prisoners are not being illegally trafficked through this country to Guantanamo Bay, for example? Is the high level group in possession of the actual facts in this regard? Are we just depending on assurances?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the issue of the British Government's failure to co-operate with the Barron inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in his recent meetings with the British Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3561/05]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: This is injury time.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Ceann Comhairle should have given the Taoiseach a nod.

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I take it that Thursday is the day, and we look forward to that. On another matter, is the Taoiseach aware that an oral hearing has commenced in the Boyne Valley Hotel in Drogheda over the licensing of the first municipal waste incinerator in Ireland? Government policy has often been characterised as a burn it and bury it approach, although Ministers, Deputy Roche and Deputy McDowell, do not...

Leaders' Questions. (8 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: No.