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Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am looking for statistics but I am not getting them.

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Forgive me for straying into policy, but the statistical question I want answered has not been answered here. The Minister of State has informed me he does not have the figures. The figures are available and he does not have to go very far to obtain them. I would like an explanation as to why he does not have an answer to the question I have asked in the Dáil.

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That answer was so convoluted as to be meaningless, with talk of changes in systems and the collection of figures. Does the Minister of State accept that if the figures were presented clearly, they would indicate an exodus of thousands of people from the land and farming as a way of life every year? The figures exist and the Minister for Agriculture and Food gives them to me from time to time...

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking for an answer and I am not getting one. I will ask this question again on another day and I want to receive clear figures that are not confused by dates or differences between family-run and commercial farms. We want to know how many people are dependent on agriculture each year.

Statistics on Farming. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Livelihoods.

Computerisation Programme. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: De réir an fhreagra a thug an tAire Stáit, má fhanfaimid fada go leor, ní bheidh gá leis an infrastruchtúr atá riachtanach don teicneolaíocht atá i gceist. Does the Minister of State expect people to invest in personal computers when the infrastructural environment in which those expensive pieces of technology perform best — in other words, broadband — is not fully in place? Does...

Computerisation Programme. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Some.

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to ensure the Government clarifies reports that it has again sided with the genetically modified food industry to prevent Irish citizens and non-governmental organisations from exercising a legal right to invoke the Arhaus Convention regarding public participation in decision making on GMOs and to ascertain if the Government will...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Thar ceann an Chomhaontais Glais, ba mhaith liomsa comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Murphy as toghchán a bhuachaint. Is mór an onóir é teacht anseo go Dáil Éireann do dhuine ar bith. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sé tuilte go maith aici tar éis an méid oibre atá déanta aici thar na blianta fada. I extend my congratulations to Deputy Murphy, her family and her supporters in...

Order of Business. (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Tánaiste might like an opportunity to speak but I have promised legislation to raise. It relates to a future cost on the taxpayer and to the building control Bill promised since 2003. As the Tánaiste may know, every tonne of cement produced creates approximately one tonne of CO emissions. The Bill was promised in 2003. It is now down for late 2005. Is there any urgency in Government in...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the annual budgets expended by the cities designated as European City of Culture since the instigation of this designation; the way in which such budgets compare with the money allocated in 2005 to allow Cork to be European City of Culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9180/05]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms of the Arigna fund and any beneficiaries, including the recipients, the date and the sums so disbursed. [8563/05]

Written Answers — Newspaper Industry: Newspaper Industry (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation, existing or planned, to protect the public interest in an independent press, in particular to prevent a single press group controlling an unacceptable proportion of media here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8543/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether SWA circular no. 1 of 2005 issued on 31 January 2005, restricts in any way the discretion given to the Health Service Executive to award an SWA rent supplement in any case in which it appears to the executive that the circumstances of the case so warrant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9390/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the principal criteria upon which a determination might be made by the Health Service Executive, in the exercise of its discretion concerning the award of an SWA rent supplement, are in any way amended or qualified by SWA circular no. 1 of 2005 concerning the safety and well-being of the applicants for SWA...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if figures are available to indicate the proportion of journalists here who are male and female; and if measures are in place or are planned to ensure gender balance. [8542/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available the Terrascope report on the Kildare bypass and Pollardstown fen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8562/05]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (22 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 651: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn by civil servants in his Department to the suggestions arising from the European Commission's Kampsax report on the EIA for the M50 at the Carrickmines Castle complex raised with the Irish authorities at a meeting in May 2004 and specified at a meeting of the NDP-CSF...

Central Statistics Office Review. (23 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently published CSO report on vital statistics, 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9300/05]

Irish Language: Statements. (23 Mar 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Go raibh maith ag an Leas-Cheann Comhairle as an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an díospóireacht seo faoin Ghaeilge. Fáiltím roimpi, rud a dhéanann mó pháirtí freisin. Cé nach gceapfadh daoine a bhí ag éisteacht leis an Aire go gcuirimid fáilte roimh an Acht teanga, cuireann a lán daoine sa Fhreasúra fáilte roimhe. Chomh maith leis sin, tá áthas orainn maidir leis an...