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Written Answers — Badger Numbers: Badger Numbers (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of badgers that were killed in each of the 26 counties for each of the years from 1995 through to 2003. [5097/04]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress towards flood prevention in Ennis, County Clare; the likely timetable; the role of the OPW; and if he can guarantee that the necessary funding will be available. [4881/04]

Written Answers — Polling Station Staff: Polling Station Staff (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of paying staff at the polling stations in the 1999 local and European elections and referendum; and the cost of paying staff at the count centres. [4577/04]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Aarhus Convention in Ireland; and the steps that have been taken towards implementing it into domestic law. [4612/04]

Written Answers — Badger Population: Badger Population (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licences which have been issued by the national parks and wildlife service division of his Department under section 23(6) of the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000, specifically for the capture and humane killings of badgers for each of the Twenty-six Counties in each of the years from 1995 through to...

Written Answers — Badger Population: Badger Population (17 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated badger population; the total number and the number per square kilometre in each of the Twenty-six Counties for each of the years from 1995 through to 2003; and the confidence limits of the estimates. [5098/04]

An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Tááthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo. Is cúis bhróin dom go bhfuil, taobh thiar den Bhille an plean An Bord Glas a chur ar ceall go h-éifeachtach agus An Bord Bia a bheith mar an t-aonad amháin a bheidh ag plé le chúrsaí glasraí go mórmhór. As a spokesperson on agriculture and a Deputy representing north County Dublin, I am aware of the untapped potential for field...

An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: When Napoleon Bonaparte was the top dog in France, he required that the mayor of each local town or village should determine where there should be a market and on what day it should be open. That became the rule for the area. We need to get each local authority to take on that job of organising markets for our towns and villages. They must determine where a market can be held. It is important...

An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: They are crying out for a national organic symbol. There is no point in replying that we cannot figure that out because there are three certification bodies. We had a buy Irish symbol which did not relate to one manufacturer only. In effect, it is a national symbol under which all certified organic produce can be sold, which is needed if marketing in the organic sector is to be successful....

Departmental Investigations. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: As the Taoiseach mentioned the Carrickmines Castle case, would he accept a synopsis of it would indicate that a joint application was made by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, to effectively destroy a national monument and then the Minster gave approval to himself for the action to go ahead? Does he not believe...

Departmental Investigations. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The essence of the question is whether curative measures are to be brought in. That is the point I am asking the Taoiseach about when he says in his reply——

Departmental Investigations. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I am simply trying to elicit from the Taoiseach, when he says he has not got plans for curative measures, whether the new national monuments Bill envisaged will ensure there is not a conflict between the Minister applying for and then approving an action that effectively seeks to destroy something he is charged with protecting. If he is not to have any other curative measure, will the new...

Departmental Investigations. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I asked earlier if the Taoiseach could outline any of the curative measures that are planned. He replied by saying that primary legislation will be required for curative measures to be put in place. Whether in the matter of the Carrickmines judgment, the unconstitutionality of immigration legislation or any other conflict in the courts, is that primary legislation to be seen as part of a...

Departmental Investigations. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: My question was not answered. In the matter of the Carrickmines judgment, I mentioned the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. The national monuments Bill is on the legislative programme. Is this Bill intended to encompass the court finding or will the court finding give rise to a separate Bill? Can we expect two Bills rather than one?

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I move: "That Dáil Éireann resolves that it no longer has confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, in view of the incompetent manner in which he has failed to introduce and implement policies that properly fulfil the functions of his Department, including measures to: — encourage public support of the electoral process; — construct...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Considering what I will be saying about his colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, I would not say that about the Minister. Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Cuffe, Eamon Ryan, Boyle, Morgan, Gregory agus McGrath. The Green Party, An Comhaontas Glas, has witnessed ongoing deterioration of the natural and built environment under the...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister is not listening.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister is telling untruths again.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: It takes one to know one.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister is wrong again.