Results 821-840 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (4 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will be restructured in view of the projected staff surplus of 400 in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14221/05]
- Written Answers — Biotechnological Inventions: Biotechnological Inventions (4 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its energy requirements from fuel crops; and if she will encourage the development of the biofuel sector for the sake of all farmers, especially those who depended on the Carlow sugar factory. [14481/05]
- Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Like other parties, the Green Party was notified about the briefing yesterday. Why was there that level of secrecy surrounding the briefing? We were trying to find out who should go to the briefing and whether I, Deputy Boyle or some other party spokesperson was responsible for the legislation. We could not find out, for example, if it related to Waterways Ireland. The level of secrecy...
- Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Will the Minister for Finance agree on behalf of the Government that the ESRI report on pensions should to be debated in this House? As Minister for Finance is he mindful of the need to amend the terms of reference of the tax relief review group which deals with property so it could also deal with pensions, given that the tax relief on private pensions appears to be more than what the State...
- Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: The Minister for Finance is in the best position to answer that question based on the fact that it concerns pensions.
- Order of Business. (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: I seek a promised debate on the ESRI report.
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he restricted the excise duty exemption on bioethanol and biodiesel to 1 million litres each, in view of the fact that such fuels can be used in any vehicle once blended with conventional mineral oils and that the existing sugar beet industry here has the capacity to deliver 600,000 tonnes of sugar...
- Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (5 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timeframe and budget for the first phase of the new grant aid scheme to remove excess capacity from the whitefish fleet; and the extent of capacity reductions it is hoped to achieve. [14555/05]
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the social partners is planned; the agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/05]
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: This follows on from the previous question I raised in February concerning the Sustaining Progress programme when I asked the Taoiseach about the implications for social partnership of the Kyoto Protocol and whether it had been discussed with the social partners, particularly regarding any tax burden to be placed on Irish citizens following the Government's failure to meet its targets in any...
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Any tax that the Taoiseach might be considering. At the time, the proposed carbon tax was on the agenda. However, given that part of the Sustaining Progress programme undertakes that the national climate change strategy will be fully implemented, when will it be on the agenda? Two years ago, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government estimated that the sum of â¬260...
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: My question is whether the item will be on the agenda, given that it has a real impact, and must be addressed, particularly by those who are most responsible for landing the carbon burden on the country in the first place, who in the main are not the ordinary taxpayers. Will the Taoiseach put this issue on the agenda and will environmental groups be represented on social partnership in light...
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: It is peripheral.
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: I asked a question concerning â¬260 million which does not appear to have made any impact.
- Programmes for Government. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach does not care about the issue.
- Leaders' Questions. (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: Whose money is the Government using?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach has to answer after last night's "Prime Time" programme about the overruns. I will not ask him again as I have attempted to ask him before. Are we not witnessing the biggest abuse of taxpayers' money in the history of the State? Will he explain, given the international research carried out, how the Government can stand by after receiving a national roads needs study, effectively...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: It was not a plan as it arose only at Government level and not from the National Roads Authority. How has that cost overrun been allowed to continue? Will the Taoiseach halt that and review the national roads plan so that we can return to some financial common sense?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: To return to it.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (10 May 2005)
Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach referred to inflation, but I referred to the cost overrun after inflation. If one wished to include inflation, it would be even worse. The overrun after inflation was found to be 86%. The Taoiseach has still not answered my question about whether he accepts that it is right and proper that a plan presented as costing â¬5.6 billion is now estimated to cost up to â¬18 billion...