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Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that there are much higher rates of dental fluorosis here than in Northern Ireland as a consequence of water fluoridation; if she intends to address this problem in any way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/05]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that water fluoridation has occurred here without the necessary statutory approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15408/05]

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Promised legislation will be published in due course, after which the Government is expected to take action on the terms of that legislation. Is there any point in anticipating the outcome of the decision concerning the Prisons Bill 2005, which accounts for the closure of Mountjoy Prison, considering that €30 million has already been spent on a site by the Government pending the legislation?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is there any point in that legislation being treated seriously given that the Government has acted as if it is already an Act?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: This was not normal.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent Central Statistics Office report, Measuring Ireland's Progress 2004. [11886/05]

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I thought for a second that Deputy Jim O'Keeffe would cross the floor of the House to tackle Deputy Kitt.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Government learn any lessons from the CSO report? To whom was the Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, referring when he mentioned positive feedback? Were a number of people charged with responsibility for giving feedback or is he making a more general point? Is the Government taking any lessons from the CSO figures? I note that Ireland has the second lowest unemployment rate and this is...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the report on the increase in obesity in Ireland, the Government's plans to tackle this serious problem and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to explain the Government's decision to endorse the Nutrition and Health Foundation which has been set up to include a number of obesity...

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am disappointed, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that you were not able to allow a discussion on the matter I sought to raise earlier under Standing Order 31. On promised legislation, a number of companies are clearly implicated in the problem of obesity. In addition, they are endorsed by the Government, even though they are in the business of creating addiction to salt and sugar in children.

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Although this matter may not apply to the register of persons who are considered unsafe to work with children, perhaps it should.

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That legislation was implemented effectively in Northern Ireland. Last January the Taoiseach said the Minister had appointed an implementation body to advise on and assess the legislation.

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking whether the promise to introduce that legislation has any meaning. Is the legislation considered necessary? Will we see it and, if so, why has it been so slow in coming before the House?

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am very aware.

Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Tááthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille agus tá cúpla rud le rá agam atá an-tábhachtach mar tá an reachtaíocht an-tábhachtach, mar atá an proifisiún an-tábhachtach i saol na tíre agus go mórmhór i saol na talamhaíochta sa tír. The Veterinary Surgeons Acts 1931 to 1960 will be repealed by the enactment of this legislation, so there is hopefully a considerable body of...

Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme: Prisons Building Programme (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capital funding which has been allocated to the Mountjoy complex in Dublin in each of the past ten years; and if he will itemise the projects in each instance. [16189/05]

Written Answers — Garda Personnel: Garda Personnel (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who have been dismissed from the force or lost their pension entitlements in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the benefit in kind tax incentive to reward efforts to reduce mileage instead of effectively encouraging greater distances to be travelled (details supplied). [16059/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will examine the level of grant assistance and other incentives in countries which are successfully harnessing renewable energy such as solar panels in house construction; and if he will use fiscal measures to incentivise renovation of existing buildings and the incorporation of energy efficiency and...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (18 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the costs to date to his Department of the Moriarty tribunal in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/05]