Results 941-960 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Like the other speakers and on behalf of the Green Party I oppose a guillotine vote on this Bill. Many people both involved in and concerned about the disability sector regard it as being built on a foundation of sand as it is not rights-based. The Dáil is not being given an adequate opportunity to debate the Bill. The Independent Deputies who are not allowed to speak at this juncture in the...

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Seven of the largest wind turbines in the world will be opened today in the Arklow banks. Will the energy (miscellaneous provisions) Bill or any other legislation address the haemorrhaging of wind power companies from Ireland?

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: There was permission for 200 wind turbines but they will not be built because Government support is not sufficient. With the price of oil heading towards €100 a barrel, I hope the Minister can address this failure.

Overseas Missions. (26 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Government intends to view the operation of the triple lock at any stage in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17565/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the decentralisation programme affects his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18320/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I listened carefully and with interest to what the Taoiseach had to say. When he mentioned that 42 staff from his Department are offering to decentralise, is this a reduction in numbers on the reply he gave the House in February when I noted the number of staff as 45? That amounts to approximately 20% of his Department. Does the Taoiseach expect an increase or further decrease in this number?...

Decentralisation Programme. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am referring to the Taoiseach's experience in his Department. I understand that the Ceann Comhairle is strict in these matters so I am endeavouring not to stray from the salient point, even though it is tempting to do so. I ask about the Taoiseach's own Department and the implementation group under Mr. Finbarr Flood. Does the Taoiseach deem the costs to his Department to include...

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Aer Lingus is very important.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, while the Chair is interpreting the rules and I respect his ruling, can he tell me why a question similar to the other questions I posed was ruled out of order because it apparently contained the phrase "and if the Taoiseach will make a statement on the matter"? The Taoiseach made a very curt statement on the matter and I cannot understand why my question was ruled out of...

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I would have been happy to delete those words.

Air Services. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am very interested in the Taoiseach's reply. As 9 December 2004 is given as the date of the final meeting, I wonder whether any business was conducted at the meeting other than a Christmas drink. Was it envisaged that the sub-committee would need to meet again in any form? Was it envisaged that it would address the question of why the Government seems ideologically opposed to investing in...

National Economic and Social Council. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the studies being carried out by the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18322/05]

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: More often than not, on Tuesday afternoon Leaders' Questions is informed by the RTE's "Prime Time". Once again, the situation revealed by the "Prime Time" investigation has proved to be shocking. Indeed, the shock in north County Dublin is quite palpable given the trust placed in the Leas Cross nursing home by relatives and patients. The Taoiseach said that the Health Service Executive will...

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is amazing that the Taoiseach does not feel he has any lessons to learn from having opened this facility. It appears that in early May, the Government shelved plans by the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Micheál Martin, to develop 850 beds in community nursing units in the east and south as part of a PPP arrangement on the grounds that the plans would have breached the...

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Self-assessment.

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

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to require an explanation from Government as to why the legislation to regulate charities has not seen the light of day even though the Costello report on this issue was published in 1990 and in the meantime very many concerns have arisen relating to charities such as the ISPCC, Gorta and more recently the Christina Noble Foundation,...

Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I had intended to ask the question Deputy Rabbitte asked but there does not seem to be any point because the deadline keeps moving.

Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is the Taoiseach reconsidering the legislation for the referendum on the constitutional treaty? Before debating it in the Dáil, does he intend to speak to Prime Minister Blair, who will hold the EU Presidency for the next six months, about whether there is any point bringing that legislation to the House and whether it will have significance? We have a great deal of other legislation to deal...

Written Answers — Interdepartmental Committees: Interdepartmental Committees (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the implementation framework as agreed at the inaugural meeting of the high level implementation group on the national workplace strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/05]

Written Answers — Consumer Strategy Group: Consumer Strategy Group (31 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if quality of after care service and customer care generally will be specifically covered in the new consumer agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/05]