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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to plan for the potential growth in biofuel production which could supply as much oil as Ireland uses in electricity generation or five times the amount of diesel our entire public transport fleet requires each year if just one seventh of land in pasture were converted to biofuel...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach talks about improving matters in the House. It is strange that the proposals from the Green Party and others, requesting that the Dáil only go into recess for the month of August, requesting sittings on Friday, demanding that the Ceann Comhairle ensures the Taoiseach actually answers questions——

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We want to change that and give him that power.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The point I am making is that the Taoiseach claims to want more time for legislation. We are not stopping him in that and we would welcome that becoming a reality. In the meantime, we are very constrained in what we can do. The claims made about Bills to be published during the Dáil session are not being honoured. Does the Taoiseach agree the claims should be up to and including the summer...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is a serious point and I raised it under Standing Order 31, but it was not agreed to by the Ceann Comhairle. Will the Taoiseach take back his comment that he wants the parliamentary session extended? Will he acknowledge that nobody is stopping him from extending the time?

G8 Summit and Overseas Development Aid: Motion (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a gabháil ar son an Chomhaontais Ghlais leis na Teachtaí Neamhspleácha agus leis na páirtithe go léir a thugann tacaíocht don rún. Listening to the strong criticism of the Government from Deputy O'Donnell, I expect the Progressive Democrats will also support the motion. I thank the individual NGOs, many of which are here in the Visitors Gallery, church groups...

Commercial Payments Directive. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an gCeann Comhairle as ucht cead a thabhairt dom an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú anocht. Over the last month I have received deputations from representatives of ten small and medium-sized indigenous companies operating in the construction sector. They alerted me to a particular scam that is widespread and straightforward. A construction company,...

Commercial Payments Directive. (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That is easier said than done.

Written Answers — Cabinet Meetings: Cabinet Meetings (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if further Cabinet meetings are planned outside Dublin during the remainder of 2005; the projected costs of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22339/05]

Written Answers — Accuracy of Placenames: Accuracy of Placenames (29 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 27: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén ról atá aige nó ag a Roinn i gcaighdeánú litriú agus chur i láthair logainmneacha agus ainmneacha sráide agus an gcuirfidh sé smacht air seo chun an ruaig a chur ar dhrochlitriú. [22731/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter which was also raised on the Adjournment last night: the need for amended legislation and a prompt payment ombudsman to address the withholding of legitimate payments involving millions of euro by, in the main, certain large companies to subcontractors which continues to result in serious...

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party also seeks such a debate. This omnibus approach to dealing with motions does not acknowledge that not only do they come from different Departments and are the responsibility of different Ministers, they also do not even get the basic acknowledgement that they stand on their own merits. I ask that they would be taken separately in future.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Separately for the nod. I propose they be acknowledged as motions in their own right.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That is what I mean — on the nod.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That is the only word for it.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Ceann Comhairle give some indication of the timescale involved if he agrees to a private notice question on the imprisoned Mayo men? On promised legislation, might it be taken into account that the kind of tornado that took the roof off the aquatic centre will increase in intensity with climate change? The Building Control Bill, which refers to the building sector, which offers the...

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: When will it be published and will the Tánaiste use the opportunity to indicate whether the conditions for the prompt payment of those in the construction sector could also be updated and made more effective in that legislation?

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not working for the building sector.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I asked when the Building Control Bill would be published. It was promised in 2003.

Order of Business. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Which year?