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Health Insurance: Motions. (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I pass on apologies from Deputy Gormley, our health spokesperson, who has to be in Dublin Castle to meet Commissioner Barroso. I have spoken to him and discussed some of the experience he has had on the Joint Committee on Health and Children which he has asked me to relate. The Green Party believes in community rating and accepts the advice of the regulatory body on risk equalisation, which...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which his Department has made on the introduction for all senior citizens of an all-island free travel scheme. [23044/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will more fully explain his proposal to encourage the remortgaging of pensioner's homes. [23045/05]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the institutional arrangements which are being or have been made for the purchase of carbon credits by the Government; the public consultation planned in relation to these institutional arrangements; the guidelines regarding the purchases; if the views of Development Co-operation Ireland have been sought; if...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (30 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 684: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if mass releases of balloons are in breach of any existing legislation; or if he will consider bringing in legislation, such as exists in other jurisdictions, preventing such releases. [23875/05]

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party has no problem with the proposal to return on 13 September. While a reasonable break is expected, I cannot justify taking off July on top of that. The Dáil has sat for 93 days since last September.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The House of Commons in London sits for 155 days a year on average. A normal week in the Dáil is 22 hours. A normal week in the House of Commons is 32 hours.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am not sure whether the Members on the Government side are trying to shout me down or whether they know it all and do not need to listen.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: As the House of Commons puts in 70% more hours than the Dáil, if the Oireachtas is to have any respect and if we are to have parity of esteem regarding the Good Friday Agreement we should also have parity of hours in terms of the cross-Border institutions and dealing with the UK Government.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: If we are trying to bring about reconciliation between different traditions, the two Parliaments in question should also maintain a parity, which in this case would have the Oireachtas sitting into July.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: While I know Government Members are very excitable and they have a majority to do exactly what they want, when they do so and vote themselves an unreasonably long break they should take into account during the recess that they will not be accountable to the Dáil. Ministers need to be careful to tell the truth, as they will not be able to be held to account here. When it comes to the Minister...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: ——as if the cost of the M50 was all about Carrickmines——

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Why does the Minister for Transport not examine the figures? He knows that 0.03% of the cost of the project was attributable to Carrickmines.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, was the man who wasted taxpayers' money on electronic voting and flights of fancy to Kuala Lumpur and everywhere else.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: He is trying to accuse honest people, who are trying to protect heritage, of robbery. He has a brass neck. He will now vote himself a holiday and continue to lie to the people.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister should return to the House and be accountable for his words and he will discover he is telling absolute untruths.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister needs to get a hold of the facts and stop trying to mislead the people and create propaganda.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am trying to correct the record. When Ministers go on holidays they should keep an eye to the truth.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: This matter requires the Government to acknowledge that we need parity of hours with the House of Commons if we are genuinely interested in a peace process.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Newswires are suggesting today that the men jailed for obstructing work on the Shell pipeline will face a very long prison sentence if they refuse to purge their contempt of court. I ask the Government not to act likePontius Pilate and to ensure that a mediation process is put in place. One will remember what happened on foot of the imprisonments and executions after Easter 1916.