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Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 29: To ask the Taoiseach the official foreign visits he plans undertaking during the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/05]

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach the role he envisages for the National Forum on Europe in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/05]

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: In that case I will not ask all of my questions but will ask two basic ones. With regard to his attendance at the Clinton Global Initiative conference, I know the Taoiseach sympathised with the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In discussing climate change did the Taoiseach advocate any ways of dealing with the problem or did he merely listen and take it all in? What is the Government's...

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: In supporting this call I predict that if the matter is not debated here, it will be debated in the European Court of Human Rights. Legislation that has been promised over many years in a number of areas, such as the charities regulation Bill, has now dropped off the face of the earth, so to speak. No indication has been given about the legislation in question even though it was promised for...

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Taoiseach realise that this legislation has been promised since 1990? Other promised legislation that has disappeared is the Dublin metro Bill. Over the summer we heard about the growing need for a metro in Dublin and the legislation to deal with it has disappeared. It was proposed for 2006.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party, Comhaontas Glas, welcomes wholeheartedly the fact that Rev. Harold Good, Fr. Alec Reid and General de Chastelain have reported positively on the decommissioning of arms by the Provisional IRA. It is a significant milestone. The question many of us need to focus on is where we go from here. Recently I heard a vox pop on the radio ask "what now" in many Nationalist areas. Many...

Health and Safety Regulations. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Not long enough.

Written Answers — Equality Legislation: Equality Legislation (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department has had in relation to the lobbying by Aer Lingus management for an exemption to equality law, in view of recent revelations regarding same. [25503/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to increase the number of decompression chambers available here; and if the location of the decompression chamber will be regionally balanced. [24392/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide details of payment of stamp duty, including the names of the purchasers and sellers, being made publicly available within a year of the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24764/05]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 765: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the decision taken by the Government in 1969 which created the situation affecting members of the Retired Aviation Staff Association where since 1990 the pension increases in the Irish Aviation (General Employees) Pension Scheme have fallen behind the public service by approximately 50%; and if he will undertake to have this...

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 850: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will further consider an appeal in order that this person can benefit from the early retirement schemes. [24456/05]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 878: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the investigation carried out by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom on the effect of agricultural chemicals when sprayed on farmers and other persons, especially developing children living in the vicinity of the sprayed area; if her attention has been further drawn...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 911: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in establishing an all-island charter of rights as intended following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. [24318/05]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 912: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the delay in having some senior Garda personnel seconded to the police service of Northern Ireland; and if his attention has been drawn to the importance attached to such secondment in the interests of ensuring the police service of Northern Ireland is representative of different traditions at senior grades as well as at...

Written Answers — Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Criminal Justice Bill 2004 (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 945: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of submissions made to this Department which were sought regarding section 30 of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004; if those have been presented to the Dáil Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights for consideration as part of the Committee Stage of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004; if those...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1084: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding progress in providing the urgently needed secondary school for the Donabate/Portrane peninsula in north County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the predominant view in the community that such a school be run by County Dublin VEC; if she has taken on board the provision to date of a free site as well...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1390: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made in implementing the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/05]

Order of Business. (29 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I will deal with that matter after the Order of Business. With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I wish to thank Members and staff in the House for their expressions of sympathy on the very sudden death of the General Secretary of the Green Party, Comhaontas Glas, Dermot Hamilton. I am sure the House will join me in offering condolences to his wife, Patricia, and his teenage daughter,...

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Ó Snodaigh, Joe Higgins, Gregory, Finian McGrath, Murphy agus Healy. The Green Party supports what might be termed the "Mullingar motion" regarding the siting of a prison in north County Dublin. It must be far more closely investigated than the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, might like. Having listened to...