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Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On the successor to Sustaining Progress, in respect of which I hope there will be a satisfactory outcome to the discussions, will the Taoiseach indicate whether the lessons learned from the Irish Ferries issue will give rise to any change to the current agenda? Does the Taoiseach have in mind any guarantee for the rights of workers in this jurisdiction that could form part of a successor to...

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is the Taoiseach open to it? That is the question.

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach refused before. Is he open to it now?

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Tell them to apply again.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ar son an Comhaontas Glas ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a chur in iúl do Noreen, bean chéile Liam Burke, dá iníonacha, Emma agus Catherine, dá dheirfiúracha, Mary agus Kitty, a dheartháireacha, John agus Gerry agus an chlann ar fad. It is a shock, politically, for the Fine Gael Party and its leader, Deputy Kenny to lose a man of the standing of Liam Burke. On a personal level I did not...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Promised legislation is the main focus of what we are about here today. The website of the European Commission, which I raised earlier, informs us of promised legislation from the Government. The website states that the Irish Government has promised legislation to better regulate the management of sewage treatment plants but this has not yet materialised. Can I ask if the Taoiseach could...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I hope we can come to the legislation because that is my question.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The list includes many Bills that have no date or any indication when they will be published, such as the communications data retention Bill, the enforcement of fines Bill and the prison service Bill. Is there any explanation as to why legislation, which the European Commission has been told is promised, does not appear, as far as I can see, on the list that we are being given? Who is being...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is there a separate list promised to the European Commission that is not promised to the Dáil?

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach told us it.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not there.

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of VAT receipts received this year to date; the way in which this compares to the same period in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/05]

Written Answers — Oil Prices: Oil Prices (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in his analysis, oil prices will continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26555/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his pledge to the UN Summit that Ireland will contribute 0.7% of GNP to development aid by 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27161/05]

Written Answers — EU Constitution: EU Constitution (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the implications of the French and Dutch referendum results for the EU constitution; the impact on Ireland's planned referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27162/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I ask that the Dáil Éireann be adjourned under Standing Order 31 to analyse the fallout following the decision by the HSE to put the PPARs and FISP computer systems on hold, the cost implications involved and the lessons to be learned before another euro is spent by the HSE or by the Tánaiste on computer systems and consultants.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I second that request and Members will be aware that I asked for that debate under Standing Order 31. In ensuring that we learn lessons from what has happened, I ask the Government to facilitate such a debate.

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party I join the congratulations to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his 44 years in the House and I wish him many more. Given the CMOD meeting on 1 June at which consultants were regarded as having produced work mirroring the work of other consultants, it is important that we would look at the Ministers and Secretaries Act and perhaps include training in computers for...

Order of Business. (6 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I was talking to student nurses yesterday, all of whom are going abroad. In terms of the nurses (amendment) Bill, is there a way we can encourage nurses trained in this country to stay here? We need them.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Murphy as a cuid ama a roinnt liom chomh maith. Tááthas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille um Cheartas Coiriúil 2004. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil neart moltaí ann a tháinig ó ghrúpa saineolais agus is fiú iad a phlé. Tuigim go bhfuil siad ag iarraidh an dlí a thabhairt suas chun dáta ar go leor bealaí. Ag an am céanna,...