Results 1,741-1,760 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The three years' derogation.

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: What carbon tax?

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach mentioned an energy tax, but I thought the Government was not proceeding with that.

Public-Private Partnerships. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is a major departure.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Taoiseach be present in the House tomorrow or should we wish him happy Christmas today? It is akin to the Queen's birthday in that there is an official and unofficial——

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I hope the Taoiseach will be present in the House tomorrow so we can all stand on a level playing field. Promises to introduce the Abbotstown Sports Development Campus Authority Bill in this session have been made seven times. Will an eighth promise be made or will it be debated before Christmas? I thank the Taoiseach for correcting the record with regard to legislation on the road safety...

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is about correcting the record.

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: What about the Abbotstown Bill?

Order of Business. (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Next January.

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is cúis áthais dom deis a fháil labhairt ar chúrsaí leasa shóisialaigh. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an tAire i láthair. The background to the social welfare provisions in the budget and the legislation arising from it must be put in context following the fanfare indicating the budget was going to deal with child care and resolve many problems faced by people, particularly parents. In...

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I asked a question about rent supplement which was wrongly paid for three months after tenants left a dwelling.

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: A landlord contacted me pointing out that despite informing the Department that tenants had left a rented property, cheques for rent supplement continued to arrive for three months. Is it possible to stop such wrong payments which were neither expected nor due in the case in question?

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Yes. Who should the landlord contact to have the cheques stopped?

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is a flaw in the system.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Council of Europe has been in contact with the Government regarding the Council's special investigation of human rights abuses in the illegal transfer of prisoners via aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36689/05]

Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the Irish, EU and UN relief effort following the earthquake in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39316/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek that Dáil Éireann be adjourned under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public importance, namely, to hear a statement from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the serious problem of water supply contamination by the parasite Cryptosporidium, which has become substantially worse in the past year according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I agree with Deputies Bruton and Rabbitte. I would add——

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Whatever about getting individual answers, the idea of lumping together all of these proposals gives a new meaning to the phrase: "Like it or lump it." The House is getting into a habit, which I believe is unprecedented, of passing financial resolutions before legislation has been passed. To put the cart before the horse in this way makes a mockery of the legislation. I ask that the practice...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not acceptable. We have reached the end of the Dáil term with more statements made than legislation passed. I ask that the Government be required, with all of us, to come back two weeks earlier, on 11 January. There is a general mood in the public mind that the Dáil is not delivering and not succeeding in responding to the issues that affect people in their day-to-day lives. I propose...