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Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is Christmas. Is there no room at the inn?

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Before the Dáil rises for the Christmas recess, will there be any announcement from the Government on the appointment of a Minister of State at the Department of Transport? Will there be any opportunity to discuss the matter? Whether Operation Freeflow is working well or not, it is currently a headless operation. I wish to ask about promised legislation, although legislation will...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On legislation, seven of the 14 Bills promised in September for this session have been published to date. Two of these are the Appropriation Bill 2005 and the Social Welfare Bill 2005, which are routine anyway. Fourteen Bills promised in the January 2003 programme for publication for 2003 have still not appeared. There appears to be a reluctance to forge ahead with the legislation, when one...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Some of the Bills are years old.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the progress of the McEntee commission investigating the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36690/05]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Taoiseach raise this matter with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair? I understand he will meet him tomorrow. It will soon be the sixth anniversary of the beginning of the investigations into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Will the Taoiseach take into account that to date we have not managed to obtain all the necessary information to satisfy the need for answers the...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I asked two basic questions. A "yes" or "no" answer will do. Will the Taoiseach raise the issue with British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair and is he open to a public inquiry on the matter if necessary? I heard the answer given.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I heard it already.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the problems identified with leaks in the port tunnel and the need to establish proper control systems for major infrastructural projects to ensure that they deliver on time, on cost and up to standard, especially given the increased level of expenditure proposed by the Government. It is five...

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party is opposed to No. 11, in particular, being taken without debate. The Government has shied away from the Dáil for long enough and it wants to shy away from debating this issue. I take on board the points made by Deputies Jim O'Keeffe and Costello. However, we had debates on the appointments of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner and the Ombudsman for Children and they...

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, the Taoiseach said he has already made an arrangement with the President because he presumed this decision would be taken.

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Is that the regard in which this House is held, that it is completely without significance in this matter?

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: What is the point of the Taoiseach coming in here, proposing to make a decision when it has already been presumed——

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, may I ask you, a Cheann Comhairle, to remind us again about your ruling in regard to mentioning the President in this House and drawing the President into a political debate?

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, I ask you, a Cheann Comhairle, to clarify the matter from your own rulings in the past.

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach has not just drawn the President into the debate, he has contacted her presuming a decision of this House.

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking the Chair for a ruling——

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, the Taoiseach——

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: A Cheann Comhairle, why will you not restrain the Taoiseach? All I ask for is objective impartiality.

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I ask for the indulgence of the Chair to allow my colleague, Deputy Gogarty, to raise an important point.