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Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Earlier this month——

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——the EU Environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas, made the shocking statement in Dublin that climate change, not terrorism, is today's most serious global threat. Will the Taoiseach take this matter seriously? Since 2001 we have had warnings from British and US weather services that ignoring climate change will surely be the most costly of all possible choices for us and our children. In...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Deputy may laugh.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Who pays the bills?

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: You can flood them now.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I want to hear the Taoiseach's reply.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They have doubled again.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I fear the Taoiseach needs a serious wake-up call on climate change. Energy is the defining issue of our age. I remind the Taoiseach we are talking about the future of mankind rather than about balance. There is no balance in the Taoiseach's approach. JamesLovelock predicts that by the end of this century the earth will be able to support only 1 billion people; therefore 5 billion will die. I...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: He is responsible for this bit of it.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Government has faced a fine of more than €1 billion and who is paying?

Order of Business. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The basic point which has been made but needs to be reiterated is that the additions to the Bill make a mockery of the original Second Stage debate. We do not have enough time available to us to get to grips with the Minister's motivation for effectively upturning the original Bill and presenting a whole new animal. I ask that the Government would allow additional time so the Opposition might...

Freedom of Information. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if the year to date figures for freedom of information requests received by his Department will be updated; the way in which this compares with the comparable figures in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10188/06]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the progress by the MacEntee commission of investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/06]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (28 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I add my appreciation to Mr. Justice Barron for his work. On Mr. Patrick MacEntee's request for an extension, is the Taoiseach convinced that this will be the last request for an extension or are we involved in an open-ended process in the hope that additional evidence and personnel might become available? In regard to that extension, is there any news on the €9 million remembrance fund? I...

Written Answers — National Reform Programme: National Reform Programme (23 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to ensure the inclusion of the Oireachtas and Irish society generally in broader consultation on the development and implementation of the national reform programme. [11381/06]

Written Answers — Intellectual Property Rights: Intellectual Property Rights (23 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations his Department has made under trade related aspects of intellectual property rights to improve access to patented medicines for poor countries. [11375/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost implications of the High Court case regarding the Government's move in 2003 to cut a mature student's back-to-education grant payment during college holidays; and if there are similar cases being taken against his Department. [11044/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department maintains statistics on the number of children born here not entitled to be in receipt of child benefit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11043/06]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (22 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason three additional trustees were appointed to the board of Kilconnell Cow Park, Ballinasloe, County Galway; her plans for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11172/06]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is true that Shell intends to cold leak approximately 238,000 kg of methane gas in the Irish jurisdiction; if this is the case, if the Government has to pay the associated fine under the Kyoto Agreement; and the amount the fine will equate to. [11162/06]