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Public Inquiries. (21 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the recent communications he has had with the family of the late Mr. Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/06]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps taken by the 26 Garda officers and four Garda sergeants who accompanied the 13 Chinese deportees on 21 February 2006 to ensure their fair treatment by Chinese authorities on arrival in Beijing; if he is satisfied that these people will not be subjected to cruel or unfair treatment in the aftermath of their...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the full cost to the State of the recent deportation by air of 13 Chinese nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9791/06]

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We are being asked to turn St. Patrick's Day into St. Patrick's week, which is unique for most people in this country who expect next Friday to be the only day that is a holiday. This Dáil should start to recognise that outside this House this is completely unacceptable, regardless of the explanations being put out that some Members are going to be on the other side of the world and...

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The reality is that many issues face this country. We heard about the 495 people on trolleys and record levels of problems in the health service. I am sure the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children would appreciate if we were here next week. I ask her to review the situation that is being proposed. With the levels of amnesia on Government benches——

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——there is every likelihood the Government will forget where the Dáil is if they are off for a week.

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We need to remind people that this is where the work gets done and this is where people should be attending. To be off for a week is unacceptable. There is no reason for it and we should reject it here and now.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: to hear the case for a patient charter and additional resources for Beaumont Hospital to end the appalling overcrowding which last Monday resulted in a lady with a serious case of pneumonia being left on a hard plastic chair from 12.30 p.m. to 10.30 am., ten hours later, before being told the...

Order of Business. (9 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Like other Deputies, the Green Party opposes the guillotining of this Bill, particularly as it is fundamental legislation, with 42 amendments. The amendments were tabled in a considered fashion in the hope that time would be allowed for a debate. By guillotining it and hoping to have the matter dealt with without any fuss, essentially, the Government is making a mockery of Report Stage and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on using his power under section 19(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2001 to draft regulations which would ensure that all major developments in a designated area of a local area plan be subjected to environmental impact assessments in accordance with Strategic Environmental Assessment...

Written Answers — Dog Breeding Establishments: Dog Breeding Establishments (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take on the working group recommendations on regulating breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9533/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the predicted local authority funding shortfall identified by the Indecon report. [9774/06]

Inquiry into the murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Tááthas orm go bhfuil an rún uile-pháirtí seo os ár gcomhair. Like other Deputies, my colleague Deputy Boyle and I have met Mrs. Geraldine Finucane and her family and sought such a cross-party motion. As we have reached this point it is important that we move on. Judge Cory has been clear that he is becoming more and more disillusioned. As a respected international judge that must send...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I also thank Judge Harding Clark and all those involved in putting together a very important report. It tells a story of criminal abuse, although it does not tell the entire story. Questions still remain regarding the motivation behind these practices. This is work that remains to be done. The report also holds up a very important mirror to a culture of unaccountability, power and deference...

Departmental Guidelines. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They have huge control.

Departmental Guidelines. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is extortion.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the implementation of the national climate change strategy in view of the comments by the EU Environment Commissioner, Mr. Stavros Dimas, in Dublin on 2 March 2006 that climate change, not terrorism, is the biggest threat facing humanity. [9773/06]

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Given the Minister's reply, which is more or less the same one we have had previously, can I take it the EU Environment Commissioner did not have any influence at all in pushing on the national climate change strategy? Does the Minister recall the recent climate change conference organised by the Green Party in the Mansion House? The belief among experts working in a number of different...

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: If he likes I can give the Minister a DVD of it.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is a start.