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Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Certainly not.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They will be much higher than that.

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: This is not about forcing people to make sacrifices, it is about taking advantage of an international opportunity. Sweden's Minister for Sustainable Development has declared that a Sweden free of fossil fuels will present enormous advantages, not least by reducing the impact from fluctuations in oil prices. The report of the Climate Group, Carbon Down, Profits Up, demonstrates that the...

Environmental Policy. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I did not say we have a monopoly on wisdom.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Minister accept that councillors, in making decisions on rezoning matters under their reserve functions, exercise a quasi-judicial role? As such, they are expected to take into account the arguments made by professionals and technical staff. A judge would not offer an opinion as to the guilt of a defendant before hearing evidence in a case. I ask that this be taken into account as a...

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: In theory.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Inertia is the main one.

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Chief Whip accept that the current situation where the CSO is seen to be quite separate from the issue of the electoral register needs to be addressed? The comparison with the foot and mouth disease when matters were not left to the local Teagasc offices to deal with is apposite. It was very much a matter for the Government to take a lead and lay down not just guidelines but...

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: In his reply to my last question, the Minister of State mentioned that the CSO is mindful that PPS numbers could be used to authenticate the electoral register.

Census of Population. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The CSO has a role to play, which is why I am asking this question. In the forthcoming census, will notice be taken of the need for PPS numbers to accurately reflect the number of people so there is one effective PPS number for each living person? If the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is to make use of the information, it is pointless if the existing situation...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: As the Tánaiste outlined, it is International Women's Day and it is appropriate that we are dealing with the inquiry into Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. While she attended the event earlier on, did the Tánaiste get any sense from what was said by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that legislation is to be introduced to deal with the issue of gender balance, for example, on...

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——such as sectarianism or racism, given that the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, has asked us all to agree to sign a pledge on anti-sectarianism? Would legislation make it possible to sanction somebody in that regard?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We are getting promises of all sorts, on issues ranging from gun law to——

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——other serious legislative matters.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I know the Ceann Comhairle has no control over the Taoiseach and what he might say outside the House.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is important that we clarify whether there is any substance in matters that are raised outside the House.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Can we take it that there is no substance in the rambling outside the House that comes from the Taoiseach in regard to legislation, or from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern?

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: That is the electoral side of it.

Order of Business. (8 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I agree with the Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (7 Mar 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether the current system of reporting road accidents does not provide people with the information necessary to ascertain the causes of accidents and that there is an urgent need to implement a new system of detailed categorisation to tackle the ever-growing tragedy of road accidents. [9211/06]