Results 2,561-2,580 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The debate is badly needed. Will the Taoiseach indicate to the Whips that it is a matter of urgency that we have a debate on the Lourdes Hospital report.

Order of Business. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to ask, as I tried to before, if the Taoiseach can give a definite date for publication of the medical practitioners Bill given that it was promised for 2004 and again for 2005 and now is promised for late 2006 according to the Government list of promised legislation. Will the Taoiseach state whether that date is definite this time around or will it be a case of third time lucky? Will...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I note the Tánaiste apologised to victims at the publication of the Drogheda hospital report and I welcome that. Will the Taoiseach apologise on behalf of the Government to the trauma experienced by victims of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital which has been documented comprehensively through the publication of the Judge Harding Clarke report? Does the Taoiseach accept that this report raises...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I hear the Taoiseach expressing regret and I ask him to be quite specific. Does he apologise on behalf of the Government or has the Tánaiste simply apologised on her own behalf? It is very important to clarify that. What does the Taoiseach mean when he says the matter has been dealt with? I understand and appreciate the work that has gone into the investigation but does the Taoiseach accept...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——we have a cover-up. This is fundamental. We have a cover-up, with files removed and a crime that needs to be investigated. Will the Taoiseach follow through on that? We have victims who have suffered horrific injustice, who have a deep emotional hurt where they should have a womb. We must act. We must have a redress board and the Taoiseach has not told us if that will happen. We need to...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It would not be difficult to be quicker in this case. Is it true that the cost so far is more than €22.5 million? For a tribunal that has sat for eight years and five months, that amounts to just under €3 million per year. Has the Taoiseach a firm conviction that this tribunal will definitely not exceed the new extension date of the end of June 2006? Is that a definite date or another...

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Absolutely. The Ceann Comhairle has proved my point very ably once again. Have lessons been learned from this eight year and five month tribunal and is the end of June a firm date or another target?

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the implications of decentralisation for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/06]

Decentralisation Programme. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Dúirt an Taoiseach i mí na Samhna seo caite go raibh timpeall 20% dá fhoireann le dílárnú, cé nach bhfuil a Roinn féin le dílárnú. Has the Taoiseach factored in a cost for retraining those who replace his decentralised staff members? Does he even intend to replace such staff members? Does he expect his staff to have moved out before the next general election? Are any members of his...

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him to State boards and agencies under his aegis since June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3416/06]

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: We have heard reference to gender balance and all-island dimensions. Maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge, an bhfuil aon chritéir nó ceist mar gheall ar chumas na Gaeilge in aon duine a ainmnítear d'aon bhord Stáit? What is the provision for somebody dealing with the State bodies through Irish? Is that dealt with separately to the appointments of which we are speaking? Does the issue of...

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It does not for Bord na gCon but it does arise for the board.

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am and I will continue to.

Appointments to State Boards. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It might be useful for nominees to know if they are expected to keep minutes.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (28 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to date in 2006 to his Department of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3417/06]

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to criticism by Comhairle Fo-Thuinn, the Irish Underwater Council, of the Naval Service's diving capability following the [i]Rising Sun[/i], Wexford fishing tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7487/06]

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Tá athas orm deis a fháil labhairt ar an mBille seo. Is Bille é a bhfuil teideal fada air na laethanta seo, an Bille um Athchóiriú an Dlí Leas Shóisialaigh agus um Pinsin 2006. It seems that the wordsmiths in the Department are having a field day. I see they have already reformed the terminology for a number of the payments and entitlements. While that at least indicates that thinking...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, a former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, inform the House when he expects to receive the Dalton report from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform? Will he make time available for it to be debated in the House? In that context, will he address the clear bias that exists whereby dogs, horses and fat cats are healthier...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of Dáil Éireann under Standing Order 31 to obtain an explanation from the Government on a matter of urgent public concern, namely, how a Monsanto GM food-promoting, multinational company was accredited as an Irish participant at the World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong last December, given that the vast majority of people in Ireland and the EU generally are...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the occasions on which he has raised the issue of human rights violations at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay with the US Administration; if he will be raising with the US Administration the recent UN Commission on Human Rights report which calls for the closure of Guantanamo highlighting the human rights abuses at Guantanamo,...