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Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's view as to whether it has a responsibility under international law to ensure Ireland does not serve indirectly as a link in US extraordinary renditions where planes transit through Irish territory [i]en route[/i] to or returning from such missions; the Government's view of the likely implication for Ireland's duties under...

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I think 90 minutes is a reasonable request and is in line with precedent.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach is aware that every day commuters, parents, children, carers, all members of our society, are affected by a legacy of bad planning. We have greater car dependency than any other country one cares to mention, greater congestion costing business billions of euro, and lack of local amenities on new housing estates. The dispersed low density sprawl is a legacy of bad planning. Does...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I would not do that. I am asking the Taoiseach about his own inquiry to which Deputy Wright and Senator Lydon told untruths. Senator Lydon kept the Taoiseach in the dark about a €7,000 donation——

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I absolutely understand that.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Deputy Wright kept the Taoiseach in the dark about a €5,000 donation and another of €500 in 1997.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking the Taoiseach what does he condone. That is my job here: to question the Taoiseach. I will not refer, as the Ceann Comhairle did, to a tribunal. I am simply asking the Taoiseach what he condones. Does he condone bribery, corruption and bad planning? Does he have a policy on telling untruths to a party inquiry and will he ask these two Members to step aside or does he have any...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach never condemns wrongdoing.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking about the Taoiseach's inquiry.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: That is fair enough. The Taoiseach can tell me about it.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I would like to take the Taoiseach up on his offer to tell me about his inquiry.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Is it credible for the Taoiseach to have a Deputy who has no recollection of receiving, cashing or having in his account a cheque for €5,000? Is it credible for the Taoiseach to accept that a Senator can take €7,000 from a property owner benefiting from a major rezoning cash windfall?

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The internal inquiry conducted by Fianna Fáil is not before the tribunal.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I do not want things to fall between stools. I want to make sure that Fianna Fáil answers for what is within the Dáil remit and for which Fianna Fáil has taken responsibility. We are talking about a Senator who, with other Fianna Fáil, and some Fine Gael, councillors, was apoplectic when I asked a basic question in 1993 as to whether any councillor on Dublin City Council received a...

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the files which were released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; the files pertaining to 1975 which were withheld by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3414/06]

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Today's question time is repetitive. Not only is this almost entirely the same answer as before to these questions on the National Archives but, similarly, questions on freedom of information legislation yesterday elicited almost identical replies, as do questions on disability issues. One must ask whether the limitation on questions here is making question time ridiculous. While they are all...

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress to date in 2006 in implementing the recommendation of the OECD report Regulatory Reform in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3415/06]

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Regarding the OECD's views on regulatory impact analysis, was the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill subject to regulatory impact analysis? Does the Taoiseach accept the comments about the lack of proper regulatory analysis and the regulatory failure cited by Airtricity when it pulled out of the residential energy market in Ireland? What lessons must be learned from this...

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Have no lessons been learned from Airtricity?

Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It was taken for regulatory considerations.