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Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I welcome the opportunity to debate the legislation, which I look forward to going through in great detail on Committee Stage. It has been a long time coming and I am a little apprehensive about what will happen on Committee Stage because the Government has a majority. I ask the Minister to take on board the concerns that will be expressed. It is a long time since the resignation of Ms...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill, which along with my colleagues in the Green party, I welcome. As my colleague Deputy Cuffe, our party spokesman on justice, said, confidence in the Garda Síochána needs to be restored. Public perception of the Garda is not as positive as it could be. At local level, while there are gripes about the Garda, people do not have...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I am not going to play the bleeding heart violin, this kind of pinko lefty claptrap that gets thrown at the Green Party. I will not go on about the circumstances. However, the State will have to fork out a great deal of money on prison spaces unless it forks out slightly less now on an education system second to none. The Government should invest in primary education and proper child care...

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out an analysis of the impact of energy price inflation on businesses in various sectors here; and if his Department has carried out any studies that simulate the effects of energy crises on these businesses. [12195/05]

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (20 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a debate will be held in Dáil Éireann before the Hong Kong meeting of the WTO, as was held before Cancun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, he will outline the approach his Department is taking in tackling poverty among older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11810/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out any research on the [i]de facto[/i] wage penalty imposed on mothers who work part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11809/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if delays on promised funding from his Department to non-governmental organisations are occurring; and if so, the reason therefor. [11451/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (13 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made at a national level in allowing the sale of local authority flats to tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11169/05]

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (13 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken by him since assuming office in putting pressure on the UK Government to close the Wylfa nuclear plant on Anglesey Island in Wales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11168/05]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures and locations for the deployment of Garda mountain bike units; his views on their efficiency to date; and the plans for their future expansion. [10863/05]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons granted leave to remain in the State in each of the past three years; the number granted leave to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10861/05]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deportation of a person (details supplied) to Nigeria; his views on whether this person is a high risk case and would have posed a danger had they been able to collect their belongings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9952/05]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 658: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the deportation of a person (details supplied) in their school uniform without identity papers to Nigeria; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person was subsequently attacked and molested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9953/05]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 682: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for Irish citizenship and for an Irish passport is being processed; and the stage it is at. [10237/05]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Apr 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 797: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to sit the leaving certificate exams at a suitable location in Nigeria; if she will raise at Cabinet; the circumstances of this person's deportation and forthcoming leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9954/05]

Written Answers — Task Force on Alcohol: Task Force on Alcohol (23 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to implement fully the recommendations in the second report of the strategic task force on alcohol; the way in which she plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/05]

Written Answers — Organ Retention: Organ Retention (23 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the problems that have led to the Dunne inquiry's repeated failure to meet deadlines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9442/05]

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I would like to share time with Deputies Gormley and Sargent. The first matter I want to address is the broader agenda issue about the fabric of rural society being destroyed by Green Party policies. If one considers post office closures and farm incomes declining, it is Fianna Fáil which, by and large, has presided over the latter.

Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Which party is proposing alternatives in terms of stipends for farmers who act as custodians of the land? It is the Green Party.