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Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach should do his own research — An Bord Pleanála placed that condition on demand-side management. Given that we are hearing again of the Taoiseach's disagreements with the Minister for Transport on future plans for tolling on the M50, is the Taoiseach's main idea another orbital road that is not included in the Transport 21 plans? Did the Taoiseach listen last night to his...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am listening.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Transport 21 is imbalanced.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Taoiseach agree with them?

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Corrib gas field will not help for long.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I have heard what everybody else is doing but not what the Government proposes to do, apart from planning a road which does not even feature in the Transport 21 plan. Did the Taoiseach hear President George Bush's State of the Union address in which he stated the following? Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy and here we have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The first step to recovery for any addict is to admit the problem. Will the Taoiseach admit, as a start, that he is addicted to oil?

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: This is a serious matter and the Taoiseach will pay heavily for not dealing with it. He may recall — I was not born at the time — that T. K. Whitaker set out his vision for Ireland in the late 1950s. The Taoiseach now celebrates that vision through the Celtic tiger. Does he agree that we need to move beyond petroleum and show the same vision as T. K. Whitaker if we are to benefit in the...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: They are not involved in the partnership process.

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Croatia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1230/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the foreign visits which he has planned for 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1233/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent official visit to India. [1749/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On the Taoiseach's trip to India, I want to follow up what I asked yesterday. The Brussels summit in the summer had a statement about climate change. It referred to the Gleneagles plan of action with its emphasis on technology transfer. It also referred to taking up the dialogue of technological co-operation with the likes of India, China, Russia and others. Did the Taoiseach take the...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is co-operating with the Department of Agriculture and Food on the question of bird flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3094/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 253: To ask the Taoiseach if the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, will be called on to hold a full independent public inquiry into the murder of Mr. Pat Finucane in the interest of transparency, in view of the findings of Judge Peter Cory's investigation into collusion between paramilitaries and security forces in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 294: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the Traveller community; her views on whether the return on...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if office accommodation has been secured for the new offices of Enterprise Ireland in Shannon, County Clare; the cost to the taxpayer; the date that it is anticipated Enterprise Ireland will decentralise to Shannon; and his views on the level of interest by public servants in the relocation of Enterprise Ireland to...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Enterprise Ireland's decentralisation to Shannon, County Clare; the number of public servants who have expressed an interest in moving to Shannon's Enterprise Ireland headquarters; and the number of these which are currently Enterprise Ireland staff. [2920/06]

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the travelling community; his views on whether the return on...

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the Traveller community; her views on whether the return on such spending...