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

Trevor Sargent: Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the travelling 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...

Order of Business. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am reminded to ask the Taoiseach about the medical practitioners Bill given the current focus on the incidence of cystic fibrosis in Ireland, the highest per head in the world, with a life expectancy of 35 years compared to 45 north of the Border.

Order of Business. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is important that we address the Bill. Given that this Bill was promised for 2004, again for 2005 and now for 2006, will that sliding scale continue or is there any certainty about the publication of the Bill to give us the opportunity to debate this and other major issues? The second promised Bill relates to the urgent matter of our European neighbours' attitude to bird flu, where they...

Order of Business. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Or next year.

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcome of the Euro-Mediterranean summit held in Barcelona at the end of November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/05]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Cypriot President, Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, in November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/05]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach the results of the December 2005 EU summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1229/06]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Hungary. [1231/06]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The December summit in Brussels issued a statement on climate change and sustainable energy which referred to the Gleneagles plan of action. Was this taken on board, particularly in the area of technology transfer, during the Taoiseach's visit to India, and did it figure in his discussions with President Kalam or Prime Minister Singh? Will the Taoiseach indicate whether the nuclear...

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: What about the European constitution?

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I also mentioned the non-proliferation treaty.

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Another U-turn.

EU Services Directive: Motion (Resumed). (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom buíochas a gabháil leis na Teachtaí Neamhspleácha as ucht seans a thabhairt dúinn an ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé agus cúpla tuaraimí a nochtú. It is regrettable that, when one examines the coverage of this debate to date, it has been very lame in that it has covered the Government position to a significant extent. Even the commentaries do not seem...

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: A pattern appears to be arising in the Department of Transport whereby two Bills have been announced which are not on the programme for Government. This is even more bizarre because we were told there is a constitutional problem in regard to random breath testing, yet we heard the chairman of the transport committee saying on the radio this morning that there was no difficulty all along and...

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Has the Tánaiste taken the opportunity to congratulate her colleague, the President elect of Chile, who is the first woman President in Latin America?

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It applies to promised legislation because she explained that some of her popularity was due to the fact that she was able to do away with hospital waiting lists in three months. In congratulating her, the Tánaiste might ask for some advice in that regard. Can I ask about promised legislation, which is a related matter? We have heard much debate about the health repayment scheme Bill which,...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: On the basis that the Order of Business will allow statements by the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children on the loss of 10% of HSE capital expenditure of €558 million for 2006, I withdraw my request under Standing Order 31.

Order of Business. (26 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: More time is needed for these statements than has been allocated to them. Whatever about the Minister for Finance coming into the House in a surprise, lightning strike to tell us about the demise of €56 million, the time allocated equates to approximately €1 million per minute to explain the loss of this money. That may seem like small change to some people but, for example, hospital...

Written Answers — Energy Provision: Energy Provision (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made on the proposed new electricity interconnector across the Irish sea; the scale of interconnection which is appropriate; and the way in which the interconnector will be built and financed. [2192/06]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his Department's views regarding the level and number of amber and red alerts that the energy regulator had to issue in the second half of 2005 due to the unavailability of existing generation plant; if his attention has been drawn to the reported recent operation of emergency generating plant for some 15 to 17...