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Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I ask for the indulgence of the Chair to allow my colleague, Deputy Gogarty, to raise an important point.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the progress of the McEntee commission investigating the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36690/05]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Taoiseach raise this matter with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair? I understand he will meet him tomorrow. It will soon be the sixth anniversary of the beginning of the investigations into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Will the Taoiseach take into account that to date we have not managed to obtain all the necessary information to satisfy the need for answers the...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I asked two basic questions. A "yes" or "no" answer will do. Will the Taoiseach raise the issue with British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair and is he open to a public inquiry on the matter if necessary? I heard the answer given.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I heard it already.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the problems identified with leaks in the port tunnel and the need to establish proper control systems for major infrastructural projects to ensure that they deliver on time, on cost and up to standard, especially given the increased level of expenditure proposed by the Government. It is five...

Order of Business. (25 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party is opposed to No. 11, in particular, being taken without debate. The Government has shied away from the Dáil for long enough and it wants to shy away from debating this issue. I take on board the points made by Deputies Jim O'Keeffe and Costello. However, we had debates on the appointments of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner and the Ombudsman for Children and they...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek that Dáil Éireann be adjourned under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent public importance, namely, to hear a statement from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the serious problem of water supply contamination by the parasite Cryptosporidium, which has become substantially worse in the past year according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I agree with Deputies Bruton and Rabbitte. I would add——

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Whatever about getting individual answers, the idea of lumping together all of these proposals gives a new meaning to the phrase: "Like it or lump it." The House is getting into a habit, which I believe is unprecedented, of passing financial resolutions before legislation has been passed. To put the cart before the horse in this way makes a mockery of the legislation. I ask that the practice...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not acceptable. We have reached the end of the Dáil term with more statements made than legislation passed. I ask that the Government be required, with all of us, to come back two weeks earlier, on 11 January. There is a general mood in the public mind that the Dáil is not delivering and not succeeding in responding to the issues that affect people in their day-to-day lives. I propose...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is Christmas. Is there no room at the inn?

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Before the Dáil rises for the Christmas recess, will there be any announcement from the Government on the appointment of a Minister of State at the Department of Transport? Will there be any opportunity to discuss the matter? Whether Operation Freeflow is working well or not, it is currently a headless operation. I wish to ask about promised legislation, although legislation will...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On legislation, seven of the 14 Bills promised in September for this session have been published to date. Two of these are the Appropriation Bill 2005 and the Social Welfare Bill 2005, which are routine anyway. Fourteen Bills promised in the January 2003 programme for publication for 2003 have still not appeared. There appears to be a reluctance to forge ahead with the legislation, when one...

Order of Business. (15 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Some of the Bills are years old.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Council of Europe has been in contact with the Government regarding the Council's special investigation of human rights abuses in the illegal transfer of prisoners via aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36689/05]

Written Answers — Natural Disasters: Natural Disasters (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the Irish, EU and UN relief effort following the earthquake in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39316/05]

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is cúis áthais dom deis a fháil labhairt ar chúrsaí leasa shóisialaigh. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an tAire i láthair. The background to the social welfare provisions in the budget and the legislation arising from it must be put in context following the fanfare indicating the budget was going to deal with child care and resolve many problems faced by people, particularly parents. In...

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I asked a question about rent supplement which was wrongly paid for three months after tenants left a dwelling.

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Trevor Sargent: A landlord contacted me pointing out that despite informing the Department that tenants had left a rented property, cheques for rent supplement continued to arrive for three months. Is it possible to stop such wrong payments which were neither expected nor due in the case in question?