Results 3,101-3,120 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative programme for the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25205/05]

Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach is responsible for referenda. We had the Order for Second Stage of the 28th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2005, which was a prerequisite for a referendum. Will the Taoiseach indicate if that legislation will be brought forward in the future or is it in abeyance? Does it depend on factors outside his control or can he indicate if he has a date in mind? We discussed...

Cabinet Committees. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social inclusion and drugs last met. [30209/05]

Cabinet Committees. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: In addition to examining whether lessons can be learned or future mistakes avoided, will the Cabinet committee on social inclusion and drugs take stock, given the result of the French referendum on the EU constitution, of the problems in France where rioting has occurred for the past 13 nights? Some 1,200 people are in custody in France, many of them on the basis of social exclusion as they...

Cabinet Committees. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I have a simple question as follows. Given that the ESRI has clearly indicated that people with disabilities are more likely to live in poverty, does the committee on social inclusion pay attention to monitoring the lives of such people?

Cabinet Committees. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Could the committee meet more frequently, given that it has a larger work volume than it appears to be able to get through?

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the number of officials from his Department who have applied to relocate under the Government's decentralisation proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is ridiculous to take these questions if there will not be time for any supplementary questions. We are dealing with a major impact on the whole country.

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We will not have time, even for the Taoiseach's Department.

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: He said it.

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach told us in February that 45 members of his staff had applied through the central applications facility to relocate, that is 20% of his Department. Is there any increase in that figure? There are 10,000 posts to be decentralised but only 1,800 staff have agreed to move outside the greater Dublin area. Is a cost factor being put in place for interaction between, for example, the...

Decentralisation Programme. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: If one multiplies that it indicates the scale of costs involved.

Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: There are a number of pieces of legislation due in the pharmacy area. There is a vacancy for a chief State pharmacist, which in the context of any developments of the avian flu problem would badly need to be filled. Must we wait for the pharmacies Bill or will there be an independent appointment procedure perhaps more above reproach than the one which took place for the chief scientific...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 569: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allow mother and baby homes to be covered by the redress board; if there are alternative investigations that could be set up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/05]

Written Answers — Education Welfare Service: Education Welfare Service (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the current roll-out of educational welfare officers; when the full complement of 300 will be employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32735/05]

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister of State, Deputy Callely, does not need more of the oxygen of publicity. Given the awareness the Taoiseach has about the coast, particularly around Colt Island in Skerries, will the coastal zone management legislation be resurrected? I refer to the sea fisheries and maritime——

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am sorry. I was in the middle of stating the title of a Bill. It might be longer than the Ceann Comhairle would like but it is the sea fisheries and maritime jurisdiction Bill, which was due to come before the House but was withdrawn. Where stands the legislation?

Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recently published progress report on implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government. [28642/05]

Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: A number of school groups are in the Visitors Gallery and I am sure they are trying to follow this line of questioning. I take it we are still talking about the Government's third annual progress report. On that basis, is this a case of the Government assessing its own progress or has any level of independent assessment been brought to bear on this document? Is it not fair to say that this...

Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Ceann Comhairle does not have to do that.