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Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Ar son an Comhaontas Glas ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a chur in iúl do Noreen, bean chéile Liam Burke, dá iníonacha, Emma agus Catherine, dá dheirfiúracha, Mary agus Kitty, a dheartháireacha, John agus Gerry agus an chlann ar fad. It is a shock, politically, for the Fine Gael Party and its leader, Deputy Kenny to lose a man of the standing of Liam Burke. On a personal level I did not...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Promised legislation is the main focus of what we are about here today. The website of the European Commission, which I raised earlier, informs us of promised legislation from the Government. The website states that the Irish Government has promised legislation to better regulate the management of sewage treatment plants but this has not yet materialised. Can I ask if the Taoiseach could...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I hope we can come to the legislation because that is my question.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The list includes many Bills that have no date or any indication when they will be published, such as the communications data retention Bill, the enforcement of fines Bill and the prison service Bill. Is there any explanation as to why legislation, which the European Commission has been told is promised, does not appear, as far as I can see, on the list that we are being given? Who is being...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is there a separate list promised to the European Commission that is not promised to the Dáil?

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach told us it.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not there.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Deputy Rabbitte mentioned the phenomenon of flushing money down the toilet. I want to raise a related issue dealing with sewage treatment, which in more ways than one is another example of flushing money down the toilet. At the opening of the Ringsend treatment plant, the Taoiseach covered himself in glory opening what he called a state-of-the-art facility. The fact it was based on old census...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We want the plant that was planned.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Government does not listen to the council.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach still has not stated whether there will be an investigation into how Ringsend became such a botched job. I still want an answer.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I do not see the results.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is not at all satisfactory for the Taoiseach to state he is leaving it up to the council. The European Court will be down on his head on the basis of his failure to, as the European Commission press release puts it, put in place satisfactory rules to prevent malodours from urban waste water treatment plants in accordance with the EU Waste Framework Directive. It is the Government's job to...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: They are smaller plants.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Smaller plants work better.

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if the agenda for Sustaining Progress includes a contingency for the current oil price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent contacts with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the final plenary meeting of the Sustaining Progress agreement in Dublin in July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25197/05]

Social Partnership Agreement. (5 Oct 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach when the autumn talks will convene for a successor agreement to Sustaining Progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/05]