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Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 28: To ask the Taoiseach the recent contacts he has had with other EU leaders concerning the status of the proposed EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25203/05]

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 29: To ask the Taoiseach the official foreign visits he plans undertaking during the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/05]

Official Engagements. (28 Sep 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach the role he envisages for the National Forum on Europe in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/05]

Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party, An Comhaontas Glas, guím gach rath ar Ray Hesse, ar a bhean chéile, Maura, agus ar a chlann ar fad ar an ócáid i mí Lúnasa nuair a éiríonn sé as a phost. I thank Ray, the man who is at the centre of our thoughts, for all his work down the years, his courtesy, helpfulness and the way he has helped make the Oireachtas work more efficiently, even though we...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Newswires are suggesting today that the men jailed for obstructing work on the Shell pipeline will face a very long prison sentence if they refuse to purge their contempt of court. I ask the Government not to act likePontius Pilate and to ensure that a mediation process is put in place. One will remember what happened on foot of the imprisonments and executions after Easter 1916.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I envisage public opinion turning very quickly. The Government needs to be mindful of this. Given that the length of the recess has been established, will the Government bear in mind our request from earlier this week that the House be recalled prior to the UN summit to permit an announcement on meeting our target of 0.7% of gross national product? It might be appropriate for the Minister for...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: What about a mediator?

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Standing Orders restrict us to asking about promised legislation.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We are restricted.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The question I raised about the United Nations millennium summit——

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister should reply.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We have not decided on the matter I raised.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party has no problem with the proposal to return on 13 September. While a reasonable break is expected, I cannot justify taking off July on top of that. The Dáil has sat for 93 days since last September.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The House of Commons in London sits for 155 days a year on average. A normal week in the Dáil is 22 hours. A normal week in the House of Commons is 32 hours.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am not sure whether the Members on the Government side are trying to shout me down or whether they know it all and do not need to listen.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: As the House of Commons puts in 70% more hours than the Dáil, if the Oireachtas is to have any respect and if we are to have parity of esteem regarding the Good Friday Agreement we should also have parity of hours in terms of the cross-Border institutions and dealing with the UK Government.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: If we are trying to bring about reconciliation between different traditions, the two Parliaments in question should also maintain a parity, which in this case would have the Oireachtas sitting into July.

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: While I know Government Members are very excitable and they have a majority to do exactly what they want, when they do so and vote themselves an unreasonably long break they should take into account during the recess that they will not be accountable to the Dáil. Ministers need to be careful to tell the truth, as they will not be able to be held to account here. When it comes to the Minister...

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: ——as if the cost of the M50 was all about Carrickmines——

Order of Business. (1 Jul 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Why does the Minister for Transport not examine the figures? He knows that 0.03% of the cost of the project was attributable to Carrickmines.