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Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Facilities: Sport and Recreational Facilities (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 810: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers and other skaters should ideally be accommodated in green spaces and open areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22628/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 811: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 51 of 4 November 2004, when the finalisation of the draft guidelines for planning authorities on wind energy development will be published; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this delay is causing considerable uncertainty in the planning system, particularly in drafting...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 812: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the details of the local agenda 21 environment partnership fund have not yet been announced for 2005; and if he intends to continue with this fund. [22631/05]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 817: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the review of the national climate change strategy. [22719/05]

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 818: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the adoption of a strategy to reduce emissions of transboundary air pollution. [22720/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce legislation to transpose Directive 2003/04/EC on public access to environmental information; and the public consultation which is planned in this regard (details supplied). [22721/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 820: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce legislation to transpose Directive 2003/35/EC and the public consultation which is planned in this regard (details supplied). [22722/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 821: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to in implementing the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22723/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 823: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department is advising State agencies such as the EPA that Directive 2003/04/EC on public access to environmental information does not have direct effect as against emanations of the State and that they should not implement it. [22725/05]

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 822: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assessment which has been carried out of the impact of peat extraction on adjacent or nearby peatland special areas of conservation for the purposes of the habitats directive; the number of licences for such activity which have been granted under the habitats regulations. [22724/05]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 824: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is still Government policy that local Agenda 21 be implemented by county development boards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county development boards are not aware of this responsibility; and his plans to ensure that the attention of county development boards is drawn to their...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 825: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provisions which have been put into place to implement the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context; the measures to allow for the consultation with the public on projects in other jurisdictions which are likely to have significant environmental effects on Ireland and for...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Ceann Comhairle will be aware that it is also standard practice to oppose the taking or lumping together of items as if they are of no consequence. He should take into account that the Green Party does not regard it as satisfactory to take No. 14, which has just come back from committee. This item is a significant defence motion which must be considered and our giving it the nod takes for...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party once again opposes the guillotining of the Disability Bill. It asks the Ceann Comhairle and the Government to have regard to the significant meeting that took place last night in Limerick and the ongoing strength of feeling around the country, not least because the Minister has indicated that he believes in the virtues of inequality. It is absolutely essential that we go back...

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is the Government contemplating any amendment to the prompt payments legislation?

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The diplomatic relations and immunities amendment Bill is on the minds of people, particularly since the husband of Ingrid Betancourt, the presidential candidate in Colombia, is in the Public Gallery. She had been in captivity for over 40 months and is one of thousands in that situation.

Order of Business. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is that a matter on which the Government will allow statements? Will the legislation be published to allow us to debate such matters?

Leaders' Questions. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach has not told anything like the full story in so far as investigations indicate. Does he believe in the basic wisdom that justice delayed is justice denied? On that basis will he explain to the House whether he finds it satisfactory that when the former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, received the report of the Carty investigation, over nine...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: And the Government.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Jun 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The former Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, told the House on 23 May 2001: "The investigation by Assistant Commissioner Carty was completed and presented to me and, in turn, to the DPP." The Minister implied that he had received the Carty report, not just Deputy Commissioner Conroy's synopsis of it, before passing it on. Even if it was only a synopsis, the...