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Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The question could take up more time in the Mahon tribunal.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in implementing An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16072/05]

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach promised to do it.

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is clear that An Agreed Programme for Government is not being fully implemented while movement on some of the commitments is in the opposite direction. I will not speak about specifics. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether in the remaining two years the Government will reduce consistent poverty to below 2%? Will that be an achievement or a level hoped for in the same way as the 0.7% of GNP...

Programmes for Government. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is the Taoiseach's figure.

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I understand from reports that the critical infrastructure Bill was to be raised at the Cabinet meeting yesterday. Given the circumstances, other issues were naturally given priority. Is there still a plan for an early publication date? Will the critical infrastructure Bill address any of the issues surrounding decentralisation?

Order of Business. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I read in a report that the population of Dublin may reach 2 million by 2021.

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: When travelling around the country I presume the Taoiseach has, from time to time, come across landowners and farmers cursed with the problem of criminals dumping waste illegally on their land. From speaking to people affected, he will know it is not only a case of crops being destroyed, scrap metal proving a hazard for combine harvester operators or otherwise but often the landowner is...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: As I expected, the Taoiseach did not respond to the charge that a double standard operates and that a smaller landowner would not be given the generosity of section 55 of the Waste Management Act. I know a number of them who have been hauled before the court. Having discovered illegal waste on their land, they must face the rigours of the law in the course of a criminal investigation. Will...

Leaders' Questions. (25 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach should take it to the Mahon tribunal.

Written Answers — Budgeting Advice: Budgeting Advice (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proactive educational measures his Department has taken to advise persons of the dangers of excessive indebtedness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17142/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the poverty levels, relative, consistent and otherwise, among persons with disabilities; the action his Department is taking to alleviate poverty among persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17141/05]

School Transport. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question : To ask the Minister for Education and Science the response of the Government to the horrific school bus crash on 23 May 2005 in Navan, County Meath; the need to revisit the recommendations of measures to improve safety in school buses made in relevant reports published by various bodies including the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science between 1990 and 1999.

School Transport. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I thank the Minister of State for her reply to our questions. I hope that there will be an element of common purpose between all parties in learning lessons that should be clearly spelt out following the investigation, which is of course at a very early stage. This is a sensitive time, given the tragedy regarding which we expressed our sympathy on the Order of Business, the loss of five...

Aer Lingus: Motion. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am glad to speak on this motion and I thank Sinn Féin for tabling it. It is an issue of considerable concern and a talking point for many people in my constituency of Dublin North. The company is very much at the heart of the economy of north County Dublin and has provided livelihoods for many people over a number of generations. People have a keen interest in Aer Lingus even though no...

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: As I have four questions, I will try to be succinct. The Taoiseach mentioned the importance of inclusivity and regard for smaller parties. I ask him to take on board that, following the local elections in the North, the Green Party is now the sixth largest party there and draws its support from both Unionists and Nationalists. It should be included in the discussions the Taoiseach is having...

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: They had not been elected before.

Death of Students: Expressions of Sympathy. (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party, An Comhaontas Glas, I join with other party leaders in expressing our heartfelt sympathy on the tragic loss of life of five young teenagers. I extend our thoughts and prayers to their families and to all those injured. I spoke on the telephone to one of the young survivors, Rory O'Byrne, who was fortunate to have escaped with minor injuries — cuts and bruises....

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is an exceptional Finance Bill being considered prior to the budget this year which would deal with some of the loopholes——

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Surely it cannot be right to allow yacht renovation in the Mediterranean——