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Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking whether the promise to introduce that legislation has any meaning. Is the legislation considered necessary? Will we see it and, if so, why has it been so slow in coming before the House?

Order of Business. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am very aware.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the report on the increase in obesity in Ireland, the Government's plans to tackle this serious problem and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to explain the Government's decision to endorse the Nutrition and Health Foundation which has been set up to include a number of obesity...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent Central Statistics Office report, Measuring Ireland's Progress 2004. [11886/05]

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I thought for a second that Deputy Jim O'Keeffe would cross the floor of the House to tackle Deputy Kitt.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Government learn any lessons from the CSO report? To whom was the Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, referring when he mentioned positive feedback? Were a number of people charged with responsibility for giving feedback or is he making a more general point? Is the Government taking any lessons from the CSO figures? I note that Ireland has the second lowest unemployment rate and this is...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Promised legislation will be published in due course, after which the Government is expected to take action on the terms of that legislation. Is there any point in anticipating the outcome of the decision concerning the Prisons Bill 2005, which accounts for the closure of Mountjoy Prison, considering that €30 million has already been spent on a site by the Government pending the legislation?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is there any point in that legislation being treated seriously given that the Government has acted as if it is already an Act?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: This was not normal.

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that there are much higher rates of dental fluorosis here than in Northern Ireland as a consequence of water fluoridation; if she intends to address this problem in any way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/05]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that water fluoridation has occurred here without the necessary statutory approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15408/05]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta McHugh as a chuid ama a roinnt liom. An féidir leis an Chathaoirleach rá liom cé mhéad ama atá fágtha agam?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is Bille suimiúil é seo, gan amhras, do gach Teachta Dála, dá bharr go mbaineann sé leis an tslí bheatha atá againn — an Bille Toghcháin (Leasú) 2005 — ach, le cúnamh Dé, beidh suim ag an bpobal ann chomh maith, cé go mbíonn go leor daoine á rá go bhfuil níos lú daoine ná ariamh páirteach i gcúrsaí polaitíochta. Ní mar sin atá séó thaobh mo pháirtí de, atá ag...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Is féidir leis an Aire litir a scríobh chuig an nuachtán ag rá go bhfuil botún déanta. Tá sé ag déanamh tagartha don Stát agus d'Fhianna Fáil. An bhfuil an tAire agus a pháirtí sásta go bhfuil PRSTV againn? An ndéanfaidh Fianna Fáil iarracht é a athrú arís? Is féidir, áfach, feabhas a chur ar an gcóras. Ó Thuaidh, tá"topping up" glactha ag an Tionól agus sa Ghearmáin...

Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the role of the new task force on active citizenship he announced in April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14829/05]

Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I welcome the new task force on active citizenship. Does the Taoiseach regard the work of the task force as including the proposal of indicators that might be useful in respect of levels of involvement by people in community life and preventing the type of problems he referred to? Will he consider quality of life indicators as aspects of the terms of reference? Suggestions include young...

Active Citizenship. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I will as I do not wish to short circuit the process. The Minister's presence reminded me about issues such as the weight of schoolbags and others that are pertinent to the many students who contact me from time to time. Is the Taoiseach open to suggestions from the task force such as lowering voting age to tackle the low voter turnout we are all suffering at present? Will the Taoiseach see...

Commissions of Investigation. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the new commission of investigation headed by barrister Patrick MacEntee, SC, to examine questions concerning the Garda inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14824/05]

Commissions of Investigation. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: My understanding is that the terms of reference do not refer to the rights of the victims of the bombings. Arising from that, if, in the unlikely event that there is to be co-operation from Justice for the Forgotten and there is some quid pro quo, is it the case that lawyers' fees will be paid as is the case for the Garda and Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform lawyers? Will these...

Order of Business. (11 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Unless circumstances have changed rapidly in the past five minutes, I can take it that the national roads infrastructure Bill will not be published today. Will the Taoiseach state whether the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will take the opportunity to make a statement to the Dáil on his decision on the M3?