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Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of his Department's communications unit for the first quarter of 2005; the way in which this compares to the first quarter of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11885/05]

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach has had time to reflect on the unit's merits and value. Does the Taoiseach see anything wrong in the information being made more widely available? Given that civil servants are engaged in collecting the information on the back of taxpayers' money, is it not in the common good for Members to be brought into the information loop? We would be better informed to do our job in the...

Departmental Expenditure. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is a costly radio service.

Official Commemorations. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am glad the Taoiseach could clarify the situation. It was understood from the correspondence he was agreeable to a Famine memorial day and I have been informed that it is likely to be on 29 May. Is there a need to write directly to this group if it is embarking on organising a memorial day, supposedly with the Taoiseach's goodwill? Should there not be some clarity and discussion of what the...

Organic Farming. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the implementation of recommendations in the organic development report; the acreage of organically farmed land in 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 in each EU member state; the action she is taking to remove the impediments to organic conversion for farmers; and the locations at which farmers can benefit from training to...

Organic Farming. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is now over five years since the agrifood 2010 committee recommended the setting up of the organic development committee so it is time to examine what progress has been made. The report predicted that by 2006 we would have at least 3% of agricultural land in organic production. Is it time to look again at the measures outlined by the Minister of...

Organic Farming. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is less than 1%.

Organic Farming. (4 May 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Prior to a brief supplementary question, I would like to welcome the national label initiative, and I hope it comes about shortly as it is long overdue. Does the Minister of State accept that it is necessary to review constantly the reasons Ireland does not maintain the progress made in other countries that have less to boast about in terms of their agricultural traditions? Does he regard the...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the April 2005 meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13684/05]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his official visit to the United States in March 2005; the discussions he had at the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston on 14 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/05]

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: There is probably potential for Leaders' Questions on Thursdays after all. If possible, can I deal with promised legislation and also the prospect of a debate? Given the proceedings of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting held yesterday, is the Minister amenable to a debate as Minister for Finance, given the serious overrun in costs that has been highlighted by the committee such as a...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am asking whether a debate can be arranged and whether the Minister would be amenable to it. The question on the promised legislation arises from a meeting yesterday of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government at which the directives contained, or at least referred to in the building control Bill were discovered by the Department. A derogation will be sought until...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I appreciate that, but these are very pertinent questions concerning the building control Bill and whether the enactment of that directive will be implemented on time or if we will be in court again.

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Three years late.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners has quantified the likely impact on revenues of the recent European Court of Justice ruling facilitating the repatriation of foreign losses by EU companies. [13378/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in light of the price recently paid for a site in Thornton, to which Mountjoy Prison is to be relocated, and in view of difficulties encountered in acquiring a site for FÁS in Birr at a reasonable price, he envisages that the State will incur similarly massively inflated costs when buying sites to facilitate the decentralisation programme; his...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to introduce legal protection for coarse fish in addition to the protection afforded to the pike species in order to protect stocks of other coarse fish such as bream and tench from destruction by both commercial and non-commercial interests. [13640/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/05]

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: A fair number.

Departmental Staff. (27 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I cannot believe the Taoiseach does not know how many people are in his constituency office.