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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take in regard to the calling into question in a report of the European Court of Auditors of Ireland's failure to give social and environmental considerations equal weight to economic consideration and so implement sustainable forestry. [10266/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take to ensure that the level of premium aid given to forestry applicants reflects the true loss of income from the land involved and not an inflated value as suggested by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland. [10267/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take to ensure that the level of premia payable to farmers for loss of income is paid only to those who have genuinely farmed the land previous to their application and are not, in fact, investors for whom there is no justification for obtaining the higher compensation, as...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the failures in checks and assessments of forestry funding in the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland and the measures she has taken or intends to take to rectify the matter. [10269/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she has taken or intends to undertake to ensure there is a separation of duties of forest inspectors to eliminate the fact that forestry projects are approved and checked by the same person as stated in the European Court of Auditors report. [10270/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 620: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide him with the correspondence between the Irish authorities and the European Court of Auditors during the discussions about the forestry audit report on Ireland. [10271/05]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to declare Ireland a genetically modified free zone to protect Ireland's natural biodiversity and green food producing image especially in view of Clare County Council's decision to ban genetically modified crops. [10742/05]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1050: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol will result in an easing of restrictions on the building of wind farms and bio-gas plants. [10748/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1077: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of quarries legally registered with planning permission in County Donegal; if he can provide a list of them and when they were last inspected; if the same procedures apply to older established quarries that predate the introduction of presently applied legislation on quarrying; and if not, when...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 1102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase central Government support for recycling in view of the recent growth in the sector following the spread of pay-by-volume schemes. [10750/05]

Death of His Holiness Pope John Paul II: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party, Comhaontas Glas, I pay tribute and respect to the late Pope John Paul II who, as mentioned by previous speakers, was well known as a man of peace, opposing not only the violence of paramilitarism in Northern Ireland but also the bombing of Iraq and many other so-called legitimate wars. He was a man of reconciliation, and for that he has left a valuable legacy,...

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums the Government intends to hold in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5703/05]

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I have a number of questions, most of which could be answered with a "Yes" or "No". Given the Progressive Democrats' declaration that electronic voting was expensive, undemocratic and unworkable, is it now the view of the Government that electronic voting will not be used in any constitutional referenda? Can we look forward to a referendum without the complication or controversy of electronic...

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: We are speculating. The Taoiseach is answering.

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: He ignores questions.

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I do not mind.

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am very happy to do so.

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I am seeking clarity on the range of answers given by the Taoiseach, particularly with regard to the European treaty. I took it to be the case, as stated by the Taoiseach, that every member state would need to approve the treaty for it to be fully accepted by the European Union. He mentioned that if 90% approval could be garnered the next stage could be planned. I would like some clarity on...

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: That is what I thought was agreed.

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It would have a chat about it.