Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,571 for speaker:Trevor Sargent

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: No. 10 dealing with the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 is insufficient because it does not address the ongoing crisis in Askeaton regarding animal health problems. It should do so and if it does not, then we are not doing the job we are elected to do. Will the Tánaiste and the committee take this into account? I support Deputy Kenny in seeking a debate which I requested under Standing Order...

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: There either is or is not IRA activity in the State and we are hearing different statements from the Government.

Nuclear Safety. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Gabhaim buíochas don Cheann Comhairle as cead a thabhairt dom an cheist seo a ardú ar an Athló agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta. Labharfaidh mé leis an Aire atá freagach as seo arís. This issue is of enormous concern not just to people in Ireland, but to anyone worldwide who is concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and plutonium as a material....

Nuclear Safety. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: They cannot find it.

Swimming Pool Projects. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if submissions have been received from South Dublin County Council regarding a swimming pool in Lucan since a previous parliamentary question from this Deputy of November 2004; the funding stream which exists for new swimming pool applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5165/05]

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

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to address a matter of urgent public concern, namely, the report of 30 kg. of separated plutonium going missing at Sellafield and the need to know when the Irish Government became aware of this information in the light of the court case taken by Government which led to a decision for the UK authorities to keep the Irish Government...

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: The Green Party also opposes the guillotining of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005 for the reasons mentioned by Deputy Ó Caoláin in that a number of my party members will not have an opportunity to speak on it. More importantly perhaps from a national point of view, the decision by Government to invest pension funds increasingly in the oil industry begs questions as to what the...

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I respect the Ceann Comhairle's decision in not allowing me to seek the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31, but perhaps the Tánaiste will say whether the Government had information about that missing separated plutonium. Regarding promised legislation, will the Dublin metro Bill now be changed to the Meath metro Bill in view of the Minister for Transport's state of flux...

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Since 1990 and the Costello reforms, Fianna Fáil has not introduced a charities regulation since it would affect their fundraising too much.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I ask the Tánaiste whether she will accept that wager.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in active service at the latest date for which figures are available. [5105/05]

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposed volunteer members of the Garda Síochána will receive full training before they commence their duties. [5106/05]

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress to date in implementing An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4483/05]

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: When speaking on An Agreed Programme for Government, the Taoiseach repeatedly states that if the Government had previously known what it knows now, it would have done things differently. This is particularly the case when he is obliged to answer questions on matters such as traffic congestion, problems relating to social housing, etc. Is it not the case, however, that when one is preparing...

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: As in the case of the metro.

Programmes for Government. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It would be a fraction of——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: I seek to have the business of the House adjourned under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national and international importance, namely, to appraise the Dáil of the Government's failure to date to prepare Ireland for compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, which comes into effect today, and its successors which provide that reductions will be far more stringent that the original...

Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: It is quite a worrying development and indicates not alone the problems raised by the Supreme Court but also vindicates Opposition warnings that the Bill was being rushed through the House. This health amendment Bill was inspired, it seems, more on PR grounds than from a legally vigorous and well-thought out policy viewpoint. It is clear that the business is unfinished and that a debate is...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the introduction of private bus operators in the Dublin bus market. [4814/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Feb 2005)

Trevor Sargent: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to introduce legislation which will allow for the use of electronic tolling; if it will be possible to convert all existing toll plazas to such an electronic system; and the contracts for new tolling arrangements which are being designed on the basis that they will be collected electronically. [4815/05]