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Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I cannot agree to this being taken without statements on the matter. This is similar to the appointment of the Ombudsman in which case there was an opportunity to mark the appointment and to give some political response — a welcome in the case of the Green Party. This appointment is being overlooked and in that sense undervalued, and it is important we redress that perception. Perhaps it...

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: In the context of previous comments, I am reminded of the vast profits being made by certain land speculators. I wonder whether the land Bill, which is down for this session, will be brought forward to offer an opportunity to debate these issues further.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party I join in the tributes paid to John Hume. He may have paid the price of peace in terms of his own health as well as the politics of his party. Regarding the Taoiseach's comments about the insights of Northern representatives on this side of the Border, which are laudable, and which will hopefully come to pass in due course, does he regard it as important to engage...

Business of Dáil. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: On a point of order, is it appropriate to proceed with business in light of requests made by letter to the Ceann Comhairle's office?

Business of Dáil. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: It is the Taoiseach I had in mind. This matter needs to be dealt with as it is very serious.

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures for reviewing the Good Friday Agreement; the progress so far in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1275/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent contacts he has had with the British Government concerning Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1276/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he has had with the Northern Ireland political parties since the beginning of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1277/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcome of his meeting in January 2004 with a delegation from the Democratic Unionist Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3976/04]

Northern Ireland Issues. (10 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 31: To ask the Taoiseach the recent contacts he has had with the British Government concerning the failure of that Government to publish the Cory report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3978/04]

Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse: Statements. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Crowe agus Connolly. I wish to share my time with Deputies Crowe and Connolly. Ms Justice Laffoy expressed a level of frustration rarely seen from the Judiciary. The Government's response to that frustration is beyond belief. It is clear from Ms Justice Laffoy's report that some of the religious orders were co-operative and others were...

Care of the Elderly: Motion. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Credit is due to the Independent Members of the Technical Group for tabling this motion. It reminds one of Mahatma Ghandi when he said that the greatness of a nation is to be judged by the way it treats its most vulnerable. When one meets elderly people while canvassing, the issues that arise are often repeated. They include security, vulnerability, isolation, and money for heat, light and...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I remind the Ceann Comhairle that there is a further body of Dáil reform proposals from the Green Party. The constructive proposals of all the parties should be taken on board. The Government needs to sit down and work out the changes. One of the major flaws, which this incident demonstrates, is the freedom given to Ministers not just to roam geographically but to roam in their answers. They...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The basic reason for opposing the late sitting is that the guillotine being used implies that the sitting is not late enough. As has already been stated, the report of the Laffoy commission needs more debating time. The gravity of the issue and the cost implications also warrant far more than an hour. In regard to the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill, the possibility arises that...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: We can expect some meaningful answers on Question Time. I wish to go back to an answer the Taoiseach gave when he described the files at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law reform as having vanished. Can I take it he does not actually mean that, as that is the kind of answer one expects from Paul Daniels? Does the Taoiseach mean that he has not been able to find where the files have...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Government agree to a public inquiry?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Will the process be fast-tracked?

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement the Government has with EURATOM; the contributions made by Irish taxpayers to EURATOM since Ireland joined the EU; the efforts made to internalise nuclear safety measures into the body of EU law and phase out EURATOM as an unaccountable pro-nuclear arm of the EU; and his plans to bring about...

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister's reply on this matter is even more pessimistic than the reply I received from the Taoiseach. Does the Minister accept that EURATOM, which was established in 1957 and is very much pro-nuclear and the expansion of the nuclear industry, lacks democratic control? It was established before the European Parliament and yet it spends money that is not adequately accounted for — some...