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EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I appreciate that there is a lack of consensus, as the Minister points out. We would not put this question down otherwise. If there were consensus, there would have been movement. Does the Minister agree that he is in a key and timely position as President of the Council of Environment Ministers to pursue a review of the EURATOM Treaty to end an obsolete feature of EU life? Austria,...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party, I wish to join with the other party leaders in extending our sympathy to the family of Frances Sheridan. Prior to the previous general election, the people were informed that the Government was in favour of continuing the moratorium on genetically modified foods and plants. Notwithstanding the widespread majority opposition of people in the EU to the lifting of...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach gives the impression that Ireland did not vote or else abstained on the lifting of the ban whereas the Government voted in favour of it. A report in The Guardian today states that the EU will prohibit GM oil seed rape crops. The Belgian Government is in no doubt that growing GM oil seed rape is harmful to the environment and urges other EU countries to follow suit. Will the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: That is what the Government voted for. I would like to get clarification, just as would many other people.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: What is our position? I still do not know.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the actions the Government proposes to take following the publication of the Barron report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1279/04]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the correspondence his Department has had with Meath County Council over the proposal to build a hotel near Trim Castle; and the use to which a €2.5 million EU grant is to be put related to this project, in view of the fact that Dúchas had formulated an objection to the hotel application. [2974/04]

Written Answers — Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has assessed the environmental impact of Border wash where diesel is mixed with hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid and then filtered for illegal gain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3168/04]

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I am looking at the Deputy's back.

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I look forward to seeing Deputy John Bruton closing the Sellafield plant.

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Is mian liom "Go n-éirí libh" a rá leis an Taoiseach, na hAirí, an Rialtas agus na státseirbhísigh sna sé mhí rompu. Is trua é nach bhfuil ceisteanna chun an Taoisigh ar ár gclár an tseachtain seo, rud a chuireann díomá ar mhuintir na hÉireann agus ar Theachtaí Dála. This is supposed to be a debating Chamber but unfortunately all we have at the moment is a sounding board. It...