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Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Will we have the referendum first?

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will request the Central Statistics Office to change the way in which inflation is measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6338/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, to allow time for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to update the Dáil on when he was first asked to provide assistance in upgrading the Oughterard sewage treatment plant, which is still discharging virtually raw human sewage into Lough Corrib, causing...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I support Deputy Kenny's request for more information. A debate on the issue in the House, of whatever duration that can be managed, would be appropriate. The matter I raised under Standing Order 31 referred to the problem in Galway. There is a need for an update on the situation and for us to learn from the mistakes of the past. The opportunity should not be missed to have that debate...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The Criminal Justice Bill is being cited outside the House as important for various reasons, beyond its substance, including how it bears on our democracy and how that must be taken into account. I have come from a conference in the National Library organised by TASC, entitled Power to the People — Assessing Democracy in Ireland. This Bill was cited as an example of whether it is...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: To withold the temptation to use the guillotine means that democracy and accountability are not being further undermined and hopefully better legislation will flow from more reasoned debate.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the measures that are in place to deter the type of motorway pile-up that occurred on 27 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12721/07]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport the assurances he can give that the North Esk freight facility and freight yard will remain connected to the Cork to Cobh line; and the details of the proposed location of the park and ride facility proposed under the Midleton plan. [12722/07]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage and the amount of wheelchair accessible taxis which were operating in 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005; and the reason deregulation of the taxi service was not made contingent on accessibility in taxis and other public service vehicles. [12495/07]

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 525: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the hectareage of reforestation that has taken place inside areas designated as acid sensitive since the introduction of the acidification protocol which was drawn up by COFORD, the National Council for Forest Research and Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency to prevent planting in these areas; and if she will provide...

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the conditions of all felling licences require that the felling and replanting operations must be carried out in accordance with Forest Service guidelines relating to biodiversity, in view of the importance of these guidelines for the future of the environment here and the Government promotion of awareness of the importance of...

Written Answers — Forestry Industry: Forestry Industry (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when she last had contact with the Department of Finance regarding the matter of recouping from Coillte Teoranta forestry premium grants awarded to it but subsequently excluded from community financing under the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund and confirmed by a European Court decision....

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 659: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the income limit of €40,000 which applies for the qualification of a person with a disability seeking to improve their home to make it more accessible in view of the commensurate rise in house values and mortgages and taking into account that the figure of €40,000 is inadequate and...

Written Answers — Public Bodies: Public Bodies (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government informed the European Commission that Ireland already upholds the rights enshrined in the Aarhus Convention and EU Directive 2003/35, which require a review of administrative decisions by public bodies which is timely and not prohibitively expensive through the system of judicial review in...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the European Commission, after issuing Ireland with a letter of formal notice followed by a reasoned opinion, has informed Ireland that it will be bringing infringement proceedings against Ireland before the European Court of Justice for its failure to protect the fresh water pearl...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the guidelines prepared for the protection of the fresh water pearl mussel and circulated for public comment in 2006 have not been published; and when they will be published. [12753/07]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 665: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the existing highest Irish water quality standard Q5, which has been determined by the best scientific opinion to be inadequate to protect the fresh water pearl mussel, will be revised accordingly. [12755/07]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the Environmental Protection Agency with extra resources to fulfil the role outlined in S.I. No. 106 of 2007, European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations making it an offence if a local authority fails to comply with a direction from the Environmental Protection Agency to take...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the threat of closure of the accident and emergency department and the intensive care unit at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk in September of this year following the ongoing downgrading of the hospital in recent years.

Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government says he wants to see the Water Services Bill discussed here before the election. Will the Government provide time for it to be discussed so that it can be enacted? It has been on the backburner for a long time and the cryptosporidium is getting worse. There has been significant coverage of human trafficking but the Government...