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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 270: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the contract for the building of the extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been awarded; and when will construction commence. [27538/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: He should leave that to Deputy Gogarty.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: I respect the views of others on this issue. There are strongly held views on both sides of this argument. The Labour Party has a strong record of opposing animal cruelty. Indeed, we had a campaign on that issue in the 1992-93 period. It is from that period that the oft quoted remark from me on stag hunting was made. That was a correct position at that time. Arising from that position,...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It is not crazy; it is on the record. The Minister can name the person; I do not want to name-----

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister should not try to do a Gogarty on me.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister should hold his whisht and take his medicine.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: He should not do a Gogarty on me. This extended list of rural sports enjoyed by urban and rural people is threatened. That is the reason so many people have come out against this measure. I will not support that agenda. The most serious act against wildlife in this country was the release into the wild of thousands of farmed mink. Those supporting this Bill and the wider agenda to which I...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister's supporters have said that repeatedly.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: There is no legal possibility of animals being set against one another in this country-----

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Every time I get up to contribute, either Deputy Gogarty or another member of the Green Party thinks I am fair game. I am not and I will bite back as well. There are no legal bloodsports in Ireland but there are plenty of illegal bloodsports and the Minister is not doing much about them.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: It is not now possible legally to set one animal against another with the purpose of one or other being killed. The regulations ban it. There are no legal bloodsports in Ireland unless the Green Party and its supporters want to count shooting and fishing. I accept there are strong views on both sides of this debate and I respect that. I will vote against the Bill.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Why does the Minister not heckle that speaker?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: She is doing very well.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Hansel and Gretel.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: The Deputy should support what he said.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Is shooting a bloodsport?

Order of Business. (24 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: We will look forward to that.

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (23 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he has taken to address the allegations of serious lapses in proper corporate governance procedures at the Shannon Foynes Port Company; if he has been briefed on further allegations of the alleged payment of €400,000 to a former SFPC executive between 2001 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26847/10]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason EU Directive 95/21/EC on enhancing maritime safety including pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions on ships using Irish ports has not been fully implemented; the steps he will take to fully implement this directive as well as strengthening the system for monitoring and enforcing the basic rights and...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Jun 2010)

Emmet Stagg: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will deal with the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [27027/10]