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Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek clarity.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Did the Taoiseach pay all the taxes on the house? Is that correct?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: He did not say when the former Tánaiste knew about the loans.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Does the Taoiseach have a date or did he tell her before? We have not got an answer.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: A very important issue has been raised.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I am not delaying the Ceann Comhairle.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The point has been made that next week may be good for a debate but today would also be good.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to allow a Private Notice Question.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Many people will want to see this matter debated in the Dáil. It is not appropriate for the Taoiseach to say——

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ——the Minister is looking to advisers without coming into the Dáil.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The issue has not been addressed.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is not a matter of trying to speak for any longer than is strictly necessary.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to raise a point of order.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise an issue of urgent public importance, namely, to allow time for the Taoiseach to clarify if the person from whom he bought his residential home was at the dinner in Manchester where he received a gift of Stg£8,000 and, if so, to explain why he has not named that person as having been present at the dinner; and to...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I asked questions under Standing Order 31 and I hope the Taoiseach will avail of the opportunity now to clear up the issues I raised. We have tribunals, but it is important to remember they had to be set up in many cases because questions were not answered in the Dáil. Let us not repeat the mistakes of the past. There has been a holding back of information on matters dating back as far as...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends introducing legislation to reduce waste production in the current Dáil session. [31091/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive name, directive reference number and number of cases where Ireland has been formally cautioned under Article 226 of the Treaty of the European Community, issued a reasoned opinion under Article 226 of the treaty of the European Community, the Commission has declared its intention to go the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach yesterday told us he will not resign and he will not call an early election. The third option I put to him was a reform of the way politics is funded. I suggest it is time we had a measuring of election spending from polling day to polling day, not just during the three weeks before the election. The Taoiseach will understand the reasons for this when he sees the billboards...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I conclude by asking the Taoiseach three questions. Was a gift of Stg£8,000, a huge sum of money at that time, not unorthodox? Was it not unusual? Was it not irregular? The Taoiseach told us the Stg£8,000 payment was the only such payment he received. Is it not the case that the Taoiseach clearly misled the Dáil by not answering that he received such a payment, and by suggesting that...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)

Trevor Sargent: It is not enough.