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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Europe prioritised it. The Deputy is a good European.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: I congratulate Deputy Tuffy for tabling a reasonable amendment that attempts to deal with the legislation rather than scaremonger, patronise a smaller party in Government or pretend the Green Party is against everything in rural Ireland.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: This is not an argument between rural and urban Ireland. It is a question of whether animals have the right to enjoy a relatively stress-free life. On that question, Deputy Tuffy suggested that a recovery period of three or four days is, somehow, an excuse to allow a domesticated deer to be taken off a cart and chased around the countryside by baying hounds, thereby causing risk to the...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: No, unlike Deputy Hogan's leader, Deputy Kenny. The only Member opposite whose position I respect is Deputy Brian Hayes who, in a recorded comment to the media, confirmed that approaches were made to Sinn Féin by the Fine Gael Party.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Deputy Kenny denied such approaches ever took place. One cannot believe anything that comes out of his mouth because he will be a cute hoor and say anything for the sake of populism. Fine Gael Party Deputies are doing the same with this legislation.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Deputy Tuffy and a number of Fine Gael Party Deputies stated that Fianna Fáil Party Deputies may have to vote against their beliefs because the programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce this legislation. Green Party Deputies have had to do this on other issues. There are many on the Fine Gael Party benches who are on record as strongly opposing blood sports. Tonight,...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: The truth is that none of the minor Bills promised in the programme for Government is about attacking fishing or hunting.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: As someone who does not eat meat, this could give vent-----

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: That statement may appear to justify the prejudices of the entire RISE! campaign but contrary to popular belief, not every member of the Green Party is a vegetarian and some of them, including Deputy Mary White, have hunted.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: As I indicated on Second Stage, my personal beliefs in terms of what I would like the Green Party to do and what is achieved in the programme for Government are two different things. The Green Party will continue to honour the programme for Government until we negotiate a new one, possibly as coalition partners with Fine Gael after the next election. That party would do a much better deal...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Our door is still open despite the double speak and hypocrisy.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: The Fine Gael Party knows as well as the Green Party does that when it comes to numbers, politics is the art of the possible.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Despite all the comment about the Green Party and the end of rural Ireland, if Fine Gael needs the votes of Green Party Deputies to make Deputy Kenny Taoiseach after the next general election without the double-speak of Deputy Gilmore, it will come to us and we will negotiate.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: I was referring to a wider issue raised by Deputy Hogan when he suggested the Bill was the thin end of a wedge that would go far beyond the narrow confines of the legislation. I can play fantasy politics as much as anyone else. The Minister tabled amendments in response to genuine concerns. Who will blame a Minister for proposing amendments during Committee and Report Stage debates? This...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: It objects to everything.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Deputy Morgan cannot vote on that now.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the factors that led to the ongoing delay in providing a building capable of accommodating 1,000 pupils for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the date on which the building will actually be constructed and open to cater for the demographic demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27058/10]

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: This motion to call an early election is opportunistic, cynical and pointless.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: One could cite many reasons for calling an election and I would relish it. Fianna Fáil have squandered the fruits of the boom and filled the pockets of their developer paymasters. However, an election will not be called. The two parties favouring an election would be seriously inconvenienced if one were called. Voters would be given the choice between an incompetent Fianna Fáil...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Paul Gogarty: Today, Deputy Gilmore said we need to be free from the politics of the past. His speech was "Back to the Future" - the same old populist cant. Deputy Kenny spoke about dodgy donations from developers. He continues to take them himself. He knows all about them. The Labour Party talks the talk. When the Green Party tabled a motion on corporate donations in 2006, the Labour Party tried to...