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

Trevor Sargent: It would be as well to recognise that we have an international obligation in the area of biodiversity. However, let us deal with that issue when we have an opportunity to do so. The legislation before us has a narrow focus as it deals with a specific activity. It in an anachronism in this day and age that the activity in question continues to take place. In addition to the animal welfare...

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

Trevor Sargent: I thank God we have not had-----

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (24 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the licence for a salmon farm (details supplied) in County Kerry and if the licence has been revoked or is active; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company has apparently served notice that it intends to apply for permission to increase the output of the farm from 500 to 2,000 tons...

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

Trevor Sargent: What about the Labour Party's U-turn on stag hunting?

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

Trevor Sargent: That is Deputy Stagg's job.

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

Trevor Sargent: Deputy McEntee should try listening.

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

Trevor Sargent: That is not new.

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

Trevor Sargent: The Deputy knows well. What about 2009?

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

Trevor Sargent: That was not our policy.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when adults and children will be afforded the right to an assessment under the Disability Act 2005; if funding will be attached to such assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23915/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in the implementation of a Vision for Change since the beginning of 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23917/10]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when a review of the Disability Act 2005 is due to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23914/10]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23916/10]

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are currently in place for graduates with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23918/10]

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Jun 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the work programme of the FÁS national advisory group on disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23919/10]

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010 - Second Stage (Resumed) (26 May 2010)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to share time with Deputy Kenneally. I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I recognise this is timely legislation, which will fill a vacuum in the law after section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1847, which made begging in a public place an offence, was struck down as unconstitutional in the High Court in 2007. Ireland was different in 1847 and it was a different...

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (26 May 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the measures in place to tackle bovine viral diarrhoea; the role he sees in this context for a national vaccination scheme; if he is familiar with the Irish manufactured and Irish Medicines Board licensed homoeopathic veterinary remedy for BVD now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21844/10]

Diversification of Primary School Provision: Statements (20 May 2010)

Trevor Sargent: I wish to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Ciarán Cuffe.De bharr nach bhfuil ach cúig nóiméad agam, déanfaidh mé trí phointe réasúnta tapaidh. Along with Deputy Ó Snodaigh, I have a particular interest in Gaelscoileanna. I hope the Department will consider to where a primary school pupil should go...

Diversification of Primary School Provision: Statements (20 May 2010)

Trevor Sargent: When Deputy Quinn is Minister for Education and Skills, he will no doubt act on that immediately. We have that system at third level and it could be adapted to suit the needs at primary school level. I look forward to that happening. The parent I spoke to today who was offered three places already has a daughter in another school which did not offer a place because it has an enrolment...

Schools Building Projects (19 May 2010)

Trevor Sargent: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le oifig an Chinn Comhairle agus leis an Cathaoirleach as cead a thabhairt dom an cheist thábhachtach áitiúil seo a ardú. I welcome the former Minister for Education and Science and congratulate him on his new posting. St. Joseph's secondary school in Rush, as the Minister will know from his previous portfolio, was built to have...