Results 1-7 of 7 for flu speaker:Trevor Sargent

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2006)

Trevor Sargent: The Government needs to tell us where it stands because it cannot appoint a chairperson before the legislation has been passed. I expected to see a date for the animal health Bill, given the bird flu threat that exists, yet UK doctors have attacked the Irish bird flu plan because no public health observer has attended a recent exercise on the Border with Northern Ireland.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Apr 2006)

Trevor Sargent: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: to debate the need for plans to counteract the threat of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu following the report of a case in Scotland this morning and the need to ascertain the level of preparedness required by Government to protect the health, economic and ecological well-being of the country.

Order of Business. (21 Feb 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ...that time be allocated to debate No. 9 rather than for it be passed without debate on the basis that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children has been advised in regard to the avian flu situation. It is important that the Health Service Executive's concerns be addressed. The Minister concerned asked on a radio programme this morning that people dealing with poultry make...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is co-operating with the Department of Agriculture and Food on the question of bird flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3094/06]

Order of Business. (31 Jan 2006)

Trevor Sargent: ...the publication of the Bill to give us the opportunity to debate this and other major issues? The second promised Bill relates to the urgent matter of our European neighbours' attitude to bird flu, where they are searching people coming into airports and ports for food. The animal health Bill would suggest a level of urgency about this matter, but there is no publication date for that...

Order of Business. (9 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: There are a number of pieces of legislation due in the pharmacy area. There is a vacancy for a chief State pharmacist, which in the context of any developments of the avian flu problem would badly need to be filled. Must we wait for the pharmacies Bill or will there be an independent appointment procedure perhaps more above reproach than the one which took place for the chief scientific...

Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)

Trevor Sargent: ...children being exposed to danger. The Sinn Féin amendment should focus more on strand three, which concerns the east-west dimension of the Good Friday Agreement. We know of the threat of bird flu, the ongoing threat of rabies, fisheries issues and, given the Rossport five controversy, the importance of gas supplies for this country. Gas will not be supplied from the Corrib gas field in...