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European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Is mian liom "Go n-éirí libh" a rá leis an Taoiseach, na hAirí, an Rialtas agus na státseirbhísigh sna sé mhí rompu. Is trua é nach bhfuil ceisteanna chun an Taoisigh ar ár gclár an tseachtain seo, rud a chuireann díomá ar mhuintir na hÉireann agus ar Theachtaí Dála. This is supposed to be a debating Chamber but unfortunately all we have at the moment is a sounding board. It...

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I am looking at the Deputy's back.

European Presidency: Statements. (20 Jan 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I look forward to seeing Deputy John Bruton closing the Sellafield plant.

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the actions the Government proposes to take following the publication of the Barron report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1279/04]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: We can expect some meaningful answers on Question Time. I wish to go back to an answer the Taoiseach gave when he described the files at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law reform as having vanished. Can I take it he does not actually mean that, as that is the kind of answer one expects from Paul Daniels? Does the Taoiseach mean that he has not been able to find where the files have...

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Will the Government agree to a public inquiry?

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Will the process be fast-tracked?

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement the Government has with EURATOM; the contributions made by Irish taxpayers to EURATOM since Ireland joined the EU; the efforts made to internalise nuclear safety measures into the body of EU law and phase out EURATOM as an unaccountable pro-nuclear arm of the EU; and his plans to bring about...

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Minister's reply on this matter is even more pessimistic than the reply I received from the Taoiseach. Does the Minister accept that EURATOM, which was established in 1957 and is very much pro-nuclear and the expansion of the nuclear industry, lacks democratic control? It was established before the European Parliament and yet it spends money that is not adequately accounted for — some...

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I appreciate that there is a lack of consensus, as the Minister points out. We would not put this question down otherwise. If there were consensus, there would have been movement. Does the Minister agree that he is in a key and timely position as President of the Council of Environment Ministers to pursue a review of the EURATOM Treaty to end an obsolete feature of EU life? Austria,...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: On behalf of the Green Party, I wish to join with the other party leaders in extending our sympathy to the family of Frances Sheridan. Prior to the previous general election, the people were informed that the Government was in favour of continuing the moratorium on genetically modified foods and plants. Notwithstanding the widespread majority opposition of people in the EU to the lifting of...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The Taoiseach gives the impression that Ireland did not vote or else abstained on the lifting of the ban whereas the Government voted in favour of it. A report in The Guardian today states that the EU will prohibit GM oil seed rape crops. The Belgian Government is in no doubt that growing GM oil seed rape is harmful to the environment and urges other EU countries to follow suit. Will the...

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: That is what the Government voted for. I would like to get clarification, just as would many other people.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: What is our position? I still do not know.

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: The basic reason for opposing the late sitting is that the guillotine being used implies that the sitting is not late enough. As has already been stated, the report of the Laffoy commission needs more debating time. The gravity of the issue and the cost implications also warrant far more than an hour. In regard to the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill, the possibility arises that...

Order Of Business. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: I remind the Ceann Comhairle that there is a further body of Dáil reform proposals from the Green Party. The constructive proposals of all the parties should be taken on board. The Government needs to sit down and work out the changes. One of the major flaws, which this incident demonstrates, is the freedom given to Ministers not just to roam geographically but to roam in their answers. They...

Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse: Statements. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Crowe agus Connolly. I wish to share my time with Deputies Crowe and Connolly. Ms Justice Laffoy expressed a level of frustration rarely seen from the Judiciary. The Government's response to that frustration is beyond belief. It is clear from Ms Justice Laffoy's report that some of the religious orders were co-operative and others were...

Care of the Elderly: Motion. (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Credit is due to the Independent Members of the Technical Group for tabling this motion. It reminds one of Mahatma Ghandi when he said that the greatness of a nation is to be judged by the way it treats its most vulnerable. When one meets elderly people while canvassing, the issues that arise are often repeated. They include security, vulnerability, isolation, and money for heat, light and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the correspondence his Department has had with Meath County Council over the proposal to build a hotel near Trim Castle; and the use to which a €2.5 million EU grant is to be put related to this project, in view of the fact that Dúchas had formulated an objection to the hotel application. [2974/04]

Written Answers — Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste (3 Feb 2004)

Trevor Sargent: Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has assessed the environmental impact of Border wash where diesel is mixed with hydrochloric acid and sulphuric acid and then filtered for illegal gain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3168/04]