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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
11 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the progress in the implementation of the Sustaining Progress agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22458/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2004
58 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the situation regarding the study of the tax status of the horse breeding industry. [24817/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2004
76 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance his views on initiatives proposed by his predecessor on limiting legal fees paid at tribunals. [24816/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2004
66 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has assessed the degree to which certification is prohibitively expensive for private forestry owners; if she has plans to make certification more affordable, particularly in view of the fact that 72% of forest planted since 1990 is in private hands. [24539/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2004
32 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will elaborate on the pledge to put an emphasis on sustainability and balance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24538/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
254 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase Ireland’s contributions to UN funds to protect environmental habitats and rare species such as the tiger, panda, great ape and rainforest programmes. [23932/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
230 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many young Irish Jews are emigrating to more vibrant Jewish communities around the world; if he intends to make it easier for young Jews from eastern Europe or Israel, for example, to move here and help rejuvenate this country’s Jewish community. [23933/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
123 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when he foresees that Ireland will reach the UN target of 0.7% of GNP for overseas development aid, particularly in view of improving Exchequer figures. [23930/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
111 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has plans to follow the example of other EU member states and set targets for organic production; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23931/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
39 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the geographical breakdown by region of the grant aid awarded by the State to overseas firms in 2003; if the pattern will continue into 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
37 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the unaffordability of car and motorcycle insurance for young drivers especially in view of the impediment such exorbitant rates place on taking up certain types of employment and the reduction in other insurance premiums over the last year. [23602/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
172 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made on the report being carried out on behalf of his Department and the National Children’s Office. [23417/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
164 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress which has been made in extending free travel for qualifying recipients on an all-Ireland all-island basis. [23416/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when there will be a referendum on the proposed EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22465/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his proposals to amend the Constitution during the lifetime of this session of Dáil Éireann; when a referendum on such proposals may be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22464/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
178 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad a chuid smaointe i dtaobh thodhchaí na Gaeilge labhartha agus scríofa. [22899/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
165 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé na hathruithe atá á bpleanáil aige ar theorainneacha na Gaeltachta. [22898/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
135 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén céatadán de na státseirbísigh ina Roinn atá dátheangach sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla agus cén tionchar a bheidh ag Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus ag stádas oifigiúil don Ghaelige san Aontas Eorpeach, AE, ar an riachtanas Gaeilge a bheith ag státseirbhísigh agus ag daoine eile amach anseo. [23281/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the appointments he has made to State boards or other agencies since January 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22481/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who have applied to transfer out of Dublin under the Government’s decentralisation policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23508/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the way in which the Government’s decentralisation plans are impacting on his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22472/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2004
69 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will elaborate on statements he made at the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland’s 91st annual conference in Listowel recently regarding the reason county managers and town clerks have yet to apply for grants of €300 million from his Department; the projects which would qualify for allocation of such grants in view of the extensive need for community facilities such as playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2004
50 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the introduction of compulsory deposits on beverage containers, for example, requires legislation or is already facilitated through the Waste Management Act 1996; and his plans to introduce such an initiative in view of his statement of 28 January 2003 that commercial packaging waste that can be recycled should be recycled and that disposal will not be an option. [22625/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1196 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading within the Community, No. 2003/87/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21489/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1195 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on end-of-life vehicles, No. 2000/53/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21488/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1194 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, No. 2002/96/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21487/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1193 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, No. 2002/95/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21486/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1192 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery 2002/95/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21485/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1191 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of assessment of certain plans and programmes on the environment, SEA Directive 2001/42/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21483/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1190 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, No. 2000/60/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21482/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1189 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on ozone in ambient air, No. 2002/3/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21481/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1188 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made towards the transposition of the directive on national emission ceilings for certain pollutants, No. 2001/81/EC; and the resources in place to ensure enforcement. [21480/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1187 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that all manufacturers of cigarette brands here produce filter tipped cigarettes that have filters which are biodegradable. [21479/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1014 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if there are statistics available which detail the causes of road accidents, from which we can see the percentages of fatalities, or serious injuries, attributable to drunk or drugged drivers, tiredness, exceeding the posted limit, overtaking slow moving traffic and the making of right turns. [22659/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1013 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if in view of the continuing and dramatic rise in commuter traffic along the N81, particularly that part linking Tallaght to Blessington in County Wicklow, if his Department have plans to develop the very poor public transport system along this route; and if there are plans to extend the Luas line from Tallaght to Blessington. [22658/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
685 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has plans to tackle, or ensure that telecoms providers tackle the increasingly common problem of modem hijacking whereby an Internet user’s connection is redirected to an expensive long-distance number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
677 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposed to grant-aid or otherwise incentivise the use of non-fossil fuel energy at a domestic level here in view of the fact that uptake has been relatively low in comparison with other EU member states. [22661/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
593 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will announce new projects under the PPP scheme; and if these new projects will include primary as well as post-primary schools. [22653/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
592 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report on the grouped schools pilot partnership project will be published. [22652/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
276 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the suggestion coming from the UK that in the interests of energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that buildings would have different stamp duty rates to correspond with varying energy ratings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
232 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Government of Austria to introduce a ban on battery chicken farming as part of a raft of new legislation to promote animal welfare; and if he has similar plans for Ireland. [21478/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
342 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén toradh atá ar obair an ghrúpa oibre a bunaíodh chun ceist stádas na Gaeilge san AE a chur chun cinn tar éis dó a rá leis sa Dáil ar leis 3 Meitheamh 2004 go mbeadh an cheist seo faoi bhráid an Rialtais go han-luath. [20930/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
87 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the levels of antibiotics and other drugs banned from human consumption found by his Department’s residue testing programme in each of the past five years; and if he will report on the effect of each chemical banned, including nitrofurans, furazolidone and malachite green. [20981/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2004
32 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether moving the prison facility provided at Mountjoy to a location adjacent to the M50 may result in significant hardship to visitors, in view of the fact that such a location will be a considerable distance away from the city, may will not be accessible by public transport, and will lead to further gentrification within Dublin city centre. [20820/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
200 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the status in relation to permanent recognition of a school (details supplied); and the factors which his Department will take into account when deciding on this. [20682/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
25 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18992/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
17 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the impact of the decentralisation programme on his Department and the bodies for which his Department is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
50 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport when the Cabinet will make a decision with regard to the first phase of the Dublin metro project; and the number of years it would take before such a service came into operation in view of the approval in the summer of 2004 of the outline proposal prepared by the RPA. [20556/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18990/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2004
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during the first five months of 2004; the way in which this compares with the figure for the first five months of 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/04]