John Gormley

66. Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the assumption by Irish troops of the lead role in the UN task force in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32303/06]

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5. Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the mission of Irish soldiers to be deployed to Lebanon; the number of troops involved; their duties; the locations where they will be stationed; if the overall mission is required to disarm Hizbollah; if this deployment will require the approval of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32459/06]

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59. Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the further developments in Ireland’s involvement with EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/06]

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Last Tuesday afternoon, the 10th of October, I took a trip down to the South Walk, past the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant. The smell was stomach churning. Luckily for Dublin City Council, there was a strong wind which dissipated the worst effects.

DCC still claim that they have solved the problem. This is untrue. Not only that, but their record of smells is completely inaccurate, as our comparison has revealed. How no-one has been sacked for this fiasco is beyond me.

Statement by Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson John Gormley TD:

“The study published yesterday by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which shows that the death toll in Iraqsince the US invasion has reached over 655,000, is truly shocking and shows once again that this war has been one of the biggest disasters in the history of US foreign policy. The war, which was supposed to stop terrorism, has sown the seeds for further terrorism for many generations to come.

“Most Iraqis now want the US to leave the country. American troops are viewed as an army of occupation, and there can never be peace in the country as long as they remain.

“The Irish government must use every available opportunity to urge the US government to withdraw their forces from Iraq. By allowing Shannon to be used, the Irish Government is assisting America in its counterproductive war.”

100. Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children when the request for a treatment centre and after care service for the greater Drogheda area made by the Drogheda Community Drugs and Alcohol Forum will be granted; her views on whether a treatment centre such as the one requested is vital and essential, in view of the alarming increase in drug and alcohol abuse in the community in general and the increase in population in the greater Drogheda area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32449/06]

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