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Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Frankly, I have asked several times about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which has been signed but not ratified. It has been communicated to me in writing that the reason it is not ratified is because we are awaiting the passage of the mental capacity Bill. Deputy Kathleen Lynch has asked about the Bill and she is entirely right. She is also...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Well said.

Written Answers — Product Labelling: Product Labelling (30 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that retailers are not only free to label goods from the West Bank accurately but that, under an EU Directive, they are obliged to label goods from the West Bank accurately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45102/10]

Written Answers — Product Labelling: Product Labelling (30 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he recognises that there are goods on the Irish market from companies (details supplied) that are misleadingly labelled particularly in light of Case C386/08 of the European Court of Justice which clearly stated that produce from illegal Israeli settlements can neither be considered Israeli or Palestinian. [45103/10]

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: The Mafia.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear. To stimulate the economy.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: That is not true.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment that there would be a review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44415/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 51: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding promised legislation to enhance the protection of national monuments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44414/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the capital spend for artistic and cultural facilities for each year from 2000 to date in 2010 in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/10]

Written Answers — Corporate Accountability: Corporate Accountability (23 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the overt, and covert, actions of unaccountable but publicly registered finance companies whose actions have led to the undermining of the sovereignty of member countries of the EU in financial matters and given that some of these companies have paid large fines to the federal system in the United States, if the control of such...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding discussions in the General Assembly of the UN on a transaction tax; the discussion at UN level and such bilateral discussions at diplomatic level which have taken place on this topic [43145/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school's (details supplied) request to expand their school which is overcrowded and is no longer able to properly accommodate its students, particularly with regard to attempts to construct a new school at a different site to address the accommodation issues of it and other secondary schools in...

Emigrant Support Services (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: We are.

Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I was interested in the Minister's reference to the German Foreign Minister's letter. There is also a more recent comment by somebody who is perhaps much closer to us all, Mr. John Ging, who has said that what happened in Gaza through the widely-reported easing of some restrictions has made little difference and has not made possible the completion of the construction projects in which UNRWA...

Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: It is minuscule.

Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: And Saudi Arabia also.

Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: It is the largest donor.

Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: The Quartet always mystifies me. What has effectively taken place in the long drag of non-achievement in the Middle East is that when the United States becomes active, everyone else goes silent and when talks fail in the United States, nothing takes place. There must be continuity of action at EU level. For example, there is little activity in the Russian part of the Quartet and only...

Human Rights Issues (18 Nov 2010)

Michael D Higgins: It is now time for the Government to acknowledge that one of the Minister's predecessors made a mistake in facilitating the Burmese presence at ASEAN, the assumption being that moral suasion would work on Burma. It singularly did not. I appreciate the reference in the Minister's reply to the 2,000 prisoners still being held in Burma. With regard to the discussions that the European Union...