Results 8,181-8,200 of 8,235 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Sorry.
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: To correct the Minister of State, it is not my opinion that it is not complicated.
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of information, it is all other items except-----
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: And climate change.
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after "(i) the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution;" down to and including "(iv) the manner in which referenda are held;".
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I join Senator Ó Clochartaigh in congratulating Galway on being selected to be European Capital of Culture in 2020. Galway is my hometown and I am delighted with its success. I congratulate Limerick's bid and the Three Sisters bid of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny for also putting forward visions of what a society embedded in and deeply engaged with culture could look like. Time was...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Particular obstacles are faced by those who do not have that status.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister of State was going to give assurances as to the immediate action without waiting for recommendations on the other issues. He was also looking to give-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It was an intergenerational consultation of 1,000 individuals.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The national positive ageing strategy is two years overdue, so action needs to be taken this year.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The last question was-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Will actions on-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----item No. 1 of the assembly's business-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----given to it by the Government be able to proceed without waiting for recommendations on Nos. 2, 3 and 4?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Will the Government be able to act on-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----the recommendations on No. 1 of the assembly without waiting on Nos. 2, 3 and 4?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: He asked whether there were other issues.
- Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (14 Jul 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister for Finance and Minister of State to the House. In the Minister's speech we saw an acknowledgement of the recent anomaly in the published GDP figures that claimed there had been a 26% growth in the economy. The figure has been roundly mocked and led to unwanted attention on a global level. In the debate since then we have been urged to focus on other figures, such as...