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- Bank Guarantee Scheme (5 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Minister could ask the question-----
- Bank Guarantee Scheme (5 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: All the Minister had to do was ask the question and not make an accusation.
- Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (5 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the USA. [18434/11]
- Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (5 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of the Queen of England and the President of the USA. [19486/11]
- Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (5 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of the Queen of England and the President of the USA. [19487/11]
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is not agreed. This is the first of three Bills where a guillotine is proposed today. The Taoiseach is quickly becoming the Madame Defarge of the Thirty-First Dáil. All he is short of is a knitting set.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: I would rather be a stooge than a stool pigeon like the Minister, Deputy Shatter.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: In fairness, I am trying to be kind to the Government backbenchers.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is reported in the press that the backbenchers feel frustrated at not having sufficient time to express themselves in this Dáil.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: There are three guillotines before us and if we allow the practice now, what will happen in the autumn, when far more pressure comes on this Dáil from legislation and other issues? Has the Government Chief Whip ascertained how many speakers are offering on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, how many have been cut and why the Government proposes three guillotines? It promised, as one of its...
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: I have a question for the Taoiseach under Standing Order 36. It appears the posse of men who rode into town last November posing as good samaritans are ripping off blind the Irish people. With only two weeks before the Dáil breaks, will the Taoiseach arrange for a comprehensive report and debate on the real implications of the memorandum of agreement between the IMF-EU and the Government...
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: What other secrets are contained in the execution of that memorandum in the alleged name of solidarity?
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: On a point of order, Deputy Boyd Barrett is absolutely correct.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: I want to make a point of order, which is my entitlement.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: I am sure you will protect my right to do so.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach frequently answers our queries with regard to the ordering of business by referring to the Whips.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is the business of the Taoiseach, fundamentally, to order the arrangements for sittings-----
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----and the business taken in the Dáil.
- Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)
Joe Higgins: He should answer.