Results 2,561-2,580 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: The Minister sounds like old Hanrahan: "We'll all be rooned".
- Irish Economy: Motion (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: It is a very small standing ovation, Michael.
- Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated completion dates for the Navan rail line and the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/09]
- Written Answers — Smarter Travel Policy: Smarter Travel Policy (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that Galway has been chosen as the pilot demonstration city or town for the transport sustainability measures proposed in Smarter Travel; if this decision is pending; the way or if there will be a nationwide competition for local authorities, transportation departments to win this funding; when the programme will commence in...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding relocation of the docks in Galway. [5737/09]
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (17 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 3 February 2009, if there is a delay in the transfer of the site of a school (details supplied) in County Galway; if so, the reason for same; and the steps he is taking to expedite the matter. [5747/09]
- Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with Deputy Morgan.
- Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: The Bill is about a principle. I hope this principle would be accepted across all sides of the House and particularly by all spokespersons. The principle is that all workers have an unequivocal right to be free and protected from exploitation. That right should not be conditional on one's status. It should be capable of being vindicated and should not be conditional on economic...
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: That is right.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I welcome the opportunity, and wish I had longer, to speak on this motion. I will address a single dimension, namely, citizenship. Not today or yesterday, a continuous, sinister and despicable campaign started that devalued public service. During the so-called boom times, public servants were regularly contrasted with the buccaneer individualists who were supposedly making a fortune...
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Last week and on Monday, when members from different unions from around the country visited their Deputies, they did something that was difficult. They spoke about their jobs and their children and what it cost them to live, not just to participate. The bankers who knifed the country's reputation went into hiding. Their names are still being protected. They comprise the golden missing...
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Foreign Conflicts. (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter. I hope we will be able soon to address this issue substantively at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs in the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Our next meeting is a select committee one and after that we have other business. However, I hope that in a fortnight's time we might be able to accommodate a...
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Irish financial institutions have been able to access the â¬30 billion European Investment Bank small and medium enterprise lending programme; when he expects to see the impact of this scheme to filter through to businesses operating here and the extent to which it will impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Investigations: Banking Sector Investigations (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on media reports that the Financial Regulator is investigating if Anglo Irish Bank artificially boosted its deposit base around its year end to inflate its financial strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/09]