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Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: When will our citizens be back if the Tánaiste is way ahead of the game?

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: When will our people be home?

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Does the Tánaiste wish to withdraw that remark?

State Visits (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his planned visit to China; the purpose of same; and the issues he intends to raise with his Chinese counterparts. [29814/11]

Written Answers — Global Irish Forum: Global Irish Forum (10 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the Global Irish Forum. [29812/11]

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Did the Cabinet decide today to close down army barracks in Clonmel, Mullingar, Castlebar and Cavan? What is the rationale for this proposal when there are no savings to the State? For the 600 soldiers and their families, most of whom are workers in uniform as ordinary rank and file members, this will be an enormous ordeal, forcing them to uproot and move to different towns and cities. One...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: In Clonmel, Deputy Healy and the Tipperary workers' group and the United Left Alliance have correctly examined the situation and are absolutely opposed to this. Perhaps the Taoiseach could take a lesson from history in the case of Clonmel. Even Cromwell was persuaded not to loose destruction on that particular town, following the opposition of Aodh Dubh Ó Néill, his soldiers and the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach reconsider that decision now?

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: I am afraid it is similar to the closure of workplaces such as TalkTalk or Aviva, although perhaps not on the same scale. In many cases, families will be obliged to move, as otherwise the personnel involved will be forced to commute for hours every day.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: I wonder would the Deputy-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is quite callous for members of Fine Gael to dismiss the concerns of soldiers and their families in this way.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: To be forced to change their way of life and commute for three hours a day, which would be the case for some of the soldiers, is an intolerable change in conditions.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: How can the Taoiseach say that jobs will not be lost when people have to move, and those who provide services in the local economy which are dependent on these people will obviously suffer? It is a major dislocation. What is the rationale? The Taoiseach cannot even argue that there are economic benefits to the closure. Is the resignation of Deputy Penrose giving Fine Gael and the Labour...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Are they prepared to sit here and see soldiers and towns and local economies destroyed in this way? I am asking the Government to reconsider. What is the rationale for the decision when it cannot even use an economic argument?

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: And refurbishment.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is not saving anything.

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is not saving anything. The Taoiseach just said it.

Written Answers — National Debt: National Debt (15 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the total national debt in euros as a percentage of gross domestic product by the year end of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and delineate the portion of each figure that can be attributed to the recapitalisation of the country's banks and the portion that can be attributed to interest payments due by the State. [34292/11]

Carbon Trading (22 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: In all seriousness, does the Taoiseach not see the glaring contradiction between wanting genuine and effective action to reduce pollution - if we take carbon as pollution - on the planet but relying on wild speculation in pollution credits on the world's financial markets as a method of achievement? Does the Taoiseach agree that his own programme for Government and the words he just used...