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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: -----as well as the €10.5 million a year that Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party get each year from the public sector. That still did not stop Deputy Fleming having the audacity to say that the Socialists got more public funding from the Exchequer than anyone else in this country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: The opposite is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: With regard to the constitutional problems associated with pensions, there is anxiety over the expected turnout in the referendum on the rights of children. I support the proposed constitutional change, despite its limitations. The Minister would have a 95% turnout on the day if he was to propose an amendment to deal with the considerable pension issues. Everybody would come out to vote in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure and Reform Vote: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (17 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: They were privatised and the same will happen with water. Once one modifies a service, as proposed with Irish Water, it is turned into a commodity, after which it is ready to be handed over to the privateers or private companies which are now bleeding the people dry. That is the record.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: That is shameful. It has been known for 20 years. The Minister should read the literature.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: I pay tribute to the home owners enduring the nightmare of pyrite affected homes and all the suffering that entails, some of whom have come together as Pyrite Action to campaign for justice for themselves and all others experiencing this problem. The local authorities and successive Governments have been slow to respond and keen to wash their hands of any responsibility for the remediation...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: No.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: There is no time limit on this debate.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: I may speak for ten minutes.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: No. This is the first I heard of it.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: I want everyone who wishes to speak to have an opportunity to do so. As there is no time limit on this debate I can speak for ten minutes and other Deputies who offer will be given time to speak, as per Standing Orders.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: There were warnings in civil engineering literature in Britain 30 years ago with regard to pyrite. Some 25 years ago, there was also a detailed paper entitled "Cause and Significance of Heave at Llandough Hospital, Cardiff - A Case History of Ground Floor Heave due to Gypsum Growth". In 1992, there was an international conference of the construction industry and civil engineers in Bristol...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: If the Minister of State, Deputy McEntee, were-----

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: I do not know whether the Minister of State is a small farmer-----

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: -----but if he were, and a bunch of foxes broke into his henhouse and created mayhem and havoc, would he round up the same foxes to go back to repair the damage they did? It is quite ludicrous. The question is who will pay for the pyrite scandal and the remediation of the homes affected. I say all those who had their snouts in the property bubble trough must pay. These are the big...

Other Questions: Departmental Agencies (18 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) has received any directors fees from November 2011 to June 2012 given reports that he has not attended meetings over this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45202/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (23 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the bike to work scheme will be maintained in Budget 2013. [46227/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Coins (23 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Finance the composition of the metals used in the production of Euro coins here; where the metals are sourced.. [45735/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Coins (23 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Finance the mines from from which the metals are sourced for the production of euro coins here; and if these mines abide by appropriate health and safety standards and employment practices. [45736/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Oct 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who declare themselves to be non-resident for tax purposes in Ireland on their tax forms; the amount of tax these persons are currently paying; the amount of these being monitored by Revenue due to being considered high-worth persons; and the nature of this monitoring. [45867/12]