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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform (21 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: What is this except a proposal for wholesale destruction of sections of the public sector and wholesale privatisation? The Government has already killed off tens of thousands of jobs in the public sector and plans to kill tens of thousands more. At the same time it is proposing to privatise services from the same public service it is annihilating. What is this except an agenda to secure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform (21 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: The 2008 OECD report on the Irish public sector was complimentary and stated it compared very well with the public sectors of wealthier European countries. The Minister referred to duplication and achieving other efficiencies. Why does he not achieve this by discussion inside the public service with the involvement of public sector workers? As he is well aware, many of the most recent...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: It is critical that legislation is introduced immediately to provide for the termination of a pregnancy which threatens the life of a woman. That this has not happened in the 20 years since the Supreme Court ruled that it was permissible under the Constitution is testament to the cowardly prevarication of the political establishment in this State. However, such legislation, which should be...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: Has the Minister of State seen it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Summit on the 18 and 19 October [47573/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his phone conversation with Chancellor Merkel on 21 October 2012. [47574/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to meet President Hollande. [47575/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he requested clarification at the EU Summit of 29 June of the meaning of the EU communique in relation to the statement that the Eurogroup will examine the situation of the Irish financial sector with the view of further improving the sustainability of the well-performing adjustment programme. [47576/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent contact with EU leaders. [49716/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach the issues he intends to prioritise at the European Summit in Brussels on 22 November 2012. [49717/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: In the context of the alleged intention at a previous summit that there should be a breaking of the link between banking and sovereign debt, does the Taoiseach agree that this can only have meaning for the Irish people if the €64 billion of taxpayers' funds that was used to bail out the banks and the bondholders is paid back to the Irish people? Does he also agree that the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: It would seem that she is quite disconnected from the reality of the suffering of the Irish people as a result of her austerity agenda. What did the Taoiseach mean in June when he referred to a "seismic shift" with regard to debt? An earth tremor or a tidal wave often follows a seismic shift but we have not seen any waves or tremors that put any different or better configuration on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: I do not see any boats rising.

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: The expert group's report was presented to the Cabinet today and we were led to believe until very recently that only the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Health had seen it. Did the Taoiseach's Department authorise the cynical leaking of the report last week?

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: It should have been fully published two weeks ago to inform and focus the debate that has been raging in this country in that time. With regard to the timescale for introduction of the legislation, I listened to what the Taoiseach said about the Joint Committee on Health and Children and the expeditious nature of its hearings. What is the subsequent timeline for the introduction of...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: The presentation of the Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012 is a call to action on an issue of crucial importance to women in this State. That action is needed to replace 20 years of inaction since the Supreme Court ruled that a pregnancy can be terminated legally when its continuation poses a threat to the life of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the latest developments within the Pyrite Resolution Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52460/12]

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: I ask the Taoiseach to clarify the legislative timescale for his property tax. He said the Government had not yet signed off on it and mentioned that some details would be given on budget day, but I understood from the Minister for Finance that there would be stand-alone legislation on the property tax. Is that legislation finalised and when will it be introduced in the Dáil? A second...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: -----will have their property tax deducted at source.

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Joe Higgins: If such an obnoxious proposal is introduced, will it be announced on budget day or will it also be stand-alone legislation?