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- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: What is it as a proportion of the growth rate?
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I asked about the Minister's strategy for turning the extraordinary high volume of savings, which is reflecting a fear in the economy, into an available source of funding, which would give him leverage, even with the markets.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Good people fell in with the wrong crowd.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: The directors within the mutual model, not the depositors.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: The flaws are of individuals not the model.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: One would not get the ESRI to print that one.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Barristers' bluster.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: It is not a populist chant, and the Minister is well aware of that.
- Statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010: Questions (20 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: That is true.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: On the same matter-----
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: The entire matter has been made very much worse by the announcements on the amalgamation of VECs and also by the changes in staff in local authorities.
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I am not developing a debate. I am making the point that circumstances have changed because those officials in the local authorities who dealt with student grants are no longer dealing with them because of cuts. It is important the Student Support Bill is brought back to the House to relieve the hardship experienced by students. Deputy Tuffy is quite right to raise the matter. It is a...
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: My first question is about secondary legislation. When will the ministerial orders implementing the Fines Act be introduced to stop the needless incarceration of individuals in prison? These people should simply never have been put in prison. My second question relates to No. 19 in the legislative programme, the European Arrest Warrant (Extension) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill. That...
- Order of Business (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: The Minister is aware there are many people in prison because the ministerial order has not been made.
- Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the sums of money being spent on consultants and legal fees by the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/10]
- Written Answers — Irish Red Cross: Irish Red Cross (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the reported salary of â¬160,000 a year for the acting general secretary of the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/10]
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the rise in burglaries aimed specifically at stealing jewellery; his plans to introduce measures to ensure that items sold privately to jewellery shops and pawnbrokers are photographed and checked for provenance to reduce the potential market for items acquired through intimidation and crime; and...
- Written Answers — Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the recent environmental disaster in Hungary, if he is satisfied with the safety measures taken at a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38268/10]
- Written Answers — Severe Weather Events: Severe Weather Events (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations being undertaken in the event of another cold, snowy and icy winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/10]
- Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (21 Oct 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of any contract in respect of oil and gas exploration signed in 1987 (details supplied) ; if the full terms of any such contract are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38267/10]