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Official Engagements. (18 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Victory in Europe celebrations in Moscow. [15895/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (18 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the statement by Gama Construction yesterday to the Labour Relations Commission that it is sacking all its Turkish workers who were on work stoppage despite the workers voting for SIPTU to negotiate a return to work; the campaign of harassment by Gama associates in Turkey of the families of Turkish workers who are seeking...

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I have a question for the Minister for Finance on legislation but if newspaper cartoonists keep showing us the hapless Minister of State with responsibility for development aid——

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I do. If they keep showing him protruding from a kebab on the roasting spit, collective nausea among the population will cause a collapse in trade for honest kebab sellers in this country.

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I am sure the Minister of State must shudder at what cartoonists would have done if he had advised me to stick with lettuce as well as the kebab.

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I refer to the work permits Bill. Given the crass insensitivity of the Minister for Finance's colleague yesterday, will the Government compel Gama Construction Ireland Limited to reinstate sacked workers and to pay the overtime they are due?

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I put the question in the context of the work permits Bill.

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Will the Government stand up to this gangster company in our midst?

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the family of the late Mr. Robert McCartney. [15206/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the parties in Northern Ireland. [15209/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15211/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005. [15212/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet the British Prime Minister following the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005. [15213/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the US administration. [15220/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the fringes of the Victory in Europe celebrations in Moscow. [15896/05]

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: It is a day when our schools are in mourning over the young lives lost in the awful tragedy in County Meath. Members will express their sympathy and have points to make on the safety of children on school transport. I want to draw the Taoiseach's attention to another aspect of student welfare, which is the urgent and extensive investment needed immediately for physical fitness facilities in...

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I am not saying the schools and the physical fitness regime is the only answer, but it is an important one, acknowledged by all.

Leaders' Questions. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: If such investment has been made, why did the INTO discover that 80% of schools surveyed in Donegal did not have a PE hall, that 70% of schools surveyed in Kerry did not have one and a similar percentage was found in respect of schools between those two counties? The University of Limerick in a study on secondary schools pointed to an absence of adequate facilities, qualified staff and...

Death of Students: Expressions of Sympathy. (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: I and the Independent Deputies express profound shock at the tragedy in County Meath. The loss of a young life at any time is a huge tragedy but when five young lives are snuffed out in a calamity such as this, it scarcely bears speaking of. This tragedy has reached throughout the country to my home parish of Lispole from where Deirdre Scanlon's father came. I am sure the other young people...

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Joe Higgins: He might revise a few promises.