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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: What the Minister is saying is the inglorious past that brought the economy to its knees.

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Community; Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the affect the announcement of a 10% cut in funding will have on the services his Department can provide to communities [46045/10]

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: No, he did not. That is incorrect. The Minister of State is repeating the untruth his brother stated last week.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister of State is misleading the House.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I simply wanted to tell the Minister of State Deputy he is not getting away with it.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Auberon Waugh is a prime Fianna Fáil source.

Leaders' Questions. (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: It is a strange version of solidarity.

Requests to move Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Foreign Affairs to respond to the urgent need to provide consular assistance to an Irish citizen and her family. Having been struck down with a severe illness while in Vietnam, she and her family face enormous daily medical costs, including the cost of...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: You should suspend it.

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I wish to share time with Deputy Quinn. It is important that we leave this debate with a semblance of hope for the many thousands of people who have been contacting Deputies on all sides, that we tell them there is a future for Ireland and a future for Europe beyond the incredible failure into which we have sunk. A real social Europe can be created. That social Europe is not a common...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: The response in the future involves us all. It also involves a cute evasion - those who say it is not a matter of left or right any more. This is a cop-out. This is to say, "You are afraid to say that a party of the left, the Labour Party, gave its vote in September 2008 against an indiscriminate guarantee, unbounded, from which flows most of these difficulties." There is a strange...

EU-IMF Programme of Financial Support: Motion (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: We need to demystify expertise and to hand back information and knowledge to citizens. What is interesting about this notion, and what they are saying is, now at this time when there is a prospect of real change, when the Labour Party, a party of the left offers not just a return to what was there before and what was falling apart, but something that can deliver a real republic as I have...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: The issues that arise in this regard are quite serious. Obviously if Members can resolve this issue, which should be done either by clarification or by vote, one would be able to approach what the Minister seeks to achieve in other sections in a much clearer fashion. Certainly, the case for this amendment that has been made by my colleague, Deputy Burton, is very important. It is simply a...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Committee Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: Then we would have to oppose section 53.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)

Michael D Higgins: I am pleased to have the opportunity to conclude this debate on behalf of the Labour Party. As the party's president, I am proud it put down this motion defending those on the minimum wage. The Labour Party has also made it clear that when it enters government, the order to reduce the minimum wage will be rescinded. I pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy Penrose, who prepared a researched...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2011)

Michael D Higgins: That is right.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2011)

Michael D Higgins: He is about to put the question.

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (12 Jan 2011)

Michael D Higgins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the future viability of Irish Life and Permanent; if he expects that the State will be required to make a capital injection into the bank during 2011 in view of the revised PCAR analysis and enhanced capital requirements; if he remains committed to the future existence of a third force in Irish banking; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Financial Services Sector: Financial Services Sector (12 Jan 2011)

Michael D Higgins: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he intends to proceed with the disposal or merger of Irish credit institutions in which the State has a majority or controlling stake, particularly Irish Nationwide and Educational Building Society; when he expects to make a final decision on any such disposals or mergers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1398/11]

Order of Business (13 Jan 2011)

Michael D Higgins: When the Taoiseach hears the first cuckoo he will call the general election.