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Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013 changes the arrangement for the bailout of Greek capitalism from its deep crisis and from the crisis of the European financial market system in general. This bailout and the vicious austerity agenda that is contingent on it has been an unmitigated disaster for the people of Greece. This amendment to the bailout terms does nothing whatsoever...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: Deputy Durkan's neck is too hard for the guillotine. He would break it.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Review (23 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact if further reductions of €1 billion are imposed on the pay and conditions of public sector workers. [2909/13]

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: Yellow pack, cheap labour.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: The jobs are not jobs at the proper rate.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: It is not. It is about replacing 1,000 agency nurses. Tell the truth.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste should go back to first class and do his maths again.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: Where will the 1,000 agency nurses go when they lose their jobs?

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: Plus 1,000 and minus 1,000 equals zero.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: We are back to the naíonáin beaga. Plus one and minus one equals zero.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation noting the circumstances around the recent occupation of HMV stores and the current occupation of the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel, Athboy County Meath, if he will support the introduction of legislation that will support jobs being maintained, including through public ownership of enterprises which close preemptorily, give workers and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: After the peremptory closure of HMV Ireland, with more than 300 job losses, the workers correctly occupied some stores in Limerick, Cork and Dublin, demanding their rights in terms of pay, holiday pay, redundancy and the guarantee of social welfare entitlements. The Minister put his faith in the receiver to give these workers justice. Is the Minister not aware that the receiver, Deloitte,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: Does the Minister not agree his austerity policy of slashing wages and increasing taxes for workers is hitting the retail trade and is a contributory factor to the crisis in the sector? The Minister says it is not viable for State intervention to save significant numbers of jobs but in the past period, the State allowed Waterford Glass and Irish Glass Bottle to close. These were two...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: What will the Minister do about the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Office of the Attorney General (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: We have spent 55 minutes on four questions tabled by two Deputies, which leaves five minutes. If this session finishes peremptorily the next tranche of 38 questions on the North, concerning extremely important issues, will be dealt with in five minutes. Something must be done to rationalise this situation. If we go to the next tranche the Taoiseach's reply will take up all the time...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Office of the Attorney General (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: How can the Taoiseach justify such a situation? I put it to him there would be great anger and resistance among civil society if he tried to do so. Is it the case that staffing limits are having a severe effect in many areas of Government, including in the Office of the Attorney General? For example, why is it taking so long to have concrete proposals on the Taoiseach's pledge to abolish...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Office of the Attorney General (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Seanad.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will meet the cost of the statutory redundancy and unpaid holiday pay of the workers who lost their jobs in a company (details supplied) as per the agreement between the workers and Deloitte and Touche. [4103/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Transfers (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the State's sale of part of land and assets (details supplied) [4241/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (29 Jan 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 16 January 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of payment levels by local authority area. [4208/13]