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Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Government will abolish the property tax unless-----

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: I wish to make a point of order.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: There is a serious point here. When the Taoiseach spoke, he said that if the Dáil wanted, he would put a motion regarding this issue to the House-----

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: -----to see whether the Dáil agreed that not just children as yet unborn, but their children in turn, should carry the Anglo toxic debt. He did not say what his proposal was-----

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: Can somebody from the Government tell us, for a change, when such a motion will be put forward and when a debate will be afforded in Dáil Éireann so that we can repudiate this disgraceful deal?

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has any intention or plans of involving Irish forces in the current conflict in Mali. [6095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (7 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the invitation of NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Mr James Appathurai, to speak at a defence seminar organised as part of the Irish Presidency of the EU. [6096/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he was involved in discussions with British Prime Minister in relation to Fermanagh being chosen as the host for next years G8 Summit. [2342/13]

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: There are 12 minutes left.

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: It stretches credibility beyond the limit that the right-wing political parties in this State and virtually the entire capitalist press hail as a glorious triumph an arrangement that shackles the Irish people to a gigantic millstone of toxic Anglo Irish Bank debt of €31 billion and interest over a 40 year period. The consequences are ongoing savage austerity that is already destroying...

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: That Ireland was a State groaning under the weight of moral strictures but at the rotten heart of the Irish establishment of that era, there was no morality. Likewise, the establishment of the EU is loudly proclaiming today that at the heart of its institutions are the values of solidarity, equality, justice and democracy. This is shameless mendacity when the cold reality reveals that the...

Promissory Notes: Motion (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: That is correct.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the jobs per acre potential in forestry, the reason for the lack of investment in this sector in view of the stated commitment to job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff earning more than €100,000 per year who have taken early retirement from the EBS since the begining of 2012. [6733/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on an incident detailed in the press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation; and if he will issue a directive that ships' crew in similar situations will be supported by the Gardaí and his Department. [7083/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Employment Rights Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an incident detailed in the press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation, the response of the authorities and the demands made by the ITF representative of his Department. [7082/13]

European Council: Statements (13 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: The rotating Presidency is designed to give a semblance of democracy to the European Union. The reality, however, is that the Irish Government is a puppet on the string of the European Union's establishment, which represents primarily high finance and big business. Could anybody doubt that after seeing the President of the European Central Bank last Thursday morning when questioned about...

European Council: Statements (13 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: The McKinsey Global Institute has pointed out that there was a catastrophic 15% fall in private investment in the European Union from 2007 to 2012. In the course of the past year the international financial press, including the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, for example, has pointed to a vast hoarding of profits, amounting to some €3 billion on a total EU-wide basis, by...

Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle -----

Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Deputy will be lucky if he has one after the next election. He should be careful.