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- Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: Perhaps it should be outside Oxfam because he knew a lot about starving poor people.
- Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: It is a pity so many of those young people are exercising their talents in the United States and Australia.
- Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: I thank the Deputies who supported my motion and contributed to the debate. The great Dublin Lock-out of 1913 is an event that today embarrasses the political establishment and discomfits in particular the Labour Party and the leadership of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU. The ruthlessness of that section of the Home Rulers and capitalist nationalists that was involved with the...
- Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: Working class people should mobilise to stop this austerity juggernaut of destruction of society, living standards, jobs, etc. and fight for an alternative way of organising our society.
- Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: Some in the Labour Party have the audacity to suggest that Connolly and Larkin would comfortably sit on the Labour benches were they present today. One year after the Lock-out, as the capitalists of Europe lined up to slaughter millions in a struggle for their markets and profits, James Connolly called for "the final dethronement of the vulture classes that rule and rob the world" and...
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (20 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the possible sale of State assets to be discussed at a meeting of the Government. [29692/13]
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (20 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: We learned of the decision not to proceed with the privatisation of Coillte and its harvesting operations at the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance yesterday. I really welcome the fact that the Government was forced to recognise the massive opposition that existed around this country to any moves in the direction of the privatisation of our woodlands. That message came...
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (20 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: People who I respect and who had many dealings with Coillte were massively critical of the leadership and management of the organisation. This was the fault of successive Governments which allowed them to do this. Bringing the Coillte workers, woodland devotees and people who appreciate our woodlands to the heart of the management of a reformed entity is the critical issue. The Minister...
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (20 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: The Minister should pull back from all privatisation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Residential Care Provision (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: 75. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making budget provisions for specialist care available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork [30837/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Residential Care Provision (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: My question relates to a 40 year old autistic woman, whom I shall call Emma, who received a diagnosis only six years ago. As the Minister of State knows, a highly functioning autistic person can be bright and intelligent while also facing very serious issues in regard to social adjustment and so on. To clarify, Emma is currently being cared for in St. Stephen's Hospital, not St. Finbarr's...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Residential Care Provision (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: I accept that the Minister of State simply made a mistake. The problem here is not the quality or commitment of Emma's carers. In fact, her mother, who is in the Gallery today, has expressed her appreciation for what the staff have tried to do. The problem is that Emma is not being cared for in the appropriate location, having been dealt with more as a patient with mental health or...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Residential Care Provision (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: We are talking about a human being with very specific needs, as we are whenever a difficult situation such as this arises. The problem is that this woman will not make the necessary progress if she is not receiving treatment in a location that is specifically geared towards the special needs of a person with autism. That is the issue, not the quality of care or the staff, whom her family...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach continued to pay them-----
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: When he was in opposition, the Taoiseach never opened his mouth against the profiteering that was taking place in the housing market.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when he will meet with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. [27358/13]
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: I support the amendment but that is not to say I support the idea that we need ten Dáil Deputies, let alone 14, for a citizen to be qualified to stand for the Presidency. I have been calling for the abolition of the Seanad for more decades than the Taoiseach is in the Dáil, which is a very long time, but I abstained on Second Stage of this Bill to make a protest with regard to...
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: If my memory serves me correctly, when I was in the Dáil previously, Fine Gael moved a Private Members' Bill proposing that 20,000 signatures of electors would be a qualification for standing for the Presidency. Yet, now that Fine Gael is in government, there is no proposal whatsoever to broaden this out. I support the abolition of the Seanad and I will vote for that in the final vote...
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: Unfortunately, what is a progressive move in getting rid of an elitist institution, which most of our people would agree with, in my view, is tainted because of the nature and policies of the Government that is moving it. It is quite possible that people will take the opportunity to give the Government a kicking. Indeed, I will have to make it very clear in the course of any campaign that...
- An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Jun 2013)
Joe Higgins: Why can any citizen not stand?