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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (21 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount she will invest in the Youth Guarantee in 2014 and 2015. [2767/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reveal the names of the consultants that Irish Water used in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown of the fees each of them received. [2303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Book Rental Scheme (22 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision not to allow schools that have already initiated a rental book scheme to gain access to the book rental grant, especially as far as newly established schools are concerned, such as a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3009/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (23 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an inquiry into the events surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/14]

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she concerned is that a company (details supplied) has advertised for 28 positions through the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3589/14]

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: I wish to ask whether the Minister is concerned that the Advance Pitstop tyre company has advertised for 28 interns through her JobBridge scheme, which is the second time around for the company. Obviously, this is a displacement of proper work at decent wages and a gross abuse of the young unemployed and taxpayers.

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Minister did not address the issue of Advance Pitstop with good reason, because this blatant exploitation calls her bluff and bluster on the JobBridge scheme. Advance Pitstop is the Irish arm of a major multinational tyre company. Advertising for 28 interns on JobBridge provides for a displacement of proper, full-time jobs, and that is quite clear. The advertisement by Advance Pitstop...

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Minister should just deal with the issue.

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: Advance Pitstop had a cohort of interns who finished in the summer of last year. Having taken a cooling off period of six months, the company has now returned to the market seeking another 28 interns. If the Minister had not facilitated the exploitation of young workers through this cheap labour scheme, Advance Pitstop would have been obliged to hire workers at real rates of pay. The...

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: I want real jobs at real wages.

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: We need policies that create jobs.

Other Questions: Job Initiatives (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: Only 20% of them are hired by the companies they work with.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met recently with Dr. Richard Haass; and if he will report on the matter. [45917/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed with the First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness the outcomes of discussions with Dr. Richard Haass. [2211/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: I want to ask the Taoiseach about an alternative take on the Haass talks. Mr. Haass, in his previous life, was a key adviser to George Bush Sr. The Taoiseach might remember they launched the criminal Gulf War. He was also a key adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was one of the key architects of the criminal invasion of Iraq, and was the one who did a lying dossier about...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider prohibiting the use of the JobBridge scheme for posts aimed at PhD holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3590/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by the Education Training Boards in the county of Dublin, city of Dublin, Limerick and Clare and Ccty of Cork for deciding the starting incremental point of a resource person on the resource person's salary scale. [3800/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly appointed resource persons that were employed in Youthreach centres of education since 2005 to date in 2014 by the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started on point one of the resource persons incremental scale; the number of newly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Staff (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly appointed resource persons that were employed in youthreach centres of education since 2005 to date in 2014 by the City of Cork Education and Training Board; the number of newly appointed resource persons during this period who started on point one of the resource persons incremental scale; the number of newly appointed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (28 Jan 2014)

Joe Higgins: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information on the reasons Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology is not participating in the current higher education restructuring discussions with Tallaght and Blanchardstown institutes of technology and DIT; his views on the future of Dun Laoghaire institute in the overall scheme of higher education...