Results 481-500 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (22 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when he expects to receive a report from Mr. Justice Henry Barron. [18923/05]
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: I wish to speak on that same matter.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: I have not opened my mouth this morning.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: I was not allowed by Standing Orders to open my mouth on the previous business.
- Order of Business. (23 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Will first-time buyers be saddled with further property tax?
- Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: May I ask a question?
- Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: The House began its proceedings a few minutes late and I hope some latitude will be shown. Has the Taoiseach had an opportunity to raise the case of Tipperary man, Christy McGrath with Prime Minister Blair? It is a miscarriage of justice.
- Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Is the Taoiseach aware of this case? Has he raised or will he raise this case in the near future?
- Northern Ireland Issues. (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: It is good to see the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste sitting together. The Irish Times had them disappearing down a crack in the aquatic centre.
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in the interests of public health, she will meet with the Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment to discuss its concerns regarding the threat to health posed by the proposed building of a toxic waste incinerator in Ringaskiddy, County Cork. [22533/05]
- Written Answers — Irish Emigrants: Irish Emigrants (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, as a matter of urgency, a financial contribution will be made to the Hammersmith and Fulham Irish Centre, London (details supplied), to pay the rent and prevent its closure due to lack of funds. [22195/05]
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress, which has been made in bringing to justice the person responsible for the murder of two Irish soldiers (details supplied). [22639/05]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will change the situation whereby contributory old age pensioners on reduced rate pension who made part of their contributions pre-1953 are not entitled to claim anything on their pre-1953 contributions without relinquishing their post-1953 contributory pension entitlements. [22136/05]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will revert to the position whereby funding under the programme of grants for locally based community education groups is awarded upfront instead of retrospectively on the basis of vouched expenditure for amounts of â¬5,000 and over, as at present, details supplied. [21868/05]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason funding under the programme of grants for locally based community education groups is now to be awarded retrospectively on the basis of vouched expenditure for amounts of â¬5,000 and over, when locally based community education groups already return receipts for all their expenditure and complete a...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposal for retrospective funding for amounts of â¬5,000 and over under the programme of grants for locally based community education groups would mean that instead of funding community groups, the funding would be awarded towards the interest on loans from...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many groups accessing funding through the programme of grants for locally based community education groups are run by volunteers, details supplied. [21871/05]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the figure of â¬5,000, as a cut-off point at and beyond which locally based community education groups could only access funding retrospectively, is grossly inadequate to support such groups for any length of time, details supplied. [21872/05]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria under which private, fee paying secondary schools receive funding under her Department's school building programme. [22679/05]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (28 Jun 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 742: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of private, fee paying secondary schools on her Department's school building programme list. [22680/05]