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Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: I am really in order, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste could shake his head or nod.

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: What about the discussion I asked the Tánaiste to confirm?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: A great deal has changed since yesterday.

White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Government's universal health insurance policy is designed to lead to further wholesale privatisation in the Irish health service, particularly in the area of hospital care. If anyone doubts this, all he or she need do is return to the source of this policy. I refer, in this regard, to the FairCare document which was published by Fine Gael five or six years ago. That document is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Leases (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance when the National Asset Management Agency will be transferring the allocated properties at Clare Village, Malahide Road, to Tuath Housing. [18306/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 238. To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the National Survey of Stroke Survivors 2013 published by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Irish Heart Foundation in April 2014; his views on the findings that 11% of stroke survivors requiring access to psychological services got access to them, half requiring access to speech and language therapy did not receive therapy, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national neurorehabilitation strategy; and report the number of extra community neurorehabilitation teams that have been put in place since the publication of the strategy. [18353/14]

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: When will we have the answers?

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: We know that; the Taoiseach should tell us something we do not know.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: When will that be?

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: Will it be this week or next week?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: Is it the intention to move a writ for a by-election in Dublin West tomorrow? If that is so, what are the arrangements for it?

Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: Will there be a short debate on the motion?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount income tax relief on pensions cost the Exchequer in 2013; and the percentage of that total of relief benefit to each decile of earners from the highest to the lowest. [18762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency owned houses and apartments that exist in the four Dublin local authority areas. [18763/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unfair Dismissals (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average current waiting time for a person to have his or her case for unfair dismissal heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal or the rights commissioner. [18765/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unfair Dismissals (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in instances where findings are made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or rights commissioner against employers resulting in compensation for unfair dismissal or orders to pay unpaid wages the rate of employer compliance with those findings and how often are subsequent enforcement measures required. [18766/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of pension-related disputes involving employer attempts to close or alter defined benefit schemes currently before the Labour Relations Commission. [18767/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently in deficit and the amount. [18761/14]