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Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: The family had been renting the place for eight years.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: I am saying briefly, as I am entitled to under Standing Orders, why I oppose the adjournment of the Dáil.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: It is brief. The Tánaiste must hear this. Three hours later those thugs returned and only that my colleague, Deputy Coppinger, was on the scene they would have physically ejected that family with violence. Four and a half hours later the gardaí had not arrived because there is only one car in Blanchardstown.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste is the Minister for Social Protection. She represents this constituency. Is she satisfied that landlords can act like this in this day and age and that the gardaí have no resources to respond to people in such a vulnerable situation?

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: Does the Tánaiste wish to respond to the point about the intimidation of vulnerable people in her constituency?

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: I proposed that the Dáil would not adjourn today. The Tánaiste did not answer my point.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: What about the Order of Business?

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste did not respond to the point about intimidation of families in her area.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the emergency services phoneline 999-112 is fully accessible to the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32124/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Joe Higgins: 566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene in the case of a pregnant partner of an Irish citizen (details supplied) to allow the person entry to the State due to pressing family circumstances [32132/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Why does the Deputy not say that water tax should be abolished completely?

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: No.

Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: The people of Dublin South West and Roscommon-South Leitrim have a unique opportunity in the by-elections on 10 October to take a massive political cudgel to the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government. Now that these parties seem to have forgotten already the trenchant lesson the people delivered to them in the local and European elections on 23 May, the voters in these by-elections should use...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will intervene to return the collection of waste in the Dublin City Council area to the council when contracts are due for renewal next month; and if he will make a statement on any breaches of by-laws and failure to collect waste the private operators. [34328/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will overrule the four Dublin local authority chief executives' decision to proceed with the Poolbeg incinerator in view of its rejection by elected members of Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34327/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the back to education allowance scheme regulations so that the requirement of 234 days receiving welfare payments for the third level option and 78 days for the second level option does not act as a barrier to gaining access to training and education. [33746/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Air Displays (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 536. To ask the Minister for Defence when his attention was drawn to plans to have a military air display by the United States military in Dublin on 30 August 2014; and the role his Department and the Defence Forces played in facilitating this display. [34055/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 650. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued to citizens of states to which the State will not return people; and if she will provide a breakdown of the figures for each state for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 and for each state. [34073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hepatitis C Incidence (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 925. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the implementation of the National Hepatitis C strategy; and the steps he has taken to ensure adequate funding and staffing required [33509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 1164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a military air display from the United States military is appropriate for any sporting event; the role his Department played in granting permission for this air display over Croke Park, Dublin, on 30 August 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34054/14]