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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase substantially the amount allowed to be earned by a dependent of an old age contributory pensioner from the current figure of €88.88 (details supplied). [25152/05]

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 1003: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will amend the Coroners Act 1962 as a matter of urgency to end the restriction on the number of medical and other witnesses a coroner may call during an inquest in order to ensure that families have proper expert medical representation when attending the coroner's court. [25273/05]

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 1004: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will implement the recommendations contained in the 2000 report of the working group set up to review the coroners service. [25274/05]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 1394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to improve water quality in response to the findings of the three-year water quality in Ireland study published in June 2005 (details supplied). [25270/05]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 1395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to improve the quality of drinking water in Carraroe and Callaheighue, County Galway. [25271/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 1396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons wishing to extend their business premises through the erection of mezzanine floors in warehouses must go through the planning process and are liable to pay development levies or extra rates. [25272/05]

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: They will be able to——

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Joe Higgins: The Minister's bad tempered attack on last night's "Prime Time" programme, which dealt with the purchase of lands at Thornton for six times the normal value of agricultural land in the area, was nothing more than a blatant attempt to avoid answering the key questions posed by the process of this purchase. The "Prime Time" programme went straight to the heart of the matter. What is the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 30: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a request for a meeting with the family of a murder victim (details supplied). [25334/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 31: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in Dublin with President George W. Bush's special peace envoy Mr. Mitchell Reiss. [25335/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 32: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the parties in Northern Ireland. [25336/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 33: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25338/05]

Northern Ireland Issues. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 34: To ask the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. [25339/05]

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Last week the Taoiseach said Irish Ferries was engaged in sharp practice in sacking 543 trade union workers and replacing them with exploited labour from eastern Europe. Was that not utterly empty lip-service from him as in the past 12 months it has emerged that his Government gave millions of euro to the same company, Irish Ferries, in redundancy grants to do exactly the same thing to 150...

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: So-called normal industrial relations means the Labour Court. In the case of the MV Normandy, the Labour Court, if I might paraphrase it, said flags of convenience are all the rage and it could do nothing about it. It recommended that the deal had to be accepted. It was exactly the same thing. Some 150 workers on trade union rates of pay and conditions were replaced by cheap, agency labour....

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: It is a sham.

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: What has that got to do with it?

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Would the Taoiseach work under the same conditions?

Leaders' Questions. (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Proper union rates must be paid and conditions must be good.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is still waiting for speech and language therapy. [26228/05]