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Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: At least he did not turn his back on the people, unlike the Minister, Deputy White.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: That is nonsense.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: That is very scary.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: Get off the stage. Deputy White may have abandoned Trotskyism-----

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: Any law can be repealed.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: No. Tax the millionaires and billionaires.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: Tax the tax exiles and millionaires. Tax wealth, not the poor.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: Who implemented the charges?

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Minister of State could ask the Labour Party about that.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: You must be joking.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change and the green economy was last held and for when is the next one scheduled. [35188/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the United Nations summit on climate change in September. [36526/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Nov 2014)

Joe Higgins: In his address to the United Nations climate change meeting in September, the Taoiseach spoke about the need for a collective global response and about the need for corporations to take responsibility, to define objectives and to take action. He also spoke about the need for sustainability. The Taoiseach is correct that a global response is needed urgently considering the imminent threat of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk; and the position regarding his appointment as the next President of the European Council. [41696/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on European affairs was held and when the next one is scheduled. [35726/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (2 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 98. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any research by his Department on the prospects of future water poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41681/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (2 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to ensure the person receives back to education allowance or other assistance to continue in education and training. [45835/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (2 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: 303. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to make the purchasing of prostitution an offence; the steps she will make to provide help and assistance to prostitutes seeking to leave prostitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45772/14]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: No. It is not agreed.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Water Services Bill 2014 is as cynical and duplicitous a piece of legislation as ever came before Dáil Éireann. Now we have a Government punch drunk by a revolt of people power against water charges and six years of austerity desperately trying to construct a fig leaf to cover the betrayals of the Labour Party in particular and to get it past the next general election. The...