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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: In the pre-crisis period, did Ireland have a reputation in the European Commission for regulatory arbitrage?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: I was a member of the European Parliament for a while. Mr. Nava is correct that the Parliament and Council sign off on legislation. It is true to say that the Commission is very influential in the production of legislation. In that regard, what type of influences lead Mr. Nava to make proposals? Mr. Nava will probably be aware of the Corporate Europe Observatory, which...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: With whom do they meet?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: But not staff. Is that true?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (5 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: Between end 2013 and mid-2014 there were 400 meetings between finance industry representatives and the Commission. Is that usual? Is it excessive, or not?

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: We thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Alcohol Advertising (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: How on earth can the Taoiseach speak about separating sponsorship of sports events by alcoholic drinks companies from marketing and be serious? What is the point of the sponsorship by the alcohol companies except to market their product? More fundamentally, is it not perverse in the extreme that major alcoholic drinks companies are allowed to advertise freely and use massive funds to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland. [43819/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to New York and the economic events designed to increase jobs and investment here. [44902/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: I will deal with just one of the huge number of issues that arise. Was the Taoiseach asked in any detail about the controversy with regard to Irish corporation tax policy or about the race to the bottom throughout Europe in respect of corporation tax, which this and previous Governments have championed? Did any civil society organisations or others raise this issue with the Taoiseach?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach condemn it as over the top and heavy-handed?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: The Government is going to stab the Greek people in the back. That is shameful.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: Could the Taoiseach tell us precisely when the proposed water services Bill, which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has promised, will be brought here? Could he tell us the purpose of that Bill, since that has not been made clear, and the timescale? Could the Taoiseach tell us whether the Minister for Justice and Equality was aware that a small battalion of...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: -----to the homes of anti-water charge activists to arrest them yesterday and this morning, and that ten gardaí arrived at the home of a 16 year old boy this morning in Tallaght to arrest him in relation to a protest in Tallaght?

Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: Was the Minister aware that this would happen?

Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: Is the Taoiseach happy to criminalise an entire community with this kind of carry-on?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: The council of the Economic and Social Research Institute contains big business figures and senior Government figures. Is it an establishment body and does that influence the kind of trend of opinion that emerges?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: In Professor FitzGerald's mind, when he is publishing these various reports, he says he is not influenced by, say, pressure from various sources, such as the Department of Finance or whatever. Has he felt a pressure to play down bad forecasts because of the nature of the system, the volatility of the capitalist marketplace or, for example, a fear that a bad forecast might frighten the horses...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: The introduction to the 2008 medium-term review, referring back to the same review of December 2005, stated, "While in that review we did not want to overdo the sense of foreboding, mindful of the fate of Cassandra, [we] still wanted to alert readers to our concerns", and it helpfully footnoted that Cassandra was a figure in Greek mythology. She displeased the Gods. Did the ESRI in any way...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (11 Feb 2015)

Joe Higgins: The professor said he does not like to campaign and was not comfortable moving from research. In the same introduction of 2008, he said:However, our essential message in this review is upbeat, recognising that there is a danger that Irish society could be transfixed by the current very real difficulties, missing the opportunity to plan and prepare for a better future in the next decade. ...