Results 741-760 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: This morning the Taoiseach openly raised the white flag before Irish Ferries' slave labour plans. Nothing can be done, he says. I ask the Tánaiste, is this it? Is the exploiter now to run riot? In the context of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill, which is currently before the Dáil, will the Government table an amendment to outlaw these modern day slavers plying Irish and...
- Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Where is the outrage against Irish Ferries in official Ireland? In Sir Anthony O'Reilly's titles, for example, where are the headlines that would normally greet a group of workers who were pushing their own interests?
- Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Deputy Cowley should be facilitated.
- Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: My supplementary will take only 30 seconds. In the last two hours in an astounding development, stormtrooper type security has taken over the Isle of Inishmore and Ulysses ferries and locked in the crew at the behest of Irish Ferries management as part of its campaign to replace the workers with eastern European exploited labour. This is an outrageous development. Will the Minister come into...
- Road Safety. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-ââ
- Road Safety. (24 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Will the Minister make a statement on behalf of the Government on this extraordinary development at Irish Ferries ? I believe he should. He is trying to avoid this incredible situation.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: When the Taoiseach raised the white flag of surrender last week, it was, of course, the starting flag for Irish Ferries management to implement its union busting, bullying tactics that are reminiscent of the employers of 1913 when they set out to strangle the trade union movement in its infancy. Irish Ferries workers and employees in general in this country can expect from this Government...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Pathetic.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: What will the Minister do about it?
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: It was â¬1.1 million.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Shame on the Minister.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Is the Minister struck by the nauseating double standards in many sections of the print media, especially Independent Newspapers, in their coverage of the sending of bully boys onto Irish Ferries ships? This has been reported in the most sedate language. Has the Minister contrasted that with the paroxysms of fury in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's title, the Irish Independent, when it vilified groups...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: I got so sick, I am immune to it.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Will the Minister admit to the hypocrisy of it all?
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the mainstreaming of the 1,651 participants and 100 supervisors will commence on the community employment schemes which provide services to persons with disabilities by allocating an extra â¬11.2 million as outlined in the pre-budget submission of the Disability Federation of Ireland. [36854/05]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the 100 new teaching posts in the further education sector which she promised will come on stream during the 2005-06 academic year in view of the fact that to date in 2005 only 63 of these jobs have been created. [36320/05]
- Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: A few days ago, two Traveller children, Michael McGinley, aged three, and his brother Joe, aged 22 months, died tragically in a devastating fire in their caravan in Clondalkin. It was a tragedy that shocked and saddened people around the country. I do not wish to speculate on the cause of the fire, although there was a suggestion in The Irish Times yesterday that it may have resulted from...
- Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: That is after eight and a half years of Government led by the Taoiseach. Accommodation does hold the key to the future of Travelling people's health, education, employment and particularly the children's future. What hope do Travelling people have in regard to obtaining accommodation, when yesterday the Minister of State with responsibility for housing could not tell Deputy Gilmore how many...
- Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: The issue is not really about this site, but about the general conditions in which Travelling people live around the country. There are social problems in every community that make the resolution of specific areas more difficult than others. We are speaking about a general problem and a general approach. Is it any wonder that the accommodation and land needs of the Traveller community have...
- Leaders' Questions. (30 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach agree it is a shame that almost 1,000 families, 10% of the Traveller community, are still on roadsides or unserviced sites?