Results 761-780 of 3,895 for speaker:John Halligan
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
John Halligan: I am shocked that the Tánaiste would think that spending €10.8 million on many people who are the most marginalised in society would put such financial constraints on the health budget. The mobility allowance is not about going to work or to the supermarket; it is the broader picture. It is about access, integration, independence, human rights and equality. That is how those...
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
John Halligan: There is a cut.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
John Halligan: That is not the question.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
John Halligan: The estimates are wrong.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (16 May 2013)
John Halligan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of property tax return forms that have been received by the Revenue Commissioners; of those return forms received, the number that have chosen the deferral option; of those return forms received, the number have been left blank with an attackthetax sticker attached; and lastly if he will please confirm the number of the return forms received that...
- Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: The annual report of the Data Protection Commission released yesterday highlighted disturbing abuse of the public sector's information system because of inappropriate employee access and abuse. This is a very serious matter. The public sector and the Minister heading that Department, has a solemn duty to protect data in its possession which it may only disclose with the consent of the...
- Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: When an allegation is made against any citizen in this State, information on that allegation is between the citizen, possibly the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Garda Síochána and maybe the offended individual. Are we seriously saying that it is now the position in this State that an allegation can be made against an individual by a Minister who may have been informed by a...
- Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: The Minister assumed it to be true on the basis of what a garda said to him. That is the point I am making. That is what is dangerous.
- Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: I thank my colleague for tabling this timely motion, on which I welcome the opportunity to speak. The most recent figures show that approximately 26 million people are unemployed across Europe, while 150 million are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This is the European Union as we know it today - a union which is not working. So-called experts on both sides of the fence are...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Export Statistics (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions with his Cypriot counterparts on the possible implications for Ireland in terms of exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Persons Hotline (21 May 2013)
John Halligan: 600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 24 April 2013, if she will confirm to date the steps that have been taken to advertise the existence of the 116000 hot line here; if she will commit to organising that the relevant informational posters be forwarded to all colleges, schools, creches and indeed all public buildings with a...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
John Halligan: Somebody in Holland will pay the 12.5%.
- Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)
John Halligan: I am not sure about that.
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (22 May 2013)
John Halligan: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will deal with the situation whereby the Employment Appeals Tribunal and Labour Court recommendations may be ignored or avoided by employers, in some cases by changing the names of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (22 May 2013)
John Halligan: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full list of national monuments in State care that are closed due to renovations or lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/13]
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
John Halligan: Deputy McGrath is being interrupted.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)
John Halligan: He is entitled to speak without being interrupted.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 May 2013)
John Halligan: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate when a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will get the funds for upgrading and refurbishment for which it has been waiting for for 14 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25473/13]
- Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)
John Halligan: With us in the Gallery today are Mr. Tom Curran, the partner of Ms Marie Fleming, and Ms Fleming's daughter, Catriona, along with some friends. I gave the Taoiseach notice of this question because I know the issue is controversial and delicate, although we can be reflective. When the Supreme Court delivered its ruling last month that Ms Fleming did not have the right to assisted suicide,...
- Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)
John Halligan: I thank the Taoiseach for the compassion he has shown towards the family. I am sure they are grateful to hear him say it. None of us ever hopes to have to avail of assisted suicide, and this is quite clear in most people's minds. The reality is that in the absence of a debate on this issue, very many people like Marie Fleming are being deprived of this freedom to make a dignified exit from...