Results 7,921-7,940 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (3 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on how the conflict in Syria can be ended. [36988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent events in Palestine and Israel which have seen a number of civilians die in violent circumstances. [37732/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to raise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights internationally, in particular with states that criminalise sexual relations between persons of the same sex. [36990/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (3 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his European Union counterparts regarding the need to assist refugees from the Middle East and Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (3 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 875. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the terror attacks in Turkey and the protest movement against these attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36989/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon. [31776/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: We are not feeling the recovery. That is the problem. We are not feeling it in our schools.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: Ask where the ministerial muppet is.

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: I welcome to the Dáil residents of the greater Dublin area who have been campaigning for housing accommodation for themselves and people generally who are in urgent need of a home. This includes some who are actually facing the horror of eviction in the next week. This history of the Irish State has been characterised by an economically weak capitalist class that was utterly incapable...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron. [31784/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, the Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, and the former acting First Minister, Ms Arlene Foster. [31785/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Joe Higgins: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any official meetings or contact he has had with the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [40214/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on proposals for the reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40212/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Construction 2020, Housing, Planning and Mortgage Arrears took place. [31774/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [31777/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 0. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (8 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visits to the United States of America, and his meetings with officials there. [32853/15]

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I strongly oppose the guillotining of the International Protection Bill. It beggars belief that a Bill with such profound implications for those seeking human rights protection in this State should be brutally guillotined on Second Stage today, with Remaining Stages probably rammed through next week. This Bill would abolish the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and have its...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when a Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform meeting was held last. [40213/15]

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I do not agree that the Dáil should adjourn after Topical Issues. It is essential that the Government comes in, provides us with an explanation today and provides time for a debate on what the Simon Community reports this morning on the eve of Christmas, which is the shocking fact that 5,000 people are in emergency accommodation, including, scandalously, 1,500 children. What a shameful...