Results 821-840 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins

Extraordinary Renditions. (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister is ignoring it.

Extraordinary Renditions. (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: No, not at all.

Extraordinary Renditions. (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: They would normally be going to Rabat.

Extraordinary Renditions. (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: No, it is not.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he will integrate new Metro, DART, rail and LUAS lines in view of the distances between many of the stops of different modes as proposed; the person who has overall charge of integrating these new projects with existing transport services and proposed ones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21974/06]

Written Answers — Aer Lingus: Aer Lingus (7 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made on the partial sale of Aer Lingus; and the timescale now envisaged. [21970/06]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of homicides and serious assaults in each year from 2000 in which knives were used; his views on the introduction of a knives amnesty similar to that underway in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22129/06]

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the levels of human trafficking, primarily of women into Ireland for prostitution from countries including but not limited to Moldova, Lithuania, Romania, Mongolia, Nigeria and Brazil, who are tricked into coming here on false pretences of work and who upon arrival are forced into...

Written Answers — Asylum Policy: Asylum Policy (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which the Government are taking to implement undertakings given under the Amsterdam Treaty Title IV, Article 63; if the Government will meet the deadline of 10 October 2006 for the transposition of the qualification directive 2004/83/EC; and the Government's intentions in relation to implementation of this...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the Garda indoor firing range at Garda headquarters has been closed due to safety concerns; when it is expected that it will be reopened; the temporary arrangements which are in place to allow Gardaí to continue firearms training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22130/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of public nursing home spaces which have been made available and the sites at which they have been made available in Galway City in each of the past ten years; if she will provide the same information with regard to places made available in County Galway over the same period; the number of spaces that it is...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the implications for such decisions as he has made, or is likely to make, in relation to Afghan refugee asylum applicants in view of the fact that Afghanistan is not a party to the United Nations Conventions relating to the status of the refugees 1951 or the 1967 protocol. [22269/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland has not yet signed the 2004 EU Council Directive on residence permits, or the 2005 Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, both of which would allow for residence permits for victims while they receive counselling and consider whether they are able to give evidence on...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason Ireland, while it has signed the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2000) has not been transposed into Irish law, with the result that such trafficking is not illegal here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22272/06]

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm that the only non-Governmental organisations (details supplied) operating here with the mandate of helping persons being trafficked for purposes of prostitution only receives €25,000 from the Government to carry out its work; his views on whether this sums indicates that the Government is not giving...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a meeting with persons (details supplied) in County Galway regarding the removal of the school bus service to a school the progress made in this regard; if the bus service will be resumed; if so, when this will be and if not, the reasons for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22260/06]

Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that: —the State is not simply obliged by national and international law not to engage in torture, but also has positive obligations to ensure that torture is not facilitated and that individuals are not placed at risk of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment; —the national and international legal consensus that a state cannot rely on diplomatic...

Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: If one involves oneself in part of the process, one is in the process. Under the principle of non-refoulement, if one extradites a person, one follows the process through to where that person goes. It is the same principle in respect of a deportation. One cannot say that because one chooses not to know, one is not complicit in some way. This is the difficulty in which the Government has...

Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: The present Minister stated that point and agrees with me on it. Why were the power and capacity provided by the Act not implemented? The onus has been placed on civilians watching planes to produce evidence to give to the Garda so that actions can be taken, but the onus should be on the State to use its power, capacity and legal authority. The State, which had the responsibility and...

Human Rights Issues: Motion. (13 Jun 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I said the gardaí have never inspected a single airplane.