Results 861-880 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the recent European Council summit in Brussels. [1852/06]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 22: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he held on the margins of the recent European Council summit in Brussels. [1853/06]

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: From his extensive contacts at these meetings in Europe can the Taoiseach give some indication — and the period of reflection is nearly over — of the direction in which the debate on the constitution is going, as far as the European political establishment is concerned? What will emerge from the debate? Will the constitution be put again to the French and Dutch people in its present form...

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——have used Shannon. Why is he so sanguine about that? If it was known, for example, that international heroin traffickers had planes going from Shannon——

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform would be leading a search party there. How does he square this circle?

Official Engagements. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: The fake socialists.

Leaders' Questions. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach just does not get it. The agony of the M50 cannot go on as at present for another two years. If a warlord in the Hindukush controlled a vital pass and fleeced the unfortunate peasants who had to pass through it every day for their livelihood, some people would say, "That is Afghanistan; it is the dark ages". Does it not defy belief that in the capital city of the Ireland of...

Leaders' Questions. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: If the Taoiseach wants to talk about policies that are redundant, he should talk about tolling. While it was okay over London Bridge with an ass and cart in medieval times, it is hardly appropriate for Dublin in 2006. The revenue could easily have been found elsewhere.

Leaders' Questions. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Government slashed capital gains tax for speculators, saving them billions, and slashed corporation tax for big business but has saddled working people who must use the M50 with this new tax. All over the country it is noticeable that it is the commuter belts that are being hit, in other words, working people travelling to and from work. In his previous role the Minister for Transport,...

Leaders' Questions. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: The contract was made by crooked people.

Leaders' Questions. (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: No, well——

Written Answers — Housing Management Companies: Housing Management Companies (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his and the Taoiseach's statements in Dáil Éireann concerning the operation of management companies in housing estates, all local authority managers have been instructed to ensure that all services in public areas normally provided by local authorities are removed from the remit of management...

Written Answers — Housing Management Companies: Housing Management Companies (31 Jan 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a report from each local authority manager in the operation of management companies whose remit includes public services normally provided by local authorities has been sought; and his views on what he has found to be the practice nationally. [3318/06]

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: It was a crooked deal.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: A banana republic made the deal in the first place.

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Croatian Prime Minister, Mr. Ivo Sanader, in Zagreb. [38007/05]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to India. [1850/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Bulgarian President, Mr. Georgi Parvanov. [1851/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he plans to make during the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1866/06]

Official Travel. (1 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach did not answer in any detail about the foreign visits he will undertake during 2006. He was asked to make a statement on that. In particular, does he have an invitation to visit the White House again, on St. Patrick's Day? In view of the fact that even a majority of United States citizens have now abandoned support for Mr. Bush's disastrous occupation of Iraq, should the...