Results 921-940 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: I believe the Taoiseach is not fully aware of the situation which has been brought out by recent reports and the ombudsman. The Pensions Ombudsman says that construction companies which criminally neglect pension obligations to workers have a 22% commercial advantage over compliant builders. The reality seems to be that the neoliberal obsession driven by the Government is leading to outright...
- Leaders' Questions. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach know what the ombudsman said? He does not seem to be aware of what he said.
- Constitutional Reform. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution. [5499/06]
- Constitutional Reform. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if there are constitutional referenda envisaged during 2006. [5500/06]
- Communications Unit. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the cost to date in 2006 of the communications unit within his Department. [5501/06]
- Official Languages Act 2003: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Tá mé ag roinnt mo chuid ama leis an Teachta Sargent agus an Teachta à Snodaigh.
- Official Languages Act 2003: Motion. (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Maidir leis an gceist ghinearálta faoin Ghaeilge agus cearta úsáide na Gaeilge sa tÃr, thóg an Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán à Cuirreáin, óráid shuimiúil ag Ãdarás na Gaeltachta mÃó shin. Chuir sé inár láthair go cruinn na fadhbanna a bhaineann le húsáid agus todhchaà na Gaeilge agus go bhfuil comharthaà dóchais ann fosta. Dúirt sé go bhfuilimid ar thairseach cinn de na...
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (15 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the investigation into the way in which documents from his Department, relating to Ireland's EU Presidency, were found on an illegal dump at Eskra, County Tyrone, in February 2004 has been completed; and if so, if he intends to make the findings of this investigation public. [5855/06]
- Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Has the Tánaiste used her office as Minister for Health and Children to arrange counselling for the Fianna Fáil family? There are troubling signs of dysfunction this morning. Certain members of the family are hoping Dick Cheney might invite the Taoiseach on his next duck hunt. I warn the Members opposite of what might happen if things get out of hand. I will ask about the Abbotstown sports...
- Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: This is after decades of negligence and law breaking by construction employers. The Tánaiste has not expressed outrage that 130,000 workers, according to the Pensions Ombudsman, are being denied rights.
- Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Three workers are in jail at present for standing up for union rights on building sites.
- Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Is the Government outraged by this incredible double standard it has created in society? They are the Government's friends.
- Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: What is the Minister talking about? I read what I thought was a hysterical story in a tabloid this morning that traces of cocaine had been found in the toilet beside the Dáil. Was the Minister for Finance in there recently?
- Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to raise awareness regarding the importance of organ donation in view of the imbalance between the need for and supply of organs for transplantation. [6095/06]
- Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review current practice with regard to organ donation in view of the fact that there is no central register of persons who would be willing to have their organs used for transplant and in further view of the fact that signing an organ donor card indicating willingness to have organs used for transplant, does...
- Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to implement the Government's stated pledge to radically reduce class sizes (details supplied). [6089/06]
- Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will meet a person (details supplied) to discuss a method to combat the problem of bullying in schools. [6092/06]
- Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (16 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, as part of the school inspections proposed by her Department, there is provision for inspecting the existence and efficacy of methods to prevent bullying of children in schools. [6093/06]
- Ministerial Staff. (21 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Would the Taoiseach agree that employing six advisers costing just under â¬1 million per annum is exorbitant and excessive? When one combines this with the Taoiseach's other personal staff, it appears that an Arabian sheikh would hardly have such a large retinue as the Taoiseach now has advising him at every turn. Public sector workers are constantly berated in the private press about...
- Interdepartmental Committees. (21 Feb 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public-private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1861/06]