Results 1,061-1,080 of 8,196 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Civil Engagement has tried to track some of the issues which have been neglected in housing. We used our first Private Members’ business to successfully pass a motion on disability and housing. Will the Minister of State update us on what is happening around the issues of disability and housing access, and proper planning in our housing infrastructure for disability? There was a...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----on which I wish to put a direct question to the Minister of State. The concerns about the scheme have been aired at length, but I have a major concern about leases which are being included in the social housing solutions. However, they are not a long-term solution. There was a concern in 2008 when houses that could have been bought for €120,000 or €200,000 were instead...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: We are hoping for an honest response from the Minister of State in which she engages with our proposals. I imagine how any of us is dressed has little to do with that. I will not reiterate the points Senator Ruane made; they are very detailed arguments. It is clear that we have been listening to the Minister of State. We are not interested in coming in here simply to score political...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order, even though I may not agree with Senator Murnane O'Connor, she spoke to the functions.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: That is the section that is being amended.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I spoke at some length on a similar amendment on Committee Stage, so I will not speak at the same length on it now. I congratulate Senator Norris on improving the amendment tabled on Committee Stage and strengthening it further. It has been spoken to, and while people may say that this seems like an academic exercise, as was said earlier, this an academic exercise. We are putting in place...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: "In so far as possible" can be interpreted quite heavily and has been in the past. "In so far as practicable" and "in so far as possible" have been a point of legal debate in this country in the past. There could be a genuine concern, when saying "in so far as possible", that there could be an opportunity for a new area of research to be entrepreneurial in that it may create profit for...
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of clarification, I believe-----
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a point of order.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is a point of order because I believe the Minister of State attributed to Senator Norris an intention to remove those sections.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: As I understand it, that is not the intention.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps he will be able to clarify the situation because there may have been a drafting error.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: On a point of order, is it possible to change a line number at which an element is inserted? Can that be clarified by the clerk perhaps?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Is there any discretion on where the line is inserted?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It seems that there has been an inadvertent drafting error in terms of where it is positioned and its impact on clauses (I), (II) and (III). I just wanted to clarify if it was possible to change it.
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Can it be changed on Final Stage?
- Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Is that a possibility? Could we get clarification on that?