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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: How does that affect people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: We spend most on administration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: The Irish people gave their answer in the local and European elections.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: It has the worst human rights record in the world. The Taoiseach should go to Nigeria where Shell had somebody assassinated.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: It had Ken Saro-Wiwa executed in Nigeria a few years ago.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: For the benefit of the people of Norway. They get the profit.

Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: Today is the 55th day of the mass hunger strike of Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons protesting against their ill treatment and internment without trial or charge. Their conditions are deteriorating daily. Approximately 80 hunger strikers have been hospitalised and many are in grave danger of losing their lives. The Israeli state is now trying to pass legislation that...

Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: I welcome the Minister’s comprehensive response to this serious issue. It is appropriate there are several former Israeli soldiers, Breaking the Silence, in Dublin today who gave a presentation as to how they were forced to treat Palestinians and violate their human rights. Ireland never stands idly by and always opposes the violation of human rights. The chances of Israel paying...

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: I commend Deputy Ross on introducing the Bill. I and others find it pitiful that it has taken a member of the Opposition to do so while the Government continues to stick its head in the sand on this issue. That is my estimation from listening to some of tonight’s contributions. In recent weeks, the world's media has looked on in disbelief as the scandal of the mother and baby homes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (24 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support legislation to introduce new rules, protocols and rules of disclosure in cases of medical negligence at birth, to avert the enormous stress and lengthy litigation being brought upon families who take such cases and to ensure that they receive money at an early stage, when it is most needed for their child; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following on from the recent announcement by him that the proposed social inclusion community activation programme will replace the current community development programme, if he will consider permitting national organisations tender for work as this may have a detrimental effect on local community groups who currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Waterford is one of only very few hospitals in Ireland which do not have a designated play area for the paediatrics unit in the hospital. [26655/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the official figure for spend on agency staff within Waterford University Hospital, formerly Waterford Regional Hospital, for the years 2013 and to date in 2014; if his Department has any plans to lift the moratorium on recruitment within the sector and to advertise full-time positions to ensure staffing within the hospital is at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Airport Development Projects (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update regarding the €400,000 grant which his Department pledged towards a €150 million extension of the runway at Waterford Airport last August, subject to the airport itself raising a further €850,000 through private sources and local authorities; if all necessary moneys have now been raised...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Airport Development Projects (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: I seek an update on the €400,000 grant which his Department pledged towards a €150 million extension of the runway at Waterford Airport last August. Will the Minister clarify if the departmental grant of €400,000 has already been drawn down and used for the compulsory purchase order of 18 acres of land required to facilitate the extension?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Airport Development Projects (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: On countless occasions I have raised the IDA's abysmal record in attracting foreign investment into Waterford. It is widely recognised that one of the key deficiencies in the south east when it comes to companies locating there is the lack of a university and the underdevelopment of Waterford Airport. The Minister's Department pledged the €400,000 grant towards the extension in 2011...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Airport Development Projects (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: I do not need to remind the Minister of the critical nature of this infrastructure for the region. A major report prepared in 2010 found that Waterford Airport supports up to 560 jobs, with 85% of businesses in the south east stating that direct access to the region was crucial to their operations. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation recently admitted that the IDA is having...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an official Fáilte Ireland tour map (details supplied) which is widely distributed to American holiday makers travelling here; his views on whether the people of the south east of Ireland, in particular County Waterford, are adequately represented by this: if he will make a commitment to directing Fáilte Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers (26 Jun 2014)

John Halligan: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received by his Department this year under the sports capital grants scheme; if he will indicate the time scale for completion of the application process; when he expects to be in a position to confirm the applications that have been deemed successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/14]