Results 1,201-1,220 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: The question asked if the Taoiseach would report on the progress to date in implementing An Agreed Programme for Government.
- Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: I am anxious to establish with the Taoiseach, in view of what the people witnessed last night, what timescale he is setting for the achievement of the health section of An Agreed Programme for Government and to put to an end the disgraceful position of elderly people begging that they would not be sent to hospitalââ
- Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: ââwhich should be a place of healing but which they were afraid would kill them.
- Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: I recognise the tremendous dedication of health service staffââ
- Programme for Government. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach must answer when the world class health service will be delivered, which is the first sentence in the health section of An Agreed Programme for Government.
- Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Over the last few days, we have the tragic and unsettling event of a group of Afghan refugees, in desperation at the uncertainty of their situation, mounting a hunger and thirst strike in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Deputy Cowley and I, along with other Opposition Deputies, visited them today. Happily, they are now taking liquids, a great relief to them and to all who wish them well. Dehydration...
- Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: By implication, that means supporting the view that up to 12,000 migrant workers and their families without official sanction should also be given permission to remain and make their lives in the US. We do not single out the Irish as being special and that they alone must receive compassion. Will the Government extend this to a few dozen people seeking the compassion of the Irish people for...
- Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach should not consider this to be a threat when people are so desperate and insecure for their future that they put their health and lives at risk. People come here seeking refuge and compassion because they are under threat in the places from which they have come. Many Members who deal and have dealt with individual cases of people in grave difficulties and human situations have...
- Leaders' Questions. (16 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: It is the same in the United States.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: That is the Taoiseach's job. He will finish what they started.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: People are in hock with 40 year mortgages, making the speculators filthy rich.
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus last met [14277/06]
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on drugs and social inclusion last met. [14285/06]
- Cabinet Sub-committees. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: The possible connection between the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus and the Cabinet sub-committee on drugs and social inclusion is the Government's severe addiction to neo-liberal capitalism and the privatisation of public assets, which it cannot appear to get out of its system. The fact that the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus has not met since 2004 speaks of a Government which has...
- Departmental Bodies. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the new task force on active citizenship last met; and when he expects the next meeting to take place. [14279/06]
- Departmental Bodies. (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: In April, the Taoiseach stated: "when the capacity of the State was limited by a lack of resources, it was the commitment of the Irish people that so often, formally and informally, provided social services, community leadership as well as a sporting and cultural life for our people". I agree with that statement and pay tribute to the marvellous and decent people who, in their communities,...
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce vaccination against pneumococcal meningitis onto the childhood immunisation schedule. [18626/06]
- Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (17 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that the Dublin Institute of Technology Students' Union is represented on the membership of the Grangegorman Development Agency, in view of the fact that the DIT student body represents the largest stakeholder in the impending development in Grangegorman. [18716/06]
- Order of Business. (18 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: She was opening the door to let him in.
- Order of Business. (18 May 2006)
Joe Higgins: Surely the issue here is the breathtaking hypocrisy of the Taoiseach who, while pretending to point out the greed of previous corporate executives who wanted to get their hands on the airline, is holding the door ajar for the corporate thieves, the biggest thieves in the international stock exchanges, who cannot wait to get their hands on our national airline courtesy of the Taoiseach and...