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Written Answers — Disability Services Funding: Disability Services Funding (23 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria on which voluntary organisations working in the disability sector who wish to apply for funding under the recent enhancing disability services project funding announcement will be evaluated. [19508/06]

Regulatory Reform. (24 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform. [14283/06]

National Security. (24 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the National Security Committee last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14284/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the June 2006 summit of the European Council. [17720/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of Croatia. [17721/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 19: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. John Howard. [20847/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 20: To ask the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the EU-Latin America summit in Vienna. [20848/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the EU-Latin America summit in Vienna. [20849/06]

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is very unsatisfactory that EU questions have again been lumped in with questions on more general international issues, each of which deserves a separate reply.

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: This point was made previously by other Deputies and the situation improved for a period but we are back to the unsatisfactory earlier position. With regard to the proposed European Union constitution, two trains of thought are clearly emerging in the EU member states. One is that no suggestion of a change in the proposed constitution should be tolerated, while the other, which is apparent...

Official Engagements. (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is way to the left of Hugo Chávez.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (30 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [20455/06]

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: I and the Independent Deputies want the Dáil to meet next week for a comprehensive discussion on these issues. The Tánaiste's Government is now a hobbling paragon of incompetence, exceeded only by its arrogance. This week it was forced to back off from bullying FÁS workers into involuntarily decentralising to the constituency of the Minister for Finance. Some time ago, when the Tánaiste...

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Admittedly, there was no blusher, as this Government is incapable of blushing.

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform seems to have applied a shade of purple this morning.

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Inevitably, in the first glare of searching lights the whole thing disintegrates into running rivulets. They could be wet boreens around Caherciveen. The Government has put in charge of this a colleague of the Tánaiste, a Minister of State whose first thought was to show up in his constituency in Offaly thinking that he had been cast to play a bit part in a remake of the man from Marlboro....

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: Is it any wonder that this opportunistic and cynical approach would leave communities throughout the country cheated? Is it any wonder that it would leave thousands of public sector workers about as enthusiastic for it as veteran Fine Gaelers dragooned into playing the anti-treatyites in "The Wind that Shakes the Barley"?

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: What does the Tánaiste say to these communities this morning? What does she say about State agencies, the professional and specialist staff? What does she say to the thousands of public servants who have opted to leave but now find themselves in limbo? May we have an honest debate from the Government, for a change, on the mess which has been created?

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: I suggest the Tánaiste start by taking the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Parlon, away from responsibility for decentralisation. Maybe he could be put in charge of the Taoiseach's make-up department. The eye shadow might finish up on the Taoiseach's chin and the rouge on his ears.

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Joe Higgins: At least he could not do much damage in that role with regard to the economy, the country and regional development. This is a crucial policy of regional development which is very important to communities throughout the country as well as to Dublin which suffers from the terrible mess of traffic congestion etc. Applied in an organic and principled way, it could be a very positive policy for...