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Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: There will be plenty of room for strokes.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Bursting with health.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I will believe it when I see it.

Co-location of Hospitals: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I wish to take this early opportunity of congratulating you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and wishing you well in your new post. Regarding this amendment, probably no other action of the Government reveals the appalling shift that has taken place in Government policy. There is no more glaring example of the price that will be paid for the infection of Fianna Fáil by a PD proposal to build...

Co-location of Hospitals: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: It was called a fraud in the United States and proved to be so.

Co-location of Hospitals: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Deputy Finneran should tell that to Jimmy Sheehan. I was very well treated in the public system.

Written Answers — Health Repayment Scheme: Health Repayment Scheme (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the nursing home repayments scheme; the reason for the delays in refunding people; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty in getting information about refunds and delays; the amount of money it is expected to repay; the total repaid to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17599/07]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (27 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the roll out of BreastCheck around the country per centre and the latest cost estimates of each centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17600/07]

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: When may we expect the foreshore legislation and the promised legislation which ensues, under various international agreements concluded some months ago, from the expansion of the Irish sea bed? Does the Tánaiste envisage change in the drafting arrangements for legislation between now and September. The list of proposed legislation circulated on 23 April, for example, becomes meaningless if...

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I would not have much confidence in that system.

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: That goes against the grain for the Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (28 Jun 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when he proposes to fully transpose Directive 2005/66/EC. [17900/07]

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about two matters which arise in the context of his discussions with the social partners. During the last Dáil I asked him a question about the Competition Authority's action against that section of SIPTU which organised Actors' Equity. The Competition Authority pursued unemployed actors on the basis that they were liable to self-assessment, given that they had...

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: It was not discussed.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: There was no agreement.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: They came back to me and asked me to present my legislation again but the Taoiseach had already said he would not support it.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: The authority was also in breach of an ILO regulation.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: The issue is that the Competition Authority, in dealing with pharmacists, no more than with dentists, was trying to strike down the principles of the negotiating licence. My question aims to be helpful. How does the Taoiseach propose to retain the rights of trade unions while at the same time defend the Competition Authority's penchant for going after soft targets?

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: We are all against monopolies, or most of us are anyway.

Social Partnership. (3 Jul 2007)

Michael D Higgins: What about social and affordable housing?