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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: Have gardaí searched any plane?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Use of Irish Airspace and Landing Facilities: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: I know that.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: He had no choice.

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (4 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding which was allocated to Waterford Council for the year 2014 regarding roads; the portion of this allocation that was spent on resurfacing; his views that the council's current process of spot fixing potholes is not the most economical way to allocate funds and is not solving the problem; if the allocation for 2015...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: We have been told the key principles of the Bill are certainty, simplicity and affordability. There is no doubt in my mind and in the minds of many people that this is spin the Government has put on the latest attempt to quell public anger about the Irish Water fiasco. The Government's announcement has failed to address the key complaint of thousands of water protestors about whether every...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: As the Taoiseach knows, I come from the Waterford constituency which has one of the highest levels of unemployment and lowest levels of investment. It has suffered severe job losses in recent years. In proportion to cities of the same size, Waterford has lost more SMEs than anywhere else. I run 13 advice centres and I have two offices in Waterford. People from all walks of life seek...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: Is the Minister sure it is Ireland he is talking about?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: If they killed innocent people in another country we would call them thugs.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: I would like to begin by agreeing with Deputy Paul Murphy, who referred to people who threatened him or some people he knows as "thugs". I would call those people "thugs". Regardless of what people think of Deputy Murphy, I remind the House that some choice words have been used against him without those words being ruled out of order. I do not suggest that the current Chairman was in the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: I am reminded of what happened when an attempt was made to introduce water rates some years ago. I would describe those who were involved at the time in forcibly cutting off water supplies, threatening and abusing people and passing sexual remarks against women as thugs. I would not withdraw that remark. We are in the dying hours of this debate. The section of the Bill we are discussing...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: We are giving an opinion on the matters that have been raised.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: If there is a difference of opinion on a matter that has been raised are we not entitled to make an observation or ask for clarification?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: If there is a difference of opinion on a matter that was raised we are entitled to debate that. Are we not entitled to ask for clarification on it?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: The imposition of the charge is relevant.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: It was not in your manifesto.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Féinriarachta Pearsanta agus Sláine Colainne) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Personal Autonomy and Bodily Integrity) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Dec 2014)

John Halligan: I note with some concern and disbelief that over a two-day debate the Labour Party benches have been empty, with the exception of the Minister of State who is present. It is extraordinary given what those in the Labour Party have been saying at their conventions and Ard-Fheiseanna, particularly the female members of the Labour Party. I suppose I am not shocked, since the saying goes "If you...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

John Halligan: I am deeply disappointed that in the forthcoming legislative programme I noticed that the noise nuisance Bill might not be reached in this session. All the indications are that the heads of the Bill have not been approved and that it may not be brought before the Dáil. The Bill could enhance greatly the quality of life of the many thousands of people who suffer from anti-social...

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

John Halligan: It is not; I am sorry.

Northern Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement: Statements (20 Jan 2015)

John Halligan: I will share time with Deputies Paul Murphy and Mick Wallace. I remind Deputies who are members of a trade union movement or support the trade union movement that the body representing Northern trade unions has indicated it will not support the Stormont House Agreement. It has described the agreement as wealth transferred from working people to big business in a speculative venture funded...