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Public Private Partnerships. (4 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/06]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (4 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs to his Department to date accruing from the Mahon Tribunal. [30509/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the announcement this morning that Ryanair has purchased 16% of Aer Lingus and intends to try to buy a majority of the airline; the implications for workers' wages and conditions, passenger welfare, trade union rights and the environment; and the need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement and take...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is shameful.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Really shameful.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: On a point of order, I think the Ceann Comhairle should rephrase the statement "they are not in order". The matters particularly on the crisis——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——facing Aer Lingus are in order.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Chair has just decided he will not allow the matter to be debated——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——but if the Dáil had any relevance we would debate in an emergency fashion the hijacking of the national airline by O'Leary and Co. and Ryanair.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Independent Deputies beside me have made the point that they would much prefer this time to be given over to the Taoiseach explaining the attempted hijacking of Aer Lingus by Ryanair, the increases in gas and ESB prices and other crucial issues affecting working class people and working people in general as a result of the policies of his Government. It is the Taoiseach's fault that we...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: This is completely in order. The Taoiseach has promised a debate next week on the Aer Lingus situation.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Aer Lingus workers woke up this morning to find a cuckoo in their nest.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Can we have the details of the arrangements for the debate next week which has been planned?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is incredible that we cannot even get an answer.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is not a day to be calm. Does the Minister agree that only weeks after the privatisation of Aer Lingus, he is guilty of creating what is by any standard a shocking debacle for which the Government is responsible? Does the Minister not find it grotesque that an airline that belonged to the Irish people built by the dedication of thousands of workers over decades is in danger of being...

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Yes.

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: In light of this debacle, for which the Government, with Fine Gael's support, is responsible——

Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Why should the Minister not be kicked out of office if he does not resign? Why will the Government not take Aer Lingus back into public ownership as it should, invest money in the future of Aer Lingus — the Minister should admit that the Government can invest this — and bring the workers to the heart of the running of Aer Lingus rather than throw them to the sharks on the international...

Regulatory Reform. (10 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform. [29229/06]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (10 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 350: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in accordance with sections 45(3) and 45(4) of the Health Act 1970, regulations granting medical cards to home helps were approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and, if so, the date of same. [32013/06]