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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (6 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: given the announcement of a closure decision at Abbot Ireland in Galway city, the urgent need for such new legislation as is necessary, and the monitoring and implementation of the existing legislation passed by Dáil Éireann to give the full force of law in the State to the EU employment...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: It is all cabbage in Mayo.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision on whether to lower the blood alcohol limit for motorists; the national and international experts and agencies advising him on this matter; and if he will make a decision on the matter. [32774/07]

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (6 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has examined the possibility of establishing a public service obligation for the Shannon-Heathrow route; if not, the grounds on which this option has been ruled out; if he has had discussions with his British counterpart in this regard; if he has decided to carry out any restructuring of his Department in view of the failure of...

Order of Business (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: In the Twenty-Ninth Dáil I asked on several occasions about the ratification of the European convention on migrant workers and their families. Towards the end of the last session I got the impression the Government had decided not to ratify it. In anticipation of the forthcoming EU treaty referendum, is it the Government's policy to ratify the convention and, if so, when?

Written Answers — Capitation Grants: Capitation Grants (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that local authority charges have risen by 104% since 2002 and that this is having an adverse affect on the budgets of the voluntary secondary schools sector as the schools are now required by their local authority to pay domestic refuse disposal and water charges; the steps she could take...

Written Answers — School Insurance: School Insurance (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that need to be taken by her Department, the Department of Finance, and the voluntary secondary school sector to enable that sector to be covered for insurance purposes by a company (details supplied) which currently provides insurance to local authorities, the health sector, the VECs, higher education institutions and...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the reports emanating from, and a recent BBC documentary on, a State run children's social care home in Mogilino, Bulgaria; if, in view of the fact of Bulgaria's recent membership of the EU, he is concerned by reports of abuse and neglect; and if action on these matters is proposed at EU level, in order...

Written Answers — Student Support Services: Student Support Services (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 740: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reasons for the diminution of the millennium fund, a source of funding for third level education for those from impoverished backgrounds; if replacement funds are earmarked to perform a similar task; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34184/07]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 741: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the ongoing difficulties being experienced by those persons living here on student visas with regard to enrolling their children in primary schools in their locality; if her attention has been drawn to the inconsistency of this difficulty when set against the Equal Status Act 2000, Article 42.3.1 of the Constitution...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 875: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of the application for long term residency by a person (details supplied). [33757/07]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 914: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for residency in Ireland by a person (details supplied); the specific issues pertaining to this application in view of its apparent slowness through the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34187/07]

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: There have never been any inspections.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: It was taken off his map ahead of the election.

Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: The Attorney General has written to the Garda Commissioner.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made by the Chief of Staff in regard to his previous review of recruitment into the Defence Forces at all levels and implementing changes that will facilitate recruitment from among cultural and ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34160/07]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals he has to continue to develop the use of the Irish language in the Defence Forces in line with Objective 12 of the Government Statement on the Irish Language, 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34159/07]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (12 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek activation of the European globalisation adjustment fund which was adopted on 20 December 2006 in order to be of assistance to workers in the Galway Bay region, such as the workers at a company (details supplied) who have recently been informed that they are to lose their jobs. [34510/07]

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: Earlier this week, the Taoiseach undertook to communicate with me concerning whether it was the Government's intention to ratify the European convention on migrant workers and their families. I have not had a communication yet on this. Will the Tánaiste inform me what are the Government's intentions?

School Enrolments. (13 Dec 2007)

Michael D Higgins: I welcome the opportunity to raise what I believe to be an extraordinary breach of the Irish Constitution, of international law and of the basic rights of the child and the urgent need to redress this breach. I refer to the imposition of conditions attached to student visas which are implemented by the Garda Síochána and which have the net result of depriving children of their rights. I...