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- Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: As I was not here yesterday, perhaps the Ceann Comhairle will permit me to condemn outright the brutal killing of a member of the police service in Northern Ireland and to say that the ordinary people of Omagh and the North must stand united against this atrocity and those who would drag society back to sectarian conflict. People should support the Irish Congress of Trade Unions rally today...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: I acknowledge the Tánaiste's response to the behaviour of certain gardaà joking about sexual violence against women. I ask that the Government, in fairness to the two women and other peaceful protestors present on the day, focus on the reason they were there. Will the Tánaiste agree that it was outrageous of the former Minister, Mr. Pat Carey, to, on the day he was being unceremoniously...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----the hundreds of billions of euro of natural resources off our coasts which under the licences so far issued are being gifted to multinational corporations for profit?
- Order of Business (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: To facilitate the business of the House, there is a simultaneous translation facility from Irish into English, when Members speak in Irish. I notice that many benches do not have headphones. I do not think many Members are aware of that translation facility. I am sure that not every Member is fluent in Irish, so this possibility could be availed of. I would like to speak more Irish in...
- Oireachtas Reform Programme (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Will the Minister of State acknowledge that Dáil reform is not synonymous with longer sittings? In fact, it is a dilemma for the left that the longer the Dáil sits, the more damage the Government will do with its right-wing economic policies.
- Oireachtas Reform Programme (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: With regard to extending the Dáil sittings to Fridays, will the Chief Whip assure us this is not a trick to have the Opposition in the House doing its work while half the Government, given its huge majority, is off down the country, and that this will be facilitated by the type of business that will be rostered for Fridays? To make the Dáil at least a vehicle where elected Members can...
- Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Today's speech by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, on the bank reorganisation was highly instructive as to how the Government seeks to judge the effect, successful or otherwise, of its policies. Deputy Noonan said that when the Government published its plan last week it had a number of objectives. They were to restore confidence in the banking system and in the economy,...
- Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: I thought the Acting Chairman was looking at me.
- Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Given that the Government is firmly in favour of longer sittings, perhaps the Minister will return to the House on Saturday or Sunday to complete his contribution.
- Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: I, too, will work on Saturday and Sunday. I know how hard many public representatives work. Lig dom leanúint ar aghaidh mar sin, a chathaoirligh. I gcionn dhá nó trà bliana beidh fiacha náisúnta de â¬220 billiún ag an tÃr seo. Beidh ÃocaÃochtaà úis suas le â¬10 bhilliún faoi 2013. Má cuirtear san áireamh go mbeidh caiteachas ar oideachas na tÃre - idir bhunoideachas,...
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: I have studied the Government's new legislative programme and I find some 40-odd pieces of legislation none of which is new, all borrowed from Fianna Fáil. What we have up to the moment is a kind of Johnny Forty Coats Government which, without any coat-----
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: -----borrowed from the crowd that preceded it. Does the Tánaiste think the people went out to vote to give the guys in front of me a bit of a break rather than voting for serious change?
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Admittedly they were in a rather bedraggled condition by the time the general election came. People went out to vote and they believed what the Tánaiste said. One commitment he gave was that his party would not impose water charges on hard-pressed householders. Yesterday, however, the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy O'Dowd,...
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, clearly indicated yesterday that he is to come forward with provisions to impose water charges in 2012 or 2013. Can we have a clear answer from the Tánaiste on whether this is Government policy?
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: I am referring to what was promised in the Dáil yesterday by a Minister of State in the Tánaiste's Government.
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: With respect, it is not good enough that the person standing in for the Head of Government will not give a clear answer on a question that is clearly within the Standing Orders of the Dáil.
- Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Is the Tánaiste saying that water charges legislation will not be introduced in this Dáil?
- Easter Rising Centenary (12 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach should tell the IMF and the EU about our economic independence.
- Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: Only one week ago, it was announced in regard to the legislative programme that tackling the jobs crisis is the Government's top priority and that it will shortly publish finance legislation to stimulate job creation. If we are to reflect the Ireland of 2011, as the Taoiseach stated, why are we not having an emergency debate on today's shocking announcement that 2,000 workers are to be made...
- Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)
Joe Higgins: How does the Taoiseach respond to that?