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- Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Sep 2015)
John Halligan: So I gather. I will take my ten minutes for starters and see what happens. Not only does this Bill give effect to May's referendum by making marriage equality a reality in Ireland, it also puts into perspective just how extraordinary the vote was. If one looks at foreign media over recent months, especially during the referendum, Sky News, BBC, Fox News - of all news stations - and others...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (22 Sep 2015)
John Halligan: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the State yearly spending, on average, per full medical card holder in terms of medical cards for those over 70 years of age and those under 70 years of age in the years 2013 and 2014. [31435/15]
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: Yes we did.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: The Government parties get millions.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: They get it free into their pockets.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: What is the Tánaiste going to do about it? The former Minister is off living in America. What is the Tánaiste going to do about the former Minister living in America who brought this country to its knees? He is laughing at this State in America.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: He is on a golf course in America with a huge pension after wrecking this country. The pension is being sent out to America to him.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: They are in America. He is in America.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: Answer the question.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: Answer the question.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: What has this got to do with the question he asked about the pensions? This is unreal. A specific question was asked but we cannot get an answer.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: One Minister living in America for the past five years is still getting his pension. He is not even living in Ireland.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: As I said, one is living in America. He is not even living in Ireland. Martin Cullen is living in America. He has been living there five years.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: The Tánaiste is asking them to give it back but will not take it off them.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: If the Government had given €500 million to local authorities they would have done it.
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: What about lone parents?
- Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: What about lone parents?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive views and papers. I was looking at the definition of neutrality at one stage and I know that it depends on one's political view. In essence, however, it is not supporting or helping either side in a conflict or disagreement. It also means a state not offering a preferred view on that conflict. I would imagine that would be a concise and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: My second question leads to the first one I asked. There are so many definitions of neutrality under international law that it becomes irrelevant in the sense that a country defines its own neutrality by how the people choose. As Deputy Boyd Barrett has said, there was overwhelming opposition to the Iraq war, yet we are complicit in assisting one country to bomb parts of Iraq, or send...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2015)
John Halligan: I know Mr. Smyth does.