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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: What about childminders?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: Why are many lone parents-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: The Tánaiste is deluding herself.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: The Government is taking money off them.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: It certainly was.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: The Tánaiste reduced the age. She should be ashamed of herself.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: By taking money off the parents, is the Tánaiste making that better?

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: Has the Tánaiste not met any lone parent who told her about this problem? We have.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (9 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current national policy on terms and conditions for teachers working in the adult literacy service; the circulars that exist for tutors and teachers working in the service; in view of this Deputy's understanding that they are registered with the Teaching Council as teachers, yet are classified as tutors by the education and training...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: I agree with everything that has been said. I do not understand why we are reducing the 20% requirement under Part V at all. My interpretation of this measure is that it is being introduced to incentivise builders to build. We should be trying to get builders to be part of the community and to play a part in resolving the major housing crisis that confronts this country at present. I...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: I am really taken aback that it would take this route. I did not think it would countenance a reduction of even one percentage point in the 20% requirement. The Minister of State and everybody else knows that allowing builders to lease housing back to councils is not going to work. The builders out there tonight must be rubbing their hands together with glee because this will lead to more...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: I note the Irish Independent reports today that the European Commission has backed the stance taken by the banks in refusing to reduce variable interest mortgage rates. One can imagine how people across Europe feel about how the European Union treats ordinary works. When one considers what the EU is doing to Greece and its role in the negotiations on a transatlantic trade and investment...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: There is a balance to be struck between people's constitutional right to purchase property - in this case, a site - and hold onto it for a period of time. Looking back at what went on in the property market in recent years, we see that much of the activity was speculative, that is, it was designed to make a short-term profit. The only profit that was made was on the backs of those people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: I have been in Berlin with some colleagues meeting members of the German Parliament and Government. Does the ambassador think there should be a write-down or cancellation of the Greek debt, or, as some of us would prefer, that the debt should be parked to give Greece some time to organise its economy? Most of us believe that the Greek economy is a failed entity and has been failing for many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: There is no question but that it is the case. However, we have to judge the quality of life of the people in a country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: There are massive issues and I have been the first to acknowledge that it was a failed economy, with terrible corruption. I am not a fan of Syriza by any stretch. I have met its members. I am making the point that it has been in government only since January. How unfair would it have been for us in opposition to say of our Government after four months in power that it was ruining the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Luxembourg's Presidency Priorities: Ambassador of Luxembourg to Ireland (8 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: The difficulty with TTIP initially related to the proprietary negotiations that took place. Some 96% of the people involved in those negotiations represented corporate bodies, and the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and the Human Rights Committee in Europe, for instance, were excluded. Even in America, many democrats and almost all of the trade union movement - like the trade...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (7 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of this Deputy's understanding that he is on record of Dáil Éireann stating that claims made against Setanta Insurance would be met by the Motor Insurers Bureau Ireland, if he will provide an explanation as to how it can be justified that genuine claimants are still being denied their court-awarded compensation and are currently caught in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: 431. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of cases where general practitioners are not registering for the under sixes medical card scheme, their patients feel the need to register with an alternative general practitioner in order to obtain cover for their children and the patients are being charged upwards of €15 for the privilege of having their files transferred to the new...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (1 Jul 2015)

John Halligan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government will honour its commitment to reduce the 0.75% pension levy, given that the original levy introduced in 2006 at 0.6% and the increase of a further 0.15% in 2014 were both intended to be temporary measures; his views that the introduction of the levy has resulted in a vast reduction in the number of persons taking up private pensions; and...