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- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: The local councils could do it.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: It is interesting that a Europe-wide survey released last week found that almost two thirds of Irish people were struggling to pay their household bills. This was a finding of the Eurobarometer report. Since last week Ireland has been ranked the fifth highest in the European Union in people admitting to struggling to cover their typical household costs during the past 12 months. This is at...
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: It is a known fact.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: But it is a known fact.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: It is recognised in the public debate. You are wrong again.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: You were wrong the last time and you are wrong again. I checked with the Ceann Comhairle.
- Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: You are eroding the time.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: We have all been at meetings where people say that they want to keep their post offices.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: 305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of payments made to private sector companies in 2014 for public contracts; if his Department investigates the employment policies of firms in the private sector who tender for State contracts; if a company's employment record has any impact on whether it is awarded public contracts; his views that an equal employment policy...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: 707. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is seeking to fill posts within the pain clinic in University Hospital Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one half pain post in the hospital, and the standard practice is to prioritise inpatients who are seen first, and that this is causing extended waiting lists for treatment (details supplied); his...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: I wish to share time with Deputies Thomas Pringle, Finian McGrath and Michael Fitzmaurice. The right to vote is one of the most fundamental political rights of citizens. It is part of the fabric of democracy and when people are disenfranchised of that right in other countries that are not democratic, we are up in arms. Nevertheless, we disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of our...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: I do not know if that is correct.
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: Yes.
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: The debate that took place on the issue of the seriousness of the problem of drugs was fruitful and rewarding because we do not get many opportunities in the House to discuss that serious problem. I support this amendment, which is well thought out. If there is to be any change in terms of any declared substance, it gives this House an opportunity to debate the sensitive and serious issue...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: During the debate on this Bill today and tomorrow, it is timely to reflect on and remember what is happening to gay people around the world. Homosexuality is still a crime in almost 80 countries. In five of these, and in parts of two others, homosexuality is still punishable by the death penalty. A further 70 imprison citizens because of their sexual orientation. Recent years have seen...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at Department of the Taoiseach (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: I subscribe to Deputy Eric Byrne's views on Ukraine. In the Dáil, I have spoken in depth on Ukraine. Much of Europe was sleepwalking regarding the corrupt Ukraine regime and did not consider how Russians were being treated in Crimea and in the eastern border areas. Over the years, many of us have been raising the issue of large Russian-speaking populations being denied the right to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at Department of the Taoiseach (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: This simply is not sustainable.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (10 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance further to previous questions tabled in Dáil Éireann regarding this issue, the progress to date regarding the Central Bank of Ireland's investigation into the misselling of payment protection insurance policies; the number of companies that were ordered to write to their customers; the number of customers per company that were to be written to;...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: What is wrong with the Government?
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2015: First Stage (5 Mar 2015)
John Halligan: The Government does not know what it is doing. It is all over the place. It is unbelievable.