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Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Five hundred euro for a family of four.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: No, they have not.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection Commissioner Appointment (30 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 288. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the appointment of the new Data Protection Commissioner. [35187/14]

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: By decree of the Government, in only seven days time it will have another punitive tax on ordinary people in the form of water charges. Is it not incredible that we still do not have the information from the energy regulatory as to what exactly the Government will demand from households? On the social welfare Bill, will the €100 grant the Tánaiste proposes for some categories of...

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Does the Tánaiste realise how insulted people feel that she thinks that makes up for the complete breach of a promise she made at the election that there would be no water tax when, for a family of four, it will be €500 a year? What does the Tánaiste say to people who are fearful of what is coming down the line?

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Then the Tánaiste is completely out of touch.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste is a disgrace.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: It is a disgrace.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: That is outrageous.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: She was deliberately fobbed off.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Government should hold a referendum.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Health Services Access (24 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if translation and interpretation services were available to the case of the migrant rape victim known as 'Miss Y' at all stages of her interaction with State services. [35386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make immediate improvements to the living conditions and standards in direct provision hostels for those seeking asylum in the State; if she favours ending the system of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35387/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Yes, but a Cheann Comhairle-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: As the Ceann Comhairle is aware, the saying goes that there are lies, damned lies and statistics. This is why Members cannot confine a reply of the Government that is full of statistics just to that; they must interpret them.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Yes, I know but in fairness, the Standing Order of the Dáil should not prevent Members from getting at the real nub of an issue and the truth of the situation.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: In any case, I refer to the horrific statistics the Minister of State has now given for the unemployed. Anything greater than a quarter of a million is horrific, as would be a number a lot less than that. However, were one to add to that the 158,600 people net who have emigrated since 2008, the 100,000 people on so-called labour activation schemes, as well as other categories that are not...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown by sector of jobs created in the economy this year; and if he will provide figures for the average wage levels for these jobs by sector. [29935/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: Normally we do not get this opportunity on Taoiseach's questions. My question was to ask the Taoiseach and indeed the Government representatives for a breakdown by sector of jobs created in the economy this year and figures for the average wage levels for these jobs to see if we can get at the truth that the Government has grotesquely exaggerated the number of jobs created, many at very low...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Joe Higgins: The Minister of State did not explain why at the beginning of this year every single day and every single week the Taoiseach and Ministers were out boasting about a job creation rate of 5,000 per month for 2013. What happened? The job creation rate in the first half of 2014 collapsed relative to that. What happened to the 5,000 a month the Government was boasting about? Is it not very...