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- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Since news of the suspected eavesdropping of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission emerged and events since developed to include serious allegations of Garda malpractice based on the complaints of Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe, the uniform response of the Government, that is, of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste, the Minister for Justice and Equality, and the Fine Gael and Labour...
- Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach mentioned the debate on his plans essentially to hand the health service over to private insurance companies. He did not state exactly when that would begin. Also, he used that issue to deflect from the stark findings of a report showing that the number of patient deaths increases after surgery when nurse-patient ratios rise. Given the facts that four patients to one nurse is...
- Order of Business (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: -----by the Government's health and austerity policies? Perhaps he would address this matter under the health reform Bill, which is on the A list of Government legislation.
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Could we have a copy of the Minister's speech?
- Allegations in relation to An Garda Síochána: Statements (26 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle, is a script available?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: When will the Taoiseach next meet the Vice President and President of the United States? Will he outline his full schedule of public appearances on his visit to the United States during the St. Patrick's Day period? I gather from the Taoiseach's comments that the Government, in trying to secure a future for our undocumented friends and fellow citizens in the United States, believes that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US Vice President; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53718/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: It is not surprising that the Taoiseach would get on well with the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, since both come from neoliberal and conservative political parties on the right wing of the political and economic spectrum. Apart from the business of adding a few ha'pennies of trade to the pence of trade while the Taoiseach was there, did he discuss with the Prime Minister the bigger picture and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he has had with Japanese Government officials during his recent visit to Japan. [53717/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has made any board appointments recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: What informs the Taoiseach in terms of principles in any appointments he has to make or may make? Does he, for example, regard as a matter of principle that one advertises publicly before one chooses somebody? How does he explain the fact that since the Government came to power, according to an Irish Examiner study that of 1,067 appointments by the Government, only 191 people came through...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: -----stated that by submitting an expression of interest, the applicant accepts that the Minister is not obliged to consider the expressions of interest offered. One can apply but the Minister does not even have to look at the application. Is that any kind of a genuine democratic way to go? Is it not the reality that the political cronyism that dominated the appointments to boards in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: No. That is not the point. The Minister does not need to consider the expression of interest.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: He does not have to look at them.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: It states that the Minister is not obliged to consider the expressions of interest offered, that he is not confined to make an appointment from among those who express an interest.
- Other Questions: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Then why is it moving to Edinburgh?
- Other Questions: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: As the Minister knows, the Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, of which Ulster Bank is a part, has a global restructuring group. The likelihood is that the mortgage loans of ordinary householders will be put onto the international marketplace, in the same way as happened in respect of the former Irish Nationwide mortgage holders, to be snapped up by vulture capitalists. Does the Minister not see...
- Other Questions: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: Why is its arrears support unit moving to Edinburgh? Is that not sinister?
- Other Questions: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance his view on the future treatment of mortgage customers following the announcement by Ulster Bank to move its arrears support unit to Scotland, with the loss of 110 jobs here; and if he will report on any recent meetings with Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, or Ulster Bank executives. [8274/14]
- Other Questions: Banking Sector Issues (20 Feb 2014)
Joe Higgins: I want to ask the Minister what may be the future prospects for ordinary mortgage holders with Ulster Bank in the light of the fact that the bank is moving its arrears support unit to Scotland and sacking 110 workers here. Has he had any meeting with representatives of Royal Bank of Scotland or Ulster Bank about these or other issues in recent times?