Results 3,061-3,080 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I question these amendments' sufficiency. On the final Stages it is worth questioning the Bill's essential constitutionality. It is legally fragile in so far as it sets out to treat citizens in a different fashion, in a manner which could be construed as arbitrary. Separate from the issue of strict constitutionality, other questions arise. There is a real problem as there is such a...
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)
Michael D Higgins: He will find himself at the European Court of Justice and I hope it is soon.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)
Michael D Higgins: That is not the issue.
- Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (1 Nov 2006)
Michael D Higgins: The Minister of State could have asked the GAA about this.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Nov 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Absolutely.
- Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position with regard to the development of the Abbotstown Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34827/06]
- Drugs in Sport. (26 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to recent suspensions handed down to Irish athletes by the Irish sport anti-doping disciplinary panel; his views on whether there is reason to be concerned at levels of doping among Irish athletes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34809/06]
- Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 161: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department proposes to accept their responsibilities as the funding agency for the Bris programme which was discontinued in the west side of Galway City, in terms of their obligations to the community worker to whom an award was made on foot of the ending of their employment on the sudden ending of...
- Northern Ireland Issues. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is the Government's view that a referendum may be necessary on the St. Andrews agreement and, if so, his views on the circumstances of such a public consultation. [34713/06]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Half of my question was disallowed by the Office of the Ceann Comhairle. In a communication, the Ceann Comhairle stated: I regret that I have had to disallow the underlined part of the following question tabled by you: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs The Minister has no official responsibility to Dáil Ãireann for advice that is sought or received from the Attorney General....
- Northern Ireland Issues. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I always took the Attorney General's advice very seriously.
- Northern Ireland Issues. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I appreciate the Minister's reply and I am not attributing any ulterior motive.
- Northern Ireland Issues. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: It is not the colour of the agreement that will decide whether the Government needs an opinion from the Attorney General on a constitutional referendum. The reason I made specific reference to the Crotty case is that there are circumstances where one could invoke that case and there are other circumstances in which it would not be appropriate to invoke it. On the basis of the framework...
- Emigrant Support Services. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I welcome the capital projects. Do I take it that the Department has no problem in providing capital funding for shared projects? The groups serving Irish emigrants in Britain realised that the buildings they are replacing will be used by a number of groups. The predominant group may well be Irish so the funding may be in the form of capital partnerships and so on. These partnerships will...
- Foreign Conflicts. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether genocide has taken, and is taking place in Darfur; and the most recent and explicit proposals that have been made by the European Union in terms of an adequately resourced and expanded United Nations force being given a mandate either in support of or within the forces of the African Union already in place. [34712/06]
- Foreign Conflicts. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and do not intend to pursue the issue of whether the term genocide should be used. The figures on those who have died suggest a concentrated attack on a particular people. Some 200,000 black, African Muslims have been killed in two years, approximately 1.45 million people have been displaced, with 500,000 in need of urgent assistance, and deaths...
- Foreign Conflicts. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: I mentioned a human rights activist detained in Sudan.
- Foreign Conflicts. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: That issue related to hosting the conference, but the Minister has already dealt with that.
- Foreign Conflicts. (25 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: My proposal for an Irish preparatory conference might be constructed on the basis of addressing regional issues. This affects not only Sudan, but also Chad, the Central African Republic and Uganda. The preparatory conference could focus on the regional issues and provide an opening for the heads of state meeting that is at the heart of the British proposal. Mr. Abulgasem Ahmed Abulgasem has...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Colleges: Higher Education Colleges (24 Oct 2006)
Michael D Higgins: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to consider the provision of a post-graduate entry veterinary degree course in a higher education college here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34108/06]