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Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

John Halligan: I am not sure about that.

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

John Halligan: Somebody in Holland will pay the 12.5%.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (22 May 2013)

John Halligan: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will deal with the situation whereby the Employment Appeals Tribunal and Labour Court recommendations may be ignored or avoided by employers, in some cases by changing the names of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (22 May 2013)

John Halligan: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full list of national monuments in State care that are closed due to renovations or lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19428/13]

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: I thank my colleague for tabling this timely motion, on which I welcome the opportunity to speak. The most recent figures show that approximately 26 million people are unemployed across Europe, while 150 million are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This is the European Union as we know it today - a union which is not working. So-called experts on both sides of the fence are...

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: The Minister assumed it to be true on the basis of what a garda said to him. That is the point I am making. That is what is dangerous.

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: The annual report of the Data Protection Commission released yesterday highlighted disturbing abuse of the public sector's information system because of inappropriate employee access and abuse. This is a very serious matter. The public sector and the Minister heading that Department, has a solemn duty to protect data in its possession which it may only disclose with the consent of the...

Leaders' Questions (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: When an allegation is made against any citizen in this State, information on that allegation is between the citizen, possibly the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Garda Síochána and maybe the offended individual. Are we seriously saying that it is now the position in this State that an allegation can be made against an individual by a Minister who may have been informed by a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Export Statistics (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had any discussions with his Cypriot counterparts on the possible implications for Ireland in terms of exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Persons Hotline (21 May 2013)

John Halligan: 600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 24 April 2013, if she will confirm to date the steps that have been taken to advertise the existence of the 116000 hot line here; if she will commit to organising that the relevant informational posters be forwarded to all colleges, schools, creches and indeed all public buildings with a...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: I am shocked that the Tánaiste would think that spending €10.8 million on many people who are the most marginalised in society would put such financial constraints on the health budget. The mobility allowance is not about going to work or to the supermarket; it is the broader picture. It is about access, integration, independence, human rights and equality. That is how those...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: There is a cut.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: That is not the question.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: The estimates are wrong.

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: There is something deeply reprehensible about what is happening to disabled people in the country. They have sustained a fundamental attack on their quality of life over the past two years. Their disability allowance has been cut as have their home help hours and the number of personal assistants. The domiciliary care allowance has been targeted along with funding therapies for people with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (16 May 2013)

John Halligan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of property tax return forms that have been received by the Revenue Commissioners; of those return forms received, the number that have chosen the deferral option; of those return forms received, the number have been left blank with an attackthetax sticker attached; and lastly if he will please confirm the number of the return forms received that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company (15 May 2013)

John Halligan: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the proposal to put Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company under the aegis and in co-operation with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, if he will agree to a meeting with representatives of the workforce as they have requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22943/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (14 May 2013)

John Halligan: 110. To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his policy regarding the transfer of persons with disabilities living in long term residential homes, such as Cheshire Homes, to local authority housing; the financial rationale for this move; the way he intends to deal with concerns among many residents of these homes and their families that they will not be able to cope in independent...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (14 May 2013)

John Halligan: 360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to close the Community Welfare Office in Tramore, County Waterford; if this is the case, the way she can justify this closure; her plans to move this office to the Waterford city office; the way she proposes people with lack of financial support and no transport make the journey to visit these offices; her plans to provide more...

Europe Week: Statements (8 May 2013)

John Halligan: I wish to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy and Richard Boyd Barrett. I congratulate and compliment Deputy Dominic Hannigan on his chairmanship of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. I note Deputy Timmy Dooley's fine contributions. I am afraid all the niceties are over after that little piece. Today is seen as a celebration of Ireland's membership of the European Union...