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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach should write a novel.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: At the recent summit or in any of the Taoiseach's informal talks with his fellow EU leaders, did the plight of Edward Snowden feature? Was it discussed at the meetings or was there any discussion on offering him security and a safe haven within any country of the European Union? Does the Taoiseach accept that he struck a big blow for human rights by exposing the type of massive intrusion by...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: Austerity is killing the people.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: And 70,000 lost.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: They are in Australia, Canada and Britain.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: Bled dry for bondholders.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: Soup kitchens.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: This group of questions asks the Taoiseach to report on his discussions with his fellow leaders of the European Union member states. Has the Taoiseach or his fellow EU leaders any appreciation of the increasingly harsh reality of life for huge swathes of ordinary working people in Europe, unemployed people and poor people, as a result of the continuing crisis of European capitalism and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he had with other Heads of State since the adjournment of Dáil Éireann in July. [39139/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he had with other European leaders since the adjournment of Dáil Éireann in July. [39140/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the industrial action being taken by secondary school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42510/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met, or is planning to meet, representatives of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland. [42511/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 277. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on allegations of tax avoidance by a company (details supplied) which has been awarded the joint operation of the national lottery as covered recently in the British Press. [50393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will reconsider the requirements contained in the new form issued by her Department to allow those who are unemployed on certain days to claim jobseeker's benefit by indicating the days which they were not at work in view of the fact that it is causing difficulties for certain categories of workers (details supplied). [50395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reconsider signing into law regulations to be made under sections 16 and 17 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 allowing for tail docking and dew claw removal of dogs and that they may be performed by non-registered persons, namely, persons other than registered veterinary practitioners, using no anaesthesia or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 614. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 580 of 1 October 2013 the reason medical students on placement in the hospitals for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 were not paid; the reason this payment has still not been received, for example, by third level biomedical students in DIT; the action he or the Health Service Executive is taking to ensure that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (21 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: It was very successful and built more houses and facilities for working class people than Deputy Howlin's Government will do over this five year period.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (21 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: In conclusion, in view of all the strictures and the Minister's lectures regarding public sector workers generally, hitting in particular low and middle income public sector workers, where is the Minister's policy left by the revelation of recent days of the sweet shops in hospitals being raided for tens of thousands of euro extra for chief executives? A huge gulf of inequality is being...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (21 Nov 2013)

Joe Higgins: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has any plans to use the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49780/13]