Results 3,481-3,500 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins

Human Rights Abuses. (22 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: No. They have never entered a plane.

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I support the suggestion that additional space is required, as well as extra staff. When I was a Minister I had responsibility for this area. There is a scholarly interest in the early part of the last century, from 1900 onwards and through the 1920s. Would the Taoiseach agree that the archives for this period should be revisited? Questions have been raised before on this matter. Records on...

National Archives. (22 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Their reasons are interesting.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: For football jerseys.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (21 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when consultants Deloitte & Touche and solicitors (details supplied) will report on an implementation plan for the establishment of TG4 as an independent statutory body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (21 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on such actions as have been taken by his Department or by the Garda Síochána in regard to a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [6500/06]

Written Answers — Disruptive Students: Disruptive Students (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the report on student behaviour will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5731/06]

Written Answers — Education Funding: Education Funding (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department offers grant support to non-profit making groups and organisations that provide extra curricular educational opportunities in a school context, at no cost, in areas such as music, science and so on; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some very good work is being done by such organisations, at the...

Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is, perhaps, the most important issue that affects modern Ireland. I pay tribute to Deputy Gilmore for the manner in which he has laid out the case regarding housing as, perhaps, the greatest failure of contemporary Ireland. What has happened in housing is socially destructive and has torn the heart out of the economy. It is socially destructive in...

Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Is it not inherently wonderful and natural, as they smugly bump off each other, that 29% of housing in the city I live in is now in the private sector. How controlled is that private sector? I can tell the Government that even in terms of building standards, it is uninspected and below standard. People are told they should be glad to have anything and if they open their mouths or go to work,...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Did the Leas-Cheann Comhairle say that amendment No. 1 is out of order?

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: It is not appropriate for me to question the basis of the decision.

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, to delete lines 13 to 21 and substitute the following: 2.—The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for section 39— 39.—In this Part— 'organisation to which this Part applies' means an international organisation, community or body standing designated for the time being by order under section 40 of this Act; 'Vienna Convention' means...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister may be slightly confused because we have moved between two amendments. I ask him to answer my question about the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which is important, as is the signature of the instrument for the International Court of Justice. I take the point about the textual nature of amendment No. 2. I was urging a move away from the slavish interpretation of the...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: What about the instrument for the International Court of Justice?

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, to delete lines 45 to 53 and in page 5, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following: 6.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), every order made under Part VIII immediately before the passing of this Act is hereby confirmed save to the extent that such order has been revoked prior to that date. (2) The following orders are revoked: (a) the INTELSAT...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: The decision referred to is worthy of referral with regard to its constitutional significance. With respect, the Minister of State is making matters worse by saying that he has achieved textual consistency. I repeat my charge with regard to the amendment. It is much better to set out the orders separately and with clarity. The question arises of whether imperfections are being included. If,...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: It is important to clarify the delegation.

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: I am sure the Minister of State wishes it were so but the reality is that following the court case, his Department was advised that it was better to be clear and certain on the process of delegation so that it would not be indiscriminate. This is how the matter arose. It is not a case of one opting in, but rather of one responding to the suggestion that one is on safest ground...

Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report and Final Stages. (15 Feb 2006)

Michael D Higgins: Yes.