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Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister should have given some advice on the matter when he was a member of Fine Gael.

Morris Tribunal: Motion. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: The Minister was in a different party.

Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: That is not agreed. Concerning this proposal it is entirely wrong as, for example, Votes 28 and 29 are buried in the Estimates. Vote 29 deals with overseas development aid. The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs is confined to considering the Estimates but cannot put the matter to a vote. It is very important for us to have an opportunity to say why we want a vote. On that Vote the reason is...

Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: They were considered in committee.

Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Select committees consider Estimates, they cannot vote on them.

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (16 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to a new site for the Abbey Theatre; if the OPW has finished exploring options for a potential site at George's Dock; if he will provide a final date for a decision on a new site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20289/05]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (15 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) will build a shallow water offshore terminal for the Corrib gas field due to safety concerns surrounding the onshore pipeline; the details of the new review of the quantified risk assessment carried out by Enterprise Energy Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (15 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has made a final decision on the commissioning of the Corrib gas field onshore pipeline; if he has satisfied himself that the highest safety standards will be achieved in the construction of the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19920/05]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the joint managerial body not to release teachers for oral, practical and in-service training from September 2005; the steps she intends to take arising from this decision in view of the possible disruption to exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19661/05]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the call from the TUI for the extension of the leaving certificate timetable beyond the current 13 days and the better distribution of core subjects throughout the exam period; her views on the call made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19662/05]

Written Answers — International Conventions: International Conventions (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government, through permitting the use of Shannon Airport for the refuelling and servicing of two aeroplanes used for the extraordinary renditions programme of the US intelligence services, which may have had on board prisoners being delivered for interrogation which involved the use of torture, has lent itself to a breach of the...

Written Answers — Foreign Military Aircraft: Foreign Military Aircraft (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether there is a difficulty and inconsistency with the citizens of a peace-loving and neutral country having to pay some of the costs of war, in view of recent revelations that taxpayers' money is used to effectively subsidise the US military's sending of armed troops and a wide range of munitions to war and to occupation of both...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (14 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 625: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on persistent reports and substantial circumstantial evidence (details supplied) that persons are being smuggled through Irish territory in circumstances that amount to unlawful detention in both Irish and international law; the checks which have been put in place at Shannon Airport by the Garda and security...

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position relating to the achievement of the millennium development goals by each member state of the European Union and by the Union in its entirety; the estimated date by which each member state and the EU as a whole will have achieved these goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18475/05]

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether and if the European Union will insist that the current withdrawal of occupation in Gaza will be effected and followed by withdrawal from the West Bank and the territory adjoining east Jerusalem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18476/05]

European Constitution. (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the outcome of the referenda on the European constitution in France and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/05]

European Constitution. (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Does the Minister of State regard that the neo-liberal agenda being pushed to its extreme, for example, regarding the working day, the working week and the Aubert principles was an issue in the French referendum, in other words that the emphasis was on the competition side rather than the cohesion side, as it was in Lisbon? The Minister of State referred to his "regrets". Does he think it was...

European Constitution. (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: I think I can.

European Constitution. (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: Is that a referendum or not?

European Constitution. (2 Jun 2005)

Michael D Higgins: I suggest that nobody questions for a second that the decision on what happens in Ireland will be taken by the Government. What is unclear, however, is the matter of the referendum. I thought the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs said there would be a referendum in Ireland and that they made that statement after the Dutch and French decisions. Will the Minister of State clarify...