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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Health in relation to kidney transplant operations in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, at which the waiting time for the procedure has increased from three to six months to 14 months, the measures taken to reduce this delay; the additional resources allocated; his views on the context of the urgent nature of this operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (26 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have participated in the jobbridge scheme; the age bands of the participants; the breakdown of placements by company size; the breakdown of participants by type of company, private or public and so on; the percentage of those who started a jobbridge placement that have gained employment; the percentage of those who finished...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Standard Authentication Framework Environment (26 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the number of forms of proof are needed to verify a person's address as a SAFE registration appointment. [41031/12]
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: When will the Thornhill report go before the Cabinet?
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: In view of the grave concern that the Government's servile acceptance of the troika diktat for a property tax - in reality, a home tax - is causing ordinary people living in modest homes, can we have clarity on the timeframe as to how this will be worked out?
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: I am referring to No. 16 oi the Government's legislative programme.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: I refer to the finance (local property tax) Bill.
- Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: It is a little more complicated than that. The Thornhill report will be an important basis for this legislation, but the Taoiseach has indicated that it has not yet been brought to the Cabinet and is still with the Minister for the Environment, Community and local Government. When will it be brought to the Cabinet and published? Second, the finance (local property tax) Bill is listed for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: What is the Cabinet sub-committee on economic recovery and jobs doing in reality, particularly given the fact that there were 14,000 fewer jobs in the second quarter of this year than in the first? Consumer spending is down and every element of the domestic economy is being hammered as a result of the Government's austerity policy. Has the Administration not learned the lesson that the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: Regarding parades, will the Taoiseach agree that the critical issue is not parades commissions and this and that quango but communities themselves engaging in dialogue? The Orange Order must talk to the Catholic communities. Equally, the Catholic communities affected must talk to the loyalists in recognising that there are rights on both sides but also a right above all not to be dragged...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub committee meetings he has attended since the summer recess. [38955/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs has met recently. [38956/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Economic Infrastructure has met recently. [38957/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Mortgage Arrears has met recently. [38958/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on European Affairs has met recently. [38959/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Climate Change and the Green Economy has met recently. [38960/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Social Policy has met recently. [38961/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht has met recently. [38962/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Public Service Reform Jobs has met recently. [38963/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet sub Committee on Health has met recently. [38964/12]