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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach stated, correctly, that the creation of jobs and the transformation of the economy in guaranteeing a future for youth would be key to transforming the situation in the North. Does he see the enormous and unfortunate contradiction in his position in this regard? The policies being imposed that come from the Tory-Liberal Democrat Government in London are the same policies of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: The bailing out of bankers in Britain on the shoulders of working-class people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is having the same deleterious effects on the jobs and lives of our people. Destructive austerity is causing huge social dislocation and, as the Taoiseach has agreed, is a factor in the tensions among sections of the community. I put it to the Taoiseach that,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: Unfortunately, the sectarian rioting and attacks that erupted over a number of weeks in August and at the beginning of September, especially the incidents around Carlisle Circus in north Belfast, point to new sectarian flashpoints and are worrying indications that this could continue and even worsen. It is extremely worrying that 14 years after the Good Friday Agreement was signed, when...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent discussions with the political leaders in the North. [38965/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Swaps (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available from the Office of Public Works all details, including maps, of a land swap between the OPW and Wexford Borough Council; and if he will confirm that this land swap was the same as had been originally arranged in 1992/1993 (details supplied). [40315/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Redundancy Payments (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason that when Bord Na Móna made a number of employees redundant in September 1992 the company's superannuation committee instead of preserving the pensions of the redundant employees reimbursed them their contributions minus tax; and the reason that no employers contributions were included in the pension...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend Statutory Instrument No. 242 of1945 arising from the Section 44 of the Transport Act 1994 which governs the terms of the occupational pension scheme of the CIE group of companies particularly the specification that employees who if over 50 years may not enter the pension scheme. [40550/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ethics in Public Office Legislation (20 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that the common law offence of misconduct in public office has passed into law here, along with other common law offences, on the formation of the Irish State. [39828/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ethics in Public Office Prosecutions (20 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will state and list the number of cases of misconduct in public office which have been prosecuted since the formation of the State. [39829/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ethics in Public Office Prosecutions (20 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Síochána has discretion as to whether or not to investigate a credible complaint of misconduct in public office as a matter of policy. [39830/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (20 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will explain the reason army personnel who have served longer than 21 years lose their increment upon reaching retirement age. [39827/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: The delegates pointed to some omissions. Have they drafted amendments to the Bill to give to members of the committee who could table them on Committee and Report Stages if they are convinced by them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: Between the vibes and the reality falls the shadow of the Government party Whips.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: In response to Mr. Johnson, we have a very comprehensive Oireachtas Library & Research Service document on this issue. One of the useful pieces of information is that 3.2 million people are members of credit unions. I take it that figure is for the island as a whole but, obviously, the large majority would be in this State. When Mr. Johnson heard that the President was elected with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Bill 2012: Discussion with Irish League of Credit Unions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: Perhaps the witnesses could be introduced?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: That is outrageous.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: Rubbish.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the current residents of Lisbrook centre, Galway are enabled to remain in residence in view of the serious disruption to their lives that dispersal would mean. [39288/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battlegroups (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Defence the military equipment the EU Battlegroups will have. [39632/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battlegroups (19 Sep 2012)
Joe Higgins: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost of training the EU Battlegroups before they form. [39633/12]