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- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I cannot hear myself, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The little elves of Fine Gael and Labour have no need to worry. I will not engage in the posturing that their elders engaged in here for 12 years on the issue of the Adjournment.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I want a variation of this, a Cheann Comhairle, because it is not possible that this Dáil rises today with the warnings and the-----
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----threats by the IMF against the elderly and the unemployed ringing in our ears and screaming headlines about attacking unemployment, the elderly etc.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste tried to make a distinction this morning between the IMF on the one hand-----
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----as part of the troika and Article 4.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The person making the warnings and threatening the levels of unemployment payment etc.-----
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----is the head of the IMF mission whom I met as part of the troika. Unless he or the IMF are suffering from acute policy schizophrenia we have to take it seriously.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: We should either have an opportunity today to make statements on that or the Tánaiste should state that there will not be these attacks on the most vulnerable people in our society.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I have the newspaper here.
- Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Deputy Shatter, you will die laughing from your own joke if you are not careful.
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Go gairid, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Tá agus táim ag rá go gairid gur tús maith é an Bille seo a thabhairt isteach agus is é tús maith leath na hoibre. Ach an dara leath an rud is tábhachtaà anois. Tá fadhb leis an dara leath toisc nach bhfuil an Rialtas sásta éisteacht le heagraÃochtaà na Gaeltachta agus daoine go bhfuil an Ghaeilge ina gcroà acu maidir le hathruithe gur ceart a dhéanamh don Bhille seo. NÃ...
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: With regard to the business to be conducted in the Dáil between now and tomorrow evening when this session ends, many stressed homeowners will hope the report to be released today on the pyrite disaster will provide for a resolution to the nightmare and mental anguish they have suffered as a result of being innocent victims of negligence on the part of sections of the construction industry....
- Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income cumulatively lost to the Exchequer in 2011 due to the various tax reliefs and breaks, grants, credits, expense allowances and exemptions, and double tax agreements available to corporations. [34618/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down the â¬1 billion contribution to the Exchequer provided by the Irelands International Financial Services Centre into corporation tax and payroll taxes, and to break down the payroll tax figures by tax band. [34619/12]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Sector Remuneration: Financial Services Sector Remuneration (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the wages paid to employees in companies in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by income band, â¬0 to â¬20,000; â¬20,001 to â¬30,000; â¬30,001 to â¬40,000; â¬40,001 to â¬50,000; â¬50,001 to â¬60,000; â¬60,001 to â¬70,000; â¬70,001 to â¬80,000; â¬80,001 to â¬90,000; â¬90,001 to...
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide some details on where the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre comes from; the way it is compiled and by whom; and the number of persons directly employed by companies within the IFSC. [34621/12]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by division, that is the number employed in banking, insurance, legal services and accountancy services and so on [34622/12]