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- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of the figure of 33,000 persons employed in Irelands International Financial Services Centre by nationality of company. [34623/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a break down of corporation tax receipts by NACE code. [34624/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of corporation tax receipts from Irelands International Financial Services Centre companies by NACE code. [34625/12]
- Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection criteria used to decide which training facilities were no longer required to deliver training in the trades of carpentry and joinery; and if he will consider beginning a process whereby this decision is reversed before irreparable damage is done with Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, Dublin. [34409/12]
- Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Tá géarghá le ghnÃomhú an-láidir maidir le staid na Gaeilge mar theanga labhartha agus staid na Gaeltachta mar áit a bheidh lán de dhaoine gur féidir leo an Ghaeilge a labhairt go laethúil mar ghnáththeanga. Tá sé scanrúil, mar a léirigh an staidéar chuimsitheach teangeolaÃochta ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, go bhfuil aistriú suntasach ó Ghaeilge go Béarla tar éis...
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I ask about three Bills in the areas of health and medical legislation - the health and social care professionals (amendment) Bill, the HSE governance Bill and the Bill to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. Which of these Bills will deal with the fact that the care of the elderly should not be regarded as a source of profit and speculative investment by business interests? Is this...
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The issue is that our elderly should not be the subject of profiteering.
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: I did not have the privilege of hearing what the Minister, Deputy Shatter, said.
- Employment Rights (10 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with the social partners since Easter. [25366/12]
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the expected economic and fiscal impact of the Eurozone bank bailout agreement reached in Brussels on 29 June 2012 and in particular the implications for the State's total national debt; and if he will further report on the Budget deficit, the Memorandum of Agreement with the Troika, the general austerity policy of the...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The agreement on the banks was described by the Taoiseach, in respect of its effect on Ireland, as a seismic development and greeted with general elation in the capitalist press. Is it not the case that we do not have any specifics as to what the agreement will mean in the Irish context? The Minister indicated a meeting to be held later this month will go into greater detail. Is there any...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: It seems to me that a single vague sentence referring to this country and generally praising the horrific austerity our people have been suffering to bail out bankers and bondholders is not massively strong ground on which to build. In respect of the national debt, the Minister did not indicate how this will have an impact in respect of a separation of banking debt and sovereign debt. Will...
- Bank Debt Restructuring (5 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Does the timeline extend to the end of the year?
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of financial vehicle corporations domiciled in Ireland; the number that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32615/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit institutions domiciled here; the number that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; and the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32616/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of money market funds domiciled here; the number of them that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; and the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32617/12]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investment funds domiciled here; the number that are Irish owned; the number of persons employed by these companies; the amount of revenue they provide through corporation tax. [32618/12]
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach referred to a court case on the European Stability Mechanism. To be clear, I am not asking him to comment on anything relating to that but I am asking him to comment on the scheduling of Dáil business on fiscal matters and the matters he had intended to dispose of before the summer. Does he believe that schedule will be held to or will matters, including matters arising from...
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach the matters he intends to raise at the European leaders meeting on 23 May. [25360/12]
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 27: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with the new French President Francois Hollande. [25361/12]