Results 4,581-4,600 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Order of Business (17 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle, this is a matter for you and the Dáil. We have a fiscal responsibility Bill-----
- Order of Business (17 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: I know, but it is redundant.
- Order of Business (17 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste probably has the quelques mots. The French Minister said "le traité ne serait pas ratifié en l'état."
- Order of Business (17 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: It will not be ratified, so what is going to happen with the schedule?
- Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: My question relates to the scheduling of the fiscal responsibility Bill, the Bill relating to the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, and the European Communities Act 1972 (Amendment) Bill. Is it the Government's intention to have these items of legislation relating to the fiscal treaty, or, more accurately, the austerity treaty, completed before the summer recess? Why...
- Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Will he not come out and debate in any language, Irish or English, so that we can get to the nub of the issue, man to man and woman to woman? Will he agree to debate with us in a public forum? Why is he hiding?
- Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Will it be brought forward before the summer recess?
- Order of Business (16 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach step outside the House and debate the matter with us?
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: When the programme for Government stretching from 2011 to 2016 was drawn up, we had not heard to a great practical effect about the austerity treaty the Taoiseach is now pushing on the people. Have the Government and its economic council factored the effects of the structural deficit targets and automatic debt reduction mechanisms mandated in the austerity treaty into the programme for...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach agree it is not really about the words that are written down in any treaty? We must deal with the reality. I ask him to deal with reality - which he has consistently refused to do, even up to today - by being concrete and honest with the Irish people about the impact of the structural deficit reduction and overall debt reduction proposals. Can he give us something...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: If the Irish people vote "No", that is a mandate for the Taoiseach to go to his European colleagues and tell them he will not agree to the underpinning of this new fund in EU law until that blackmail clause is removed, which he has the power to do. I ask the Taoiseach to do the Irish people a huge favour and give them the freedom to make a democratic, free and fair choice rather than forcing...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Yes, we do.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Could the Taoiseach clarify the ESM in one sentence? This would be a big favour.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Let me put it to the Taoiseach.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: I ask him to finalise the matter in one sentence.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: There is another minute to go, actually.
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Is it the case that we do not need to amend Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union-----
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----to legally underpin the ESM?
- Order of Business (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: Could the Taoiseach give a specific timescale for the introduction of the Treaty Establishing the European Communities Act 1972 (Amendment) Bill? The Taoiseach's legislation programme states it relates to the amendment of Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union underpinning the legal standing of the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. Why did the...
- Order of Business (15 May 2012)
Joe Higgins: When will it be taken?