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- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----that by further introducing a measure-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: How can I ask my question-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----when the baying hyenas over there-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: I would be finished-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: With respect-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: -----the Ceann Comhairle is supposed to protect my rights.
- Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (15 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent by the State-funded EBS and Bank of Ireland in preparing the submissions of their respective chief executives for the Central Bank of Ireland's fitness and probity review of directors, including both the cost of engaging the services of the US-based consultants Promontory and the cost of these banks' own employees; and if he, the...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: The information is in the public domain. What a cop out.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach agree that historically, Fine Gael has used the Seanad as a rest home for some aging politicians and a nursery for others? In my memory, the Seanad has never seriously challenged a Dáil majority.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach agree that, contrary to what Deputy Martin seemed to suggest, the Seanad does not have any legitimacy as a check on this Chamber? Does he agree that as an institution, the Seanad does not have democratic legitimacy, given that its Members are selected in a totally undemocratic manner by a very select electorate? Does he agree that we should see the end of it as soon as...
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: One of the aspects of the blather we hear again and again is the reference to the "programme".
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: It is as if the State is a helpless victim of addiction who is on a programme. Will the Taoiseach agree that a referendum is needed on the austerity treaty?
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: He is living in cloud cuckoo land if he compares what happened with the national debt between the mid-1990s and 2007 in terms of the rate at which the economy grew-----
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: ----with what is happening during this period of depression in world capitalism. He is living in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks that can be repeated. Does he agree that a referendum is needed, especially to cure his delusion on this issue? We need a deep debate on the matter. Will the Taoiseach be specific on when the Attorney General will report to him or to the Government? When will he...
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: We did not get an answer.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: It appears that unlike the Taoiseach's ministerial colleagues, the Attorney General is not given a date for the completion of her homework.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: What the hell is it about so?
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach will not even provide a target for the first and second years of the plan.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: May I share time?
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (9 Feb 2012)
Joe Higgins: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have registered for the â¬100 household charge to date, in tabular form, under the following headings and broken down by local authority area: paid â¬100 in full, registered for quarterly payments, registered as exempt, and the total amount remaining to register within the...