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Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: On Monday, the Minister for public expenditure cuts, Deputy Howlin, cast in his favourite role as the grim reaper of public expenditure-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----public sector jobs, etc., will come into the Dáil and lay out, in effect-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----a programme of savage cuts, including the loss of 25,000 jobs in the public sector, which, as the House will be aware, is already under serious pressure in many services such as health, a cut of €750 million in capital expenditure which can cost up to 10,000 jobs and so on. The Minister will have half an hour to roll out his list, which is easily done. However, responding to the...

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: The 30 minute statements are utterly inadequate.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: In addition, at least some Labour Party backbenchers are in an acute state of mental angst over these cuts.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: Rather than sending them off to the elf counselling services, also known as Deputy Stagg, the Chief Whip-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----it would be much better to let them express their reservations and objections-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----to the devastation caused by their Minister and the Government. Then they can tell us that they will vote against them as well and that would be a great deal off their chest. We need far more time on Monday to spell out the implications of what the Government is proposing and to put our alternative.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: I would like to raise the plight of a cohort of people in this city and this State. We have not heard about them for many months. They are being overlooked because they are ordinary working-class people who do not have the resources to hire expensive lawyers or make large donations to the political establishment. Between 2,000 and 3,000 families and individuals were badly burned when a...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: I thank the Tánaiste. It is not surprising that this matter is not to the forefront of his consciousness because-----

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste should tell his backbenchers to maintain their silence until they hear what I have to say in full.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: As I was saying, it is not surprising that this matter is not to the forefront of the Tánaiste's consciousness because it has not featured since last August.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: My point is that poor people and ordinary working people in these circumstances are not the subject of the same consideration as the very wealthy do when they take a dive.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: Many people were aware of this matter when it was big news for a few days last August. Details of the plight of these families and individuals are easily available. The Tánaiste does not need to know the individual details of each case to give the House an assurance, as a matter of principle, that these people will be assisted before matters are reconciled when the liquidation comes to its...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Government pledged that social welfare payments would be maintained. I would also like to know whether the €500 increase in the college registration charge that was imposed by Fianna Fáil will be reduced or reversed, as promised by the Minister, Deputy Quinn, who is sitting beside the Tánaiste. That would be of assistance to those who saved to meet the cost of sending their children...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implications for carbon reduction management in the Programme for Government. [35836/11]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: In such circumstances, the solution would be to train working class kids with talent and make specialists of them.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Why should we have to depend on the children of the rich?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.

Northern Ireland Issues (29 Nov 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the Northern Ireland Executive in the past month. [35840/11]