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- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: I am afraid it is similar to the closure of workplaces such as TalkTalk or Aviva, although perhaps not on the same scale. In many cases, families will be obliged to move, as otherwise the personnel involved will be forced to commute for hours every day.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: I wonder would the Deputy-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is quite callous for members of Fine Gael to dismiss the concerns of soldiers and their families in this way.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: To be forced to change their way of life and commute for three hours a day, which would be the case for some of the soldiers, is an intolerable change in conditions.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: How can the Taoiseach say that jobs will not be lost when people have to move, and those who provide services in the local economy which are dependent on these people will obviously suffer? It is a major dislocation. What is the rationale? The Taoiseach cannot even argue that there are economic benefits to the closure. Is the resignation of Deputy Penrose giving Fine Gael and the Labour...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: Are they prepared to sit here and see soldiers and towns and local economies destroyed in this way? I am asking the Government to reconsider. What is the rationale for the decision when it cannot even use an economic argument?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: And refurbishment.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is not saving anything.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: It is not saving anything. The Taoiseach just said it.
- State Visits (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his planned visit to China; the purpose of same; and the issues he intends to raise with his Chinese counterparts. [29814/11]
- Written Answers — Global Irish Forum: Global Irish Forum (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the Global Irish Forum. [29812/11]
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: More importantly, we want our citizens back here and we want an international statement in opposition to this outrage.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: I could not hear the Tánaiste because of the mob over there.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: When will our citizens be back if the Tánaiste is way ahead of the game?
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: When will our people be home?
- Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: Does the Tánaiste wish to withdraw that remark?
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Government is subjected to humiliation by the banks and the response of the Taoiseach is to make a telephone call to another banker to see what he should do. I wish to call a different humiliation to the Tánaiste's attention, however. Last Friday, a foreign state, Israel, jailed 14 Irish citizens who were snatched from international waters while bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza. The...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: I reiterate that the public sector workers in the embassy are doing their job but the Tánaiste has not done his job.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2011)
Joe Higgins: The Tánaiste gives the impression these 14 citizens could have been out of Israel in a matter of hours if they had signed an innocuous document. They were asked to sign a document stating they had illegally entered Israel. They could not sign that statement because it would be a lie.