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Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the filling of the position of Secretary General of his Department. [24421/11]

Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Minister agreed with the Irish Cancer Society that it is not possible to clinically identify urgent cases. The response prepared for him by the HSE relies on the fact that so-called urgent cases are seen within 28 days. However, many cases of cancer, which could be advancing with detection, will not, therefore, fall within the urgent case cohort. That issue has not been dealt with....

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is not agreed. I am opposed to taking the Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011 today. Their lordships' fat salaries should indeed be taken down sharply but we can leave it until tomorrow. I want the Taoiseach to change his proposal. After seven weeks of the Dáil being away and six months of the Government, the Taoiseach should have a state of the...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----the cruel cuts, as we face a cold winter, by a Labour Party alleged Minister for Social Protection.

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: I am making a short argument as I am entitled to do under Standing Orders on why we need a different proposal from the Government. After six months, it is very clear that the Fine Gael, Labour Party and EU-IMF austerity is killing our economy. It is killing hope and driving our young people out of the country. We need a change; we need massive public investment. I ask the Taoiseach to...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: I have been in or around the Chamber for the past two hours but I have not received a copy of the legislative programme for the autumn session of the Dáil. It may have been delivered recently. This is fairly poor, considering the notice we have had for the return of the Dáil. The legislative programme is simply a list of Bills. I find it highly unsatisfactory that we know only on a...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Ceann Comhairle will hear that I am very much in order. Does this proposal require a separate Bill and separate legislation or will it be dealt with in the context of the budget? When will the Dáil deal with it?

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: When will the local government (charges) Bill come before the Dáil?

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: When will the legislation be published?

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: This not a chat. I am looking for necessary information. When will the legislation be published?

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: When will the legislation be published?

Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Sep 2011)

Joe Higgins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this vital issue for discussion. Some days ago we heard the shocking revelation that the number of people waiting longer than three months for a colonoscopy has more than doubled in the past year. Colonoscopies are used in the early detection of bowel cancer and are therefore a crucial life-saving measure. It is shocking that the waiting list now...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: What about Dingle-Daingean Uí Chúis?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: What about the timing?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: Le cead an Tí, ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis an Teachta Catherine Murphy. Fáiltím go mór roimh socrú na conspóide maidir leis an ainm caoi ar Dhaingean Uí Chúis. Caithfidh mé a rá gur chuir an chonspóid áirithe iontas orm ón tús. Bhí sé amaideach ón chéad lá aon athrú a dhéanamh ins an slí ina hainmníodh Daingean Uí Chúis. Ariamh ó mo chuimhne féin...

Order of Business. (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: I am opposed to the taking of Nos. 13 and 14 without debate. I am very opposed to the taking, without debate, of No. 17, which relates to the free trade agreement between the European Union and Korea. I worked on this agreement when I was on the international trade committee of the European Parliament and there are several aspects of it that are utterly reprehensible. It forces widespread...

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: I support those comments.

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: In the past the proposal to adjourn the Dáil for the summer was often routinely opposed-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----with a level of cynicism and grandstanding that only the Labour Party and Fine Gael could muster.

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Joe Higgins: On this occasion there is-----