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Official Engagements (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: Against a background of much hyperbole about the visit of Prime Minister Cameron and the Queen solidifying a new relationship between Ireland and Britain - now best friends forever - the Taoiseach said he and the Prime Minister discussed the IMF-EU deal. Presumably, the Taoiseach told him about the difficulties and about the fact he was taking money from disabled people to pay off the...

Official Engagements (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: Given what the Taoiseach has now admitted and what was revealed yesterday by the Minister for Finance, does the Taoiseach agree that his Government is in full flight before the EU establishment, which has dictated that working people and the poor in this country will be the beasts of burden to pay off and rescue the European bankers? The Taoiseach is in full flight before them.

Official Engagements (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: This has nothing to do with my question.

Official Engagements (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: Why did the Taoiseach not ask the British Prime Minister for a reduction in the interest rate? That is the question.

State Visits (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: Whether the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Geithner, did or did not make the particular remarks is not the issue. The fact is that the issue was flagged. As the Taoiseach's borrowed rhetoric in College Green soared to lofty heights, and no doubt he was concentrating on that, he also was looking at tens of thousands of citizens, the victims of the financial crisis. Should it...

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is quite clear that rolling two or three major issues of governance and Government into one committee is simply a recipe by the Government for ramming through legislation without the proper scrutiny or time that is needed. The selection of substantial areas of Government, which will each take a lot of time in their own right over the remainder of this year, is incredible. Given the lack...

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: I am getting increasingly concerned about the level of frustration I am observing in the backbenches of the Government.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is getting to the point where it is interfering with those of us trying to make serious points that need to be taken on board.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach should have a word with his membership and ask them to try to restrain themselves and recognise the fact that he is supposed to represent them.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: What €40,000?

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: An allegation was made by Deputy Stagg regarding a sum of €41,000. I am aware of the matter to which he is referring. First-----

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: I am a member of a registered political party, the Socialist Party, which receives a leader's allowance, as does Deputy Stagg's party, that goes in full to the party.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: It must also be audited and the audit presented to the Minister for Finance on a yearly basis.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: This Social Welfare and Pensions Bill contains one of the most reactionary measures that will ever come before Dáil Éireann-----

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----and the Government proposes to ram through after a very curtailed discussion a decision that will force those workers who will depend on the State for their pension to stay at work until they are 68 years of age. One of the gains of the Labour movement in its attempt-----

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: That is the type of comment I come to expect from the backbenchers of this Government. The fact is, ladies and gentlemen, you are making a decision for workers 15 years from now when most of you will have departed the scene with fat pensions-----

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----condemning them to stay at work for years longer.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: On a serious note, the Ceann Comhairle will have to do something about discipline on the Government side. It is getting increasingly difficult to make rational points.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: Many of them are not at all resigned to their lowly status - that seems to be the problem. Maybe the Taoiseach should give them each a board of scrabble or snakes and ladders every morning to keep them busy while we are trying to make serious points here.

Order of Business (8 Jun 2011)

Joe Higgins: One of the gains of the Labour movement historically was to achieve a civilising influence on the exploitation of the capitalist system by having a shorter working day, shorter working week, shorter working year and shorter working life and the Taoiseach presumes to reverse all that in the space of a few hours here. It is shameful. He could at least extend the debate into tomorrow. I know...