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Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: The gods of the markets.

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: What about the national debt and the interest payments?

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: What about the national debt?

Banks Recapitalisation and Restructuring: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: What about the national debt and the interest payments on that?

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: I agree with your position, a Cheann Comhairle. I can understand how annoyed Members of the Dáil are because Deputy Lowry has received a large amount of time. However, leaving the whole affair aside, the principle of the matter is that any of us in the Dáil could be accused of anything, including a political charge, and we would certainly be within our rights to demand the right to reply...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Where are Punch and Judy now?

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Do we have a commitment in that regard for next week? That would resolve the issue.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: It is all of 160 years ago since the heroic Chartist Movement led to the abolition of rotten boroughs in Britain and Ireland but today Members of this Parliament, in voting for the Second House of Parliament, have no less than five votes each and some have an extra vote because they happened to go to a university. While our neighbours who pay their taxes, work hard and are good citizens have...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: In the past two weeks I have noticed when the Taoiseach is asked a series of two or three questions by a member of the Opposition, which we are entitled to do, that he does not take a note of the questions as they are asked and then he forgets to answer perhaps two out of the three. I respectfully ask that the Taoiseach would make a note of each question.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: The matter would be expedited if the Taoiseach answers as well. When I was a humble member of Dublin County Council-----

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: -----there were a lot of rezoning controversies in 1992 and 1993. Developers and landowners occasionally used to send bottles of wine around to councillors' homes at Christmas time. It was a sensitive issue and I never accepted them. Keeping that in mind, does the Taoiseach think that two or three years later, in 1995 and 1996, it was appropriate that Mr. Denis O'Brien, an applicant for...

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Regardless of all that, does the Taoiseach personally believe that the State should now pursue the recipients of the licence to recover the funds from the profits that were made that properly belong to the people? Does he personally believe that should happen?

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: If that money was wrong then other money was wrong as well.

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is not present, although he indicated to me yesterday that he would take questions on Fine Gael's involvement in this matter with regard to finances received by Fine Gael from Mr. O'Brien.

Cabinet Sub-Committees (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Will there be a Cabinet sub-committee dealing with the financial services centre? I understand the Taoiseach's predecessor had a committee of some kind working on the activities of the IFSC. Is that the case and if so, will that be continued?

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with the representatives of trade unions and employers [5800/11]

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Implementation Body. [5801/11]

Social Partnership (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Is it not the case that the Government and major employers used so-called social partnership since 1987 to keep workers' wages in check, but allowed speculation and profiteering in the areas of finance, property, etc., to rise uncontrolled and unchecked to obscene levels? Is it not a fraud to speak of social partnership when in the course of ten years, from 1997 to 2007, the so-called...

Official Engagements (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States on the occasion of St Patrick's Day 2011 [5795/11]

Official Engagements (30 Mar 2011)

Joe Higgins: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with President Obama on the occasion of his recent visit to the White House [5796/11]