Results 601-620 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: In regard to the different phases of the Asia strategy which the Minister has given us, it is time to acknowledge that a serious mistake was made in deciding to accommodate the Burmese junta in terms of Asian thinking. It was a mistake to think that the military junta could be brought to the table, which did not happen. Now on the eve of the Burmese elections, we have recently had it...
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: That is right.
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Yes.
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Was there a disadvantage in relation to foreign students studying here because of our visa arrangements?
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I accept that.
- Asia Strategy. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: It is the year of the tiger.
- Haitian Earthquake. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Does it not reflect one of the great failures of United Nations reform that a civilian head of an emergency response unit was not in place in Haiti? My second question relates to the European media. The notion that there were serious infrastructural difficulties in Haiti which impeded the response to the disaster is partially contradicted by the fact that within 24 hours of the earthquake,...
- Haitian Earthquake. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I thank the Deputy for his support.
- Haitian Earthquake. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I welcome the Deputy's support.
- Haitian Earthquake. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Yes.
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: It is a matter of public record.
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Yes.
- Departmental Expenditure. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: That is right.
- Overseas Development Aid. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the media reports which suggest that a court in Switzerland has found that a family (details supplied) is entitled to millions of dollars held in bank accounts in that country, money which had been previously awarded to aid groups; his views on these reports; and if it is proposed that the EU would make...
- Overseas Development Aid. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: I am grateful for the Minister's reply. There is no difference between the Minister and I on the volume or quality of Irish aid in response to recent events in Haiti. However, I would like to ask about a co-ordinated response at EU level. Between 1830 and 1947, Haiti paid reparations to slave owners through the banking system in Paris. The removal of Jean Bertrand Aristide from power in...
- Overseas Development Aid. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Does the Minister agree that the Swiss position fundamentally changed when it decided, at a late stage, to join the United Nations, despite previously enjoying the benefit of having United Nations institutions located in Geneva? The issue is that dictatorship funds and illegal African debt - money robbed from aid organisations - have transferred through Liechtenstein and Luxembourg into...
- Human Rights Issues. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: The moneys are not allowed to be spent.
- International Agreements. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Is the Minister aware of any report to the monitoring committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on behalf of any European Union member state in regard to Libya?
- International Agreements. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: Has a complaint been registered to Geneva or to the United Nations headquarters regarding a breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Libya?
- International Agreements. (16 Feb 2010)
Michael D Higgins: To clarify, I raise this question in light of very serious reports regarding arbitrary imprisonment of dissidents.