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Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: This is after ten years of his Government.

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: When will the order be made?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Does the Tánaiste have anything to say about water contamination?

Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: People are falling ill.

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his priorities for the March 2007 European Council meeting. [8938/07]

European Council Meetings. (21 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of Poland, Mr. Lech Kaczynski. [8939/07]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 237: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) have not yet been granted a residence permit despite the fact that such permits should be processed within six months of the application being made. [9977/07]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has permitted the ESB to build a new power station at Aghada, County Cork, only on condition that it sells the output of the station to its competitors; and his views on whether this will lead to a rise in electricity prices to the consumer. [9689/07]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 858: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to keep children in the education system. [10077/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 767: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the VEC is to be the patron of a primary school in Dublin 15; if so, the location of the school and the date of opening; the location where this proposal originated; her views on same; if she will intervene to maintain this school for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9486/07]

Written Answers — School Closures: School Closures (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 860: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a proposal to close a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; where this proposal originated; her views on same; and if she will intervene to maintain this school for the local community. [10079/07]

Departmental Staff. (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on staffing arrangements in the Attorney General's office and in particular the amounts paid each year to each contract drafter who was utilised by the office in the past five years. [4735/07]

Departmental Staff. (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: This is the last opportunity before the election to discuss this important issue. I will be very brief. Can the Taoiseach tell us the three largest sums paid to contractors and state their nationalities? Is he aware of the extreme concern at the employment of so many contract drafters from abroad, including people who have been pensioned off in their home countries, instead of training...

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department for providing assistance to certain members of Dáil Éireann. [8933/07]

Departmental Expenditure. (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach might need to keep the peace between Deputy Healy-Rae and the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism in south Kerry.

Public Relations Contracts. (20 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the work of the group established in his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers. [8934/07]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 163: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a residency application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [8987/07]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Question 168: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) who was granted a joint spouse visa for three months was only allowed to remain in the State for a period of one month. [9041/07]

Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: Following on from the issue Deputy Rabbitte raises on legislation controlling management companies, apart from the urgent need for apartment owners to have new regulations to protect their rights, the Taoiseach undertook to consider the specific situation not of apartment owners but of house owners in big estates who were dragooned into management companies and saddled with fees completely...

Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Joe Higgins: The Minister, Deputy Roche, also gave such an undertaking. It is an urgent situation because people are being dragged into court and hounded by the developers, essentially, masquerading as management companies——