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Proposed Aer Lingus Takeover. (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Why should the Minister not be kicked out of office if he does not resign? Why will the Government not take Aer Lingus back into public ownership as it should, invest money in the future of Aer Lingus — the Minister should admit that the Government can invest this — and bring the workers to the heart of the running of Aer Lingus rather than throw them to the sharks on the international...

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: This is completely in order. The Taoiseach has promised a debate next week on the Aer Lingus situation.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Aer Lingus workers woke up this morning to find a cuckoo in their nest.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Can we have the details of the arrangements for the debate next week which has been planned?

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is incredible that we cannot even get an answer.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the announcement this morning that Ryanair has purchased 16% of Aer Lingus and intends to try to buy a majority of the airline; the implications for workers' wages and conditions, passenger welfare, trade union rights and the environment; and the need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement and take...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is shameful.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Really shameful.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: On a point of order, I think the Ceann Comhairle should rephrase the statement "they are not in order". The matters particularly on the crisis——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——facing Aer Lingus are in order.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Chair has just decided he will not allow the matter to be debated——

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: ——but if the Dáil had any relevance we would debate in an emergency fashion the hijacking of the national airline by O'Leary and Co. and Ryanair.

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Independent Deputies beside me have made the point that they would much prefer this time to be given over to the Taoiseach explaining the attempted hijacking of Aer Lingus by Ryanair, the increases in gas and ESB prices and other crucial issues affecting working class people and working people in general as a result of the policies of his Government. It is the Taoiseach's fault that we...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (4 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 233: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs to his Department to date accruing from the Mahon Tribunal. [30509/06]

Public Private Partnerships. (4 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/06]

Written Answers — Stardust Tragedy: Stardust Tragedy (3 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on his meeting with representatives of families bereaved by the Stardust tragedy. [29232/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (3 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: This morning, the Government turned Rossport into a police state for Shell.

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: People will be relieved that the Fianna Fáil backbenchers have been cured of the collective laryngitis that struck them silent last week.

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: We now know that Fianna Fáil Ministers see nothing wrong with a Minister for Finance taking large amounts of money for personal use from business interests as long, they say, as there is no proof that any specific favours were done. Thereby, they defend not only the major conflict of interest involving the Taoiseach when he accepted €60,000 from wealthy individuals, but they also defend...

Disclosures relating to the Mahon Tribunal: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Joe Higgins: Tens of thousands were heartlessly priced out of the market by the speculators who financed the parties opposite. Tens of thousands are terrified of the mortgage increases — perhaps up to €200 a month — they fear are now due. That amounts to €2,400 a year, which will virtually impoverish them but it is cigar money to the wealthy people who finance the Taoiseach. Most shamefully,...