Results 6,641-6,660 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: How can the Government allow a situation develop where thousands of homes in west Dublin, for example, have no community facility where people can meet?
- Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: My question is in the way of being general but it is honing in on the identification of appropriate issues. The creation of social infrastructure alongside the thousands of homes being built is an appropriate issue. I am asking the Taoiseach about the role of this committee in that. It is a similar situation in burgeoning commuter towns. This morning I was in Laytown and Bettystown in east...
- Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: How does the Taoiseach propose to direct the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships to deal with this critical situation?
- Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Are schools under its umbrella?
- Interdepartmental Committees. (27 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: All of its members will finish up permanently in the Department.
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach said nothing that will give consolation to the tens of thousands of young workers who need homes. He said nothing to console those stuck with 30 or 40 year mortgages. In fact, he lauded the concept of longer term mortgages. Some people will be saddled with mortgage repayments into their 70s. On the Taoiseach's watch, the price of an ordinary home increased by nine times the rate...
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: That is to the eternal shame of this Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government. We do not hear a squawk from the Progressive Democrats about this. Naturally, as far as it is concerned, that is the capitalist market. The Taoiseach said nothing to indicate that house prices will stop increasing and gave no indication of a Government measure to stop the increase. Is that because the...
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: They built more houses in the 1930s.
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Fianna Fáil was in power when that happened, not me.
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: The population is increasing so that is not surprising. The Taoiseach is in the pockets of speculators.
- Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent United Nations conference on AIDS in New York. [23313/06]
- Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan. [23315/06]
- Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Mustafa Abubakar, the Governor of Aceh. [23316/06]
- Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the agenda for the June European Council summit. [23317/06]
- Official Engagements. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: On foot of the summit on AIDS, what kind of perspective was put forward with regard to, for example, the 26 million people in Africa who live with HIV-AIDS, of whom only 1% receive anti-AIDS drugs? Internationally, what kind of perspective was outlined in respect of the 40 million or so people with AIDS, of whom perhaps 5% receive anti-retroviral drugs treatment? Was a perspective offered as...
- Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: The Permanent TSB-ESRI house price index makes chilling reading for tens of thousands of young working people in need of homes. In March 1996, the average price of a home in Dublin was â¬82,000. This year, ten years later, it is â¬384,000, an increase of â¬300,000. That represents a shocking â¬30,000 increase per year, the equivalent of the current average industrial wage each year for...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 203: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that a society (details supplied) receives sufficient core funding, as outlined in its recent Health Service Executive funding submission, to continue its work and meet future needs of the coeliac community in the coming years. [23701/06]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (20 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role his Department has with regard to ensuring that contractors hired by local authorities are in compliance with the Construction Industry Registered Employment agreement, Pension assurance and Sick Pay scheme. [23938/06]
- Northern Ireland Issues. (20 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had recent contact with the family of murdered solicitor, Mr. Pat Finucane. [23312/06]
- Written Answers — Patient Confidentiality: Patient Confidentiality (15 Jun 2006)
Joe Higgins: Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the practice at Bantry General Hospital whereby patients' personal files are retrieved and moved by employees of an outside private security firm; and her views regarding the confidentiality and privacy of patients' files. [23246/06]