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Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Níl an Cathaoirleach ciontach in aon chor. Tá gach canúint chomh maith leis an chéad chanúint eile, chomh fada agus a bhaineann sé le muintir Mumhan. An undertaking that damages for the delay of a project, which is what is involved here, should be underwritten by an ordinary person or community organisation is a crippling blow to people's option of resorting to the courts. Litigation in...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Bill involves a severe diminution of the input by ordinary people — citizens of this State — to the planning process and a diminution of their ability to influence the planning process in a democratic way. The various subsections of section 37A onwards, dealt with in section 3 of the Bill, change An Bord Pleanála from a court of appeal, as it were, to a court of first instance. By...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Dhá nóiméad, go raibh míle maith agat. I am not impressed by the provision for community gain. I recall fighting bad planning applications and rezonings in the 1990s where the landowner or developer, to secure a rezoning, would include a community centre or some other type of what I call a poisoned carrot. The possibility of communities or individuals securing a judicial review with...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (15 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Ba é canúint Dhún na nGall nár thuig mé i gceart.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cheann Comhairle as ucht an ábhar tábhachtach seo a roghnú le haghaidh díospóireachta. The Pallaskenry-Kildimo community in west Limerick comprises approximately 1,200 homes. For 50 years it has had a natural supply of spring water from neighbouring Bleach Lough. Currently, Limerick County Council is attempting to force on the Pallaskenry-Kildimo community a new...

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold a referendum during the current Dáil. [20851/06]

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation to date of the recommendations of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution. [20857/06]

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach intend to address by constitutional referendum the ongoing speculation in building land in the State? Each year of the Government's tenure, the speculative ventures and profits of the speculators have become more blatant and more obscene, being driven by more naked greed. Does he agree there is an urgent need to address this issue given that young working people pay the...

Constitutional Referenda. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach refer to the All-Party Committee on the Constitution the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006, which was rushed through the House, to deal with the blatant criminalisation of male teenagers engaged in consensual relations while female teenagers, quite correctly, are not criminalised? Does this matter not need to be urgently addressed by the Government?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: This is an honour. I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: Limerick County Council's continued attempts to force water from a polluted source, the River Deel, on the community of Pallaskenry, Kildimo, in west Limerick which enjoys a fully adequate supply of water from the local Bleach Lough, a natural spring water source, and Limerick...

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: It seems——

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: A relevant case is coming to court next week involving 20 residents. Can the Taoiseach intervene to stop this?

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: In the context of Limerick County Council bullying Pallaskenry residents to accept their water supply from a polluted source, the River Deel, when will the consumer protection Bill be introduced?

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Will the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government intervene to stop this bullying of decent residents?

Order of Business. (14 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle, decent residents could go to jail tomorrow for simply protecting the natural spring waters in their area.

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the parties in Northern Ireland. [17722/06]

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is clear that the assembly in Northern Ireland is now in a shambolic situation. The parties could not even agree on a chairperson for the committee that is supposed to steer a power-sharing Executive. They may not be able to agree an Executive in the autumn and if they do, it will not last long. Does the Taoiseach now accept that what is being laid bare is the disintegration of the...

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Did the Taoiseach discuss rendition with Mr. Blair?

Northern Ireland Issues. (13 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: Is the Taoiseach alarmed by the emergence of evidence about rendition flights passing through Shannon Airport?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 Jun 2006)

Joe Higgins: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to have an urgent debate on renewed pressure by Limerick County Council on the communities of Pallaskenry and Kildimo to accept water from an often polluted source, the River Deel, instead of their current adequate supply exclusively from Bleach Lough, a spring water lake, and the need to get Limerick County Council to withdraw its...