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Regulatory Reform. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the OECD report Regulatory Reform in Ireland. [1871/06]

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Carte blanche is being given to the speculators.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: I am very concerned that residents of Pallaskenry, County Limerick, are being dragged into the High Court next week by Limerick County Council in order to compel them to stop a campaign to retain the clean water they have used for 50 years from Bleach Lough in their area. Residents benefitting from this water know from experience that it is a pure and unpolluted source that provides good...

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: It is still not enough.

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: There are double standards.

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Workers are in jail and subbies, or sub-contractors, are going about their illegal activities with abandon.

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Is there anyone the Deputy does not admire?

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Is there anyone the Deputy does not admire?

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: The issues of workers' rights raised in the Sinn Féin motion are vital and I agree with all the rights put forward that should belong to the workers. I do not object to the proposed Department of labour affairs standing alone. The main problem at the moment is not the lack of such a Department but that for nine years we have had a Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government, a right wing...

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Judiciary disgraced itself.

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: The Judiciary's wig fell over its eyes when it came to dealing with Gama. It must be named truly. We fought a massive battle in very difficult circumstances and when the courts protect the exploiter, where does that leave us? We need more resources for the labour inspectorate and for measures to ensure compliance, but workers have to rely on their own organisation and particularly their trade...

Interdepartmental Committees. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach agree that the use of public-private partnerships is not economically justified but politically motivated and that the Government, in its philosophy, essentially favours big business interests in major infrastructural projects for ideological reasons and because of the political closeness of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats to big business interests which also...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: I am concerned about how easily the phrase "water tax" slipped off the Taoiseach's tongue. I hope it was not a Freudian slip. The Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Tim O'Malley, with the support of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, announced that the buildings and land around all or most of the 15 psychiatric hospitals are to be sold. The...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: What is the degree of co-ordination between the various Departments in respect of these issues and the question of land sale? Is the Taoiseach aware that the Office of Public Works knew about the policy decision concerning psychiatric hospitals? The OPW has sought sites around the country for decentralised offices for public servants. Whether anybody will be found to fill them is a matter...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: What other investigation will take place to ascertain the community and other State services that could be located on these sites? In light of the Government's lamentable record on social housing, one could ask why an element of social housing could not be accommodated on these publicly owned sites? In many cases, these sites are located in areas which would be eminently suitable to social...

Ministerial Staff. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Would the Taoiseach agree that employing six advisers costing just under €1 million per annum is exorbitant and excessive? When one combines this with the Taoiseach's other personal staff, it appears that an Arabian sheikh would hardly have such a large retinue as the Taoiseach now has advising him at every turn. Public sector workers are constantly berated in the private press about...

Interdepartmental Committees. (21 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 4: 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. [1861/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she is taking to raise awareness regarding the importance of organ donation in view of the imbalance between the need for and supply of organs for transplantation. [6095/06]

Written Answers — Organ Donation: Organ Donation (16 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will review current practice with regard to organ donation in view of the fact that there is no central register of persons who would be willing to have their organs used for transplant and in further view of the fact that signing an organ donor card indicating willingness to have organs used for transplant, does...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Feb 2006)

Joe Higgins: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the action she will take to implement the Government's stated pledge to radically reduce class sizes (details supplied). [6089/06]