Results 7,221-7,240 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the 100 new teaching posts in the further education sector which she promised will come on stream during the 2005-06 academic year in view of the fact that to date in 2005 only 63 of these jobs have been created. [36320/05]

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: When the Taoiseach raised the white flag of surrender last week, it was, of course, the starting flag for Irish Ferries management to implement its union busting, bullying tactics that are reminiscent of the employers of 1913 when they set out to strangle the trade union movement in its infancy. Irish Ferries workers and employees in general in this country can expect from this Government...

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Pathetic.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: What will the Minister do about it?

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: It was €1.1 million.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Shame on the Minister.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Is the Minister struck by the nauseating double standards in many sections of the print media, especially Independent Newspapers, in their coverage of the sending of bully boys onto Irish Ferries ships? This has been reported in the most sedate language. Has the Minister contrasted that with the paroxysms of fury in Sir Anthony O'Reilly's title, the Irish Independent, when it vilified groups...

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: I got so sick, I am immune to it.

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Will the Minister admit to the hypocrisy of it all?

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Deputy Cowley should be facilitated.

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: My supplementary will take only 30 seconds. In the last two hours in an astounding development, stormtrooper type security has taken over the Isle of Inishmore and Ulysses ferries and locked in the crew at the behest of Irish Ferries management as part of its campaign to replace the workers with eastern European exploited labour. This is an outrageous development. Will the Minister come into...

Road Safety. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: A Cheann Comhairle-——

Road Safety. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Will the Minister make a statement on behalf of the Government on this extraordinary development at Irish Ferries ? I believe he should. He is trying to avoid this incredible situation.

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: This morning the Taoiseach openly raised the white flag before Irish Ferries' slave labour plans. Nothing can be done, he says. I ask the Tánaiste, is this it? Is the exploiter now to run riot? In the context of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill, which is currently before the Dáil, will the Government table an amendment to outlaw these modern day slavers plying Irish and...

Order of Business. (24 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Where is the outrage against Irish Ferries in official Ireland? In Sir Anthony O'Reilly's titles, for example, where are the headlines that would normally greet a group of workers who were pushing their own interests?

Written Answers — Judicial Investigations: Judicial Investigations (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason he stated he is not in a position to grant an inquiry to a person (details supplied) concerning his treatment by the justice system due to the fact that he has the details of the case from a meeting of his official and the individual concerned. [36082/05]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be permitted to receive a grant to enable them to study for a medical degree at Trinity College. [35861/05]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence if inquiries will be made with the Police Service of Northern Ireland if it is, or was at any time, in possession of a general purpose machine gun, which was stolen from Clancy Barracks, Dublin in January 1973. [36080/05]

Housing Developments: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: I welcome and support the Labour Party motion. It echoes the position that I have been putting forward in the Dáil and the position that the Socialist Party in Fingal County Council has been strongly advocating for over a year. Unfortunately, Labour Party councillors in Fingal were, up to now, not very supportive but I have no doubt that the spokesperson for the party on local government and...

Housing Developments: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Joe Higgins: Will the Minister of State do that?