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- Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is awareââ
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: I would say the corncrake rather than the brent goose. The difference is we would like to hear more from the corncrake.
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Yes. It is clear from what the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government stated yesterday in respect of the issue that Deputy Murphy and I have been raising here, that legislation is needed to void estate management company contracts whereby young homeowners are forced into paying for services which local authorities supply in most other estates. Can I ask the Minister for...
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: How will this mess be resolved?
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: We have been raising it.
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: They should not play games with this. People are in court next week over this, for services that the local authority should provide.
- Order of Business. (3 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Excuse me, it is us who are being provoked, not them.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Beaumont Hospital has discontinued enhanced external counter pulsation treatment. [31479/05]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 218: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason enhanced external counter pulsation treatment has been discontinued at Beaumont Hospital. [31480/05]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the location at which angina sufferers can avail of enhanced external counter pulsation treatment due to the fact that this service has been discontinued at Beaumont Hospital. [31481/05]
- Irish Unification: Motion. (2 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Both the Sinn Féin motion and the Government amendment are predicated on the belief that the Good Friday Agreement is a template for a resolution to the political crisis in Northern Ireland. That is a fundamental fallacy. The Good Friday Agreement has provided for the institutionalisation of sectarian division, not for its overcoming. Since the IRA ceasefire halted its disastrous...
- Tribunals of Inquiry. (2 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the costs to his Department during 2005 in relation to the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25358/05]
- Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (27 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if legislation will be brought forward to establish a redress board in respect of compensation for victims of non-residential institutions, that is, day school pupils. [31197/05]
- Written Answers — Statutory Redundancy: Statutory Redundancy (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid to Irish Ferries in redundancy grants with respect to workers on the [i]MV Normandy [/i]passenger ferry. [30788/05]
- Written Answers — Statutory Redundancy: Statutory Redundancy (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which Irish Ferries qualifies for redundancy grants with respect to workers on the [i]MV Normandy[/i] passenger ferry. [30789/05]
- Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment said in his Second Stage contribution that he would introduce a managed economic migration policy. The Bill certainly does not represent migration policy â in no sense can it be considered as such. It is a work permits Bill making some extra provisions, one or two of which I welcome, but it falls far short of being a comprehensive migration...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: The section states that it shall be an offence for any person to engage in offensive conduct. This presumes these people would cause serious offence or serious annoyance. On foot of this provision, a garda can impose an on-the-spot fine and, if the person does not pay the on-the-spot fine, he or she will be charged and brought before the court. This will mean a significant increase in the...
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: More action and implementation is needed instantly while the ASBO fig leaf should be dropped.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: Maidir le leathnú cumhachta a thabhairt don Gharda SÃochána anseo, caithfidh mé a rá go gcuirim ina aghaidh go mór. NÃl aon réiteach anseo d'fhadhbanna móra na sochaÃ, agus fadhbanna coiriúlachta go mórmhór. Táim in aghaidh an leathnú cumhachta a thabhairt do Cheannfort an Gharda chun barántas cuardaigh a eisiúint seachas go gcaithfeadh na gardaà dul os comhair giúistÃs....
- Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Oct 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Criminal Justice Bill 2004 purports to be an act to amend the powers of the Garda SÃochána in relation to the investigation of offences. In fact it is a typical Progressive Democrats, Fianna Fáil response to problems of crime in our society. Essentially, it addresses the issue of crime or criminal behaviour in some sectors by giving more generally repressive powers to the Garda...