Results 7,641-7,660 of 8,553 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2017: Committee Stage (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister. I very much welcome her comment on the care credit, which is something I have pushed for years since my time with Older and Bolder and the National Women's Council of Ireland. I am very happy this is on the agenda in terms of the total contributions approach, which is good to hear. I am also glad to hear in regard to the auto-enrolment model that the Minister is...
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to begin by addressing some of the misapprehensions that have been suggested today. The first is that those who have concerns about or are opposed to PESCO are in some senses less committed to Europe or anti-Europe. I am extraordinarily pro-Europe. I have campaigned for Europe. I work with European NGOs. Right across Europe there is concern and it is partly my European citizenship...
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The legislation was-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, but it was not-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----agreed at that time.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yet last week-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry, but I must make a correction.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Last week, the Minister of State said that no Member had raised it with him.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: This is outrageous.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister of State has acknowledged that I raised it with him.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am sorry, but this is misleading and unfair.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It has been directly-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Excuse me but, through the Chair,-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Excuse me. I have had statements very clearly directed to me that are inaccurate,-----
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: -----so I need to have them corrected.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Excuse me, but I have had statements addressed directly to me. The Minister of State has been staring straight at me and saying, "You did not." Let me be clear - I did raise this issue. I raised it well in advance. I raised it by way of a Commencement matter. The problem is that it was not brought to the Dáil Business Committee until the week in which it was pushed to a vote.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Please do not attempt to distract attention from that error.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Excuse me, but I had one very direct question which was not answered.
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Will procurement contracts be subject to the triple lock mechanism?
- Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked only one question in my contribution.