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- Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to hold constitutional referenda during 2005. [6516/05]
- Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: Were it not for the hard work of the Socialist Party in the Tallaght area and the opportunity afforded me by Independent Deputies to raise the position of the Gama workers, the company would not have been outed. How could such a vile machine of shocking exploitation be transferred intact from the Middle East by Gama to Irish sites and how could the company get away with this exploitation for...
- Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: "As soon as possible" is not good enough. The men in question are destitute. They got paid a maximum of â¬250 in cash four weeks ago and they have to be given the bus fare to come into town. That is how desperate they are. This is an incredible scandal by any stretch of the imagination. It is simple to address this and I have made a proposal to the Minister in that regard. Executives of...
- Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: Incredibly, some contract workers with Gama Construction were not the beneficiaries of Finansbank Holland. They worked an 84-hour week for â¬800 per month. There is nothing provided for them. We must find the funds for those workers and, as Deputy Rabbitte stated, we must find the wages for the 84-hour weeks that were stolen from them. Gama Construction has still not supplied a legal payslip...
- Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: ââhuman expense to its workers.
- Leaders' Questions. (12 Apr 2005)
Joe Higgins: I agree.
- Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the investigation which he instigated into a company (details supplied) following allegations made in Dáil Ãireann on 8 February 2005 by this Deputy regarding the company's employment procedures; if the labour inspectorate has furnished him with a report; and if he will report on the...
- Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: I support the proposal to ban fur farming and, therefore, the Bill submitted in the name of Deputy Boyle. My opposition to fur farming relates primarily to the conditions in which wild animals are kept to make the industry possible. The animals affected for the most part are mink and foxes. A number of Fianna Fáil opponents of the Bill paraded their farming and rural credentials. As a...
- Irish Language: Statements. (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: Tá sé tábhachtach go mbeadh focail le rá ag daoine faoin ábhar tábhachtach seo. Dá mbeadh nÃos mó ama agam le smoaineamh nÃos mó ar an scéal atá faoi chaibidil inniu ach tá an-chuid rudaà ag tarlú sa saol polaitÃochta agus caithfidh Teachtaà Dála gnóthacha coimeád suas leo. NÃl aon dabht ach go bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar teanga faoi dian-bhrú i láthair na huaire. Is...
- Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: Has the Tánaiste been briefed on the report by the labour inspectorate into the international Turkish-based construction company, GAMA? The Tánaiste went to Turkey and invited Turkish big business to come to Ireland. Was she aware then, or since, that GAMA, which came at her invitation, combines the most advanced technology with the most primitive techniques of worker exploitation,...
- Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: It represents the most severe exploitation of workers and is a threat to the wages and conditions of all workers, whether Irish or immigrant. I want this report published and I want action to be taken on it immediately.
- Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: Yes, it was seven weeks ago. Those who are now trying to delay the report â certain corporate entities which have stuff to hide â had plenty of time to come forward. The Independent Deputies have afforded me the opportunity to raise this crucial issue. They have done a good service to Irish and immigrant workers. Unfortunately, I have not seen the report of the labour inspectorate,...
- Leaders' Questions. (23 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: Irish and immigrant workers should never again have to face employers using the methods of GAMA, which involve criminal exploitation in the extreme. Will the Tánaiste say what the main conclusions of the briefing were? She should share that with us because the matter is in the public domain.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: I first heard the name Olunkunle Eluhanla on Monday, 15 March when I saw descending on Leinster House 60 leaving certificate students from Palmerstown community school who were upset, worried and angry that their friend had been snatched from their company without even having time to say goodbye. He was dumped, a term I use advisedly, in Lagos without identity papers, money, family, a place...
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: He was taken to jail.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: No one said that. That is an outrageous distortion of the facts.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: What does that have to do with this case?
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: It is called compassion.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Minister should tell that to the communities in Palmerstown.
- Deportation Orders. (22 Mar 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Minister can exercise his discretion and let him back to do his leaving certificate.