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- Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)
Joe Higgins: The Minister of State is a long way from the barricades and the meat factories â that is for sure.
- Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)
Joe Higgins: What would the poor farmers in Ballinamore think?
- Tribunals of Inquiry: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Scéal náireach agus scanallach atá nochtaithe sa mbinse fiosrúcháin maidir le caimiléireacht i gcúrsaà pleanála i mBaile Ãtha Cliath. NÃl aon dabht ach gur truaillÃodh go dona an próiseas pleanála sa gcondae ag lucht mór tógála agus comhairleoirà chondae ó Fhianna Fáil agus, corruair, ó Fhine Gael chomh maith. FáiltÃm roimh an méid go bhfuil an lofacht tughta os...
- Nally Group Report on Omagh Bombing: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I am in an impossible position in debating a report that I have not seen. How can we pass judgment by any reasonable standard on a report the Government is insisting on keeping secret? Much less are we in a position to pass judgment on the allegations made against the Garda SÃochána, or elements of it, that it in some way facilitated or made the Omagh bombing possible. This was the reason...
- Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will immediately sanction funding for the CABAS south Dublin project in Shankill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4527/04]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed on a full-time and part-time basis. [4953/04]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocated to the provision of special needs assistants for the school year June 2002 to June 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4960/04]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocated to the provision of special needs assistants for the school year June 2003 to June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4961/04]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the budget allocated to the provision of special needs assistants for the school year June 2004 to June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4962/04]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria currently being employed in the evaluation of the necessity for the provision of a special needs assistant to a school student; if his Department has plans to change these criteria; and if so, when. [4954/04]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes in the criteria used for the assessment of the need to provide a special needs assistant to a school student since 1 June 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4956/04]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 315: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the changes his Department intends to make in the criteria being used for the assessment of the need to provide a special needs assistant over the next 18 months. [4957/04]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has plans to expand the provision of special needs supports to ensure children with special needs achieve their full educational potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4958/04]
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has plans to allocate special needs assistants on a school by school basis, based on the number of students attending each school, as is currently the case with the allocation of teaching posts; when this will be implemented; and the ratio of special needs assistants to students that will exist. [4959/04]
- Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach did not answer when precisely the amending legislation on electronic voting will be brought before the House.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: It is okay. We in the Socialist Party are very choosy about who we accept as members.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I am much happier where I am now than where I was ten years ago.
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: The usual suspects, from well paid newspaper editors to even better paid businessmen, have lined up to attack modestly paid bus drivers for organising a four hour protest yesterday for the protection of public transport in this city and country. The Taoiseach, who is not paid too badly in contrast to bus drivers, was, as usual, found among the chorus of condemnation and said there was no...
- Leaders' Questions. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Does the Taoiseach accept that the bus drivers were not out for a stroll yesterday but were expressing the depth of their anger at the privatisation plans of the Minister for Transport? Does the Taoiseach accept that bus drivers, especially those in Dublin, work an extremely difficult, stressful and responsible job where, unfortunately, they are open to aggression and violence? Why does the...
- Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: May we have tallies for the Dublin West count in the previous election? It was the only constituency for which they were not available.