Results 1,501-1,520 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Half of it went to the banks.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: With the second lowest social protection in Europe.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Put them in the stocks.
- Order of Business (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Section 4 of the Competition Act. That was the labour Bill.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I wish to share my time with Deputy Kathleen Lynch.
- Written Answers — National Counselling Service: National Counselling Service (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that former patients of a doctor (details supplied) who has been struck off the medical register can attend accredited counsellors of their choosing rather than those chosen by the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6540/09]
- Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects BreastCheck to be fully rolled out here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6538/09]
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Will it have a photograph of the Taoiseach on the cover?
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Last week I asked about ports legislation. I raise this issue because there is a Bill on port authorities and companies currently before the Seanad. My question is on the list and concerns the foreshore (amendment) Bill. Since I raised this issue I have received communication that this Bill will deal primarily with fisheries. On the other hand, the ports legislation which is currently...
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: ââof port authorities reclaiming land from the sea and proposing to develop or even dispose of it when in fact they have no clear title?
- Order of Business (19 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Who processes foreshore licences?
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I welcome the opportunity, and wish I had longer, to speak on this motion. I will address a single dimension, namely, citizenship. Not today or yesterday, a continuous, sinister and despicable campaign started that devalued public service. During the so-called boom times, public servants were regularly contrasted with the buccaneer individualists who were supposedly making a fortune...
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Last week and on Monday, when members from different unions from around the country visited their Deputies, they did something that was difficult. They spoke about their jobs and their children and what it cost them to live, not just to participate. The bankers who knifed the country's reputation went into hiding. Their names are still being protected. They comprise the golden missing...
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Irish Economy: Motion (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Hear, hear.
- Foreign Conflicts. (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this matter. I hope we will be able soon to address this issue substantively at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs in the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Our next meeting is a select committee one and after that we have other business. However, I hope that in a fortnight's time we might be able to accommodate a...
- Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which Irish financial institutions have been able to access the â¬30 billion European Investment Bank small and medium enterprise lending programme; when he expects to see the impact of this scheme to filter through to businesses operating here and the extent to which it will impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Investigations: Banking Sector Investigations (18 Feb 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on media reports that the Financial Regulator is investigating if Anglo Irish Bank artificially boosted its deposit base around its year end to inflate its financial strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/09]