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Overseas Development Aid. (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Will the Minister confirm that the cuts will fall more on the multilateral side than on the project side?

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: I agree with those who have said that it is very difficult to deal in five minutes with what has been proposed. I hope we shall have an other opportunity to look at the inter-parliamentary arrangements, in discussing topics such as this. Such a time allocation is insufficient for anybody who wants to deal with the matter. In the time available, I want to make a few points that I believe...

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Nobody will mug those who are shifting money between the banks.

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: We need to break the culture and now is a good time to do so. This has happened in the United States and Britain and it is happening in Europe. I do not have time to develop that argument other than to note that the issue involves more than persons or personalities. We need to break an arrogant circle of people who never justified their remuneration. For those who want to make a connection...

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Gamblers.

Recapitalisation of Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland: Motion (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: I wish to share my time with Deputy Kathleen Lynch.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: She answered, but the Minister said it.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: That is right, and the preparations for it.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Real slow.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Might I ask about promised legislation that is on the list?

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: The atmosphere is becoming bucolic, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Might I ask about the foreshore legislation on the Government list to change functions and amend the Acts, 1933 to 2005? I believe there is also to be related legislation on port development, in so far as a number of ports have submitted plans that involve reclamation. Will legislation be introduced in this session or during this year, and in the meantime will foreshore application licences...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Gabh mo leithscéal, cén reachtaíocht a bheidh os do chomhair i mbliana?

Order of Business (12 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Go hiomlán, agus céard faoi na ceadúnais a luaigh mé? An mbeidh siad i measc na heagrais forálacha atá á chur isteach go dtí na Roinne nó an mbeidh——

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (11 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have applied for the nitrates derogation who have applied for REPS 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4879/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason REP scheme four payments were not paid in 2008 and have been delayed until now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/09]

Charities Bill 2007: From the Seanad (11 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: I wish to add one further point which I believe is important. My difficulty with the Bill when I spoke on Second Stage was in regard to the suggestion that it is simply addressed to dealing with the status quo. We have waited a long time for legislation and it represents a monumental amount of work to actually deal with the status quo. However, if we are to have a review in five years' time...

Charities Bill 2007: From the Seanad (11 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Of course.

Charities Bill 2007: From the Seanad (11 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: This is a very important issue. As I have noted in previous debates during the Bill's passage through this House, we have to be careful in ensuring that life is not made more difficult for existing organisations or impossible for new organisations in terms of extending their remits or operating in a practical sense on the ground. The argument will be made that human rights are not excluded...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (10 Feb 2009)

Michael D Higgins: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether there is a need for stocks of gas supplies to be mandatory, similar to the reserves for oil through NORA; the position in relation to gas supplies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4559/09]