Results 61-80 of 346 for speaker:Jim Higgins

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: Is Senator Dooley finding it hard to keep going?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: Would the Minister for Finance agree with the speech of the Minister of State?

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: The Minister should give the board more staff.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: The Minister referred to modest changes.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: The changes represent a complete somersault.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: They will be Fianna Fáil lads.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts: Motion. (25 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: I welcome and endorse this timely, opportune and valid Labour Party motion and agree with the thrust of Senator McDowell and Senator O'Meara's remarks in that regard. I am galled by the manner in which the Revenue Commissioners wastes so much time and resources investigating the small taxpayer. In my previous capacity as a Deputy and currently as a Senator I have been approached in my clinics...

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: I fully appreciate that point.

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: As Senator O'Meara said, there is a culture of acceptance within the courts and the Revenue Commissioners. We will not get to grips with the situation until such time as people who commit serious tax offences are imprisoned. The Minister of State referred to yet another review of the powers of the Revenue Commissioners. Its powers have been reviewed time and again. An announcement by the...

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: These people have no shame.

Seanad: Revenue Commissioners: Motion. (18 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: No. I do not want false charges made against him.

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: I wish to raise three issues. Last week the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment published the redundancy figures for December and January. The latter figure was 2,800 and that for December was 2,200, marking an increase of 5% on the respective figures for last year. Behind each of these redundancies is a human story and while we might talk about growth and inflation, jobs are the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (12 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: It should be dealt with urgently because there is gross exploitation in this business.

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes. (11 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this matter and I apologise for my absence last week when I was listed to discuss it. I thank the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, for coming to the House to reply. I thank the previous Minister for the Environment and Local Government for delivering a long overdue...

Seanad: Regional Development: Motion. (11 Feb 2004)

Jim Higgins: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "condemns the Government for its failure —to promote balanced regional development, particularly in relation to the Border, Midlands and Western Region; —to meet the targets for infrastructural development as set down in the NDP; —to synchronise decentralisation plans with the National...

Seanad: Recognition of the Irish Language: Motion. (21 Jan 2004)

Jim Higgins: Phléamar an cheist seo ag Foram Náisiúnta um an Eoraip coicís ó shin agus bhí díospóireacht iontach againn. Tháinig An Dochtúir Pádraig Breandán Ó Laighin ós comhair an fhoraim agus thug sé tuarascáil mhaith chuimsitheach dúinn. Is léir ón dtuarascáil sin go ndearnadh an-bhotún i 1972 nuair nár chuir an tír seo iarratas isteach go n-aithneofar ár dteanga oifigiúil mar...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jan 2004)

Jim Higgins: Since the House adjourned, there has been a spate of adverse publicity regarding the huge hike in prices to the extent that we now find ourselves perched at the top of the league of costly countries in Europe and it is doing enormous damage. In a year in which we are supposed to have an increase in tourism revenue, this type of publicity is doing huge damage to the reputation of the country...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Joe McCartin, MEP. (26 Nov 2003)

Jim Higgins: I join with the Cathaoirleach, Senator Brian Hayes and Senator Ormonde in welcoming Mr. Joe McCartin, MEP, to the House. I have followed the flight path of his career since his election to the European Assembly in 1979. I have never known anybody who has had such a comprehensive grasp of the complexities of Europe. The marvellous exposé he gave in the space of 20 minutes, in which he covered...

Seanad: Book of Estimates 2004: Statements. (26 Nov 2003)

Jim Higgins: On a point of order, will we get a copy of the Minister's speech shortly?