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- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the contents of the Barron report into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings with the British Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/04]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: What credibility does the Taoiseach give to the British Prime Minister's assurance of co-operation with an Oireachtas committee when he signally failed to ensure his Government and its agencies co-operated fully with the Barron inquiry? The Taoiseach is glossing over the level of co-operation he received. Is he aware that Mr. Justice Barron pointed out that, of 68,000 files of possible...
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I am talking about the Prime Minister of Britain, who is not answerable to the House.
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: It is not appropriate to say that it was a lie that there were weapons ofââ
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: It was an absolutely fraudulent claim.
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I will say instead that it was a fraudulent claim.
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: It is against the British Prime Minister. It is not againstââ
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I will substitute "fraudulent claim" for the word "lie".
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Yes, and I will say it was an utterly fraudulent claim, which is the same thing. Does the Taoiseach acknowledge that the relatives and victims attending and watching the sub-committee hearings are still of the opinion that they require a wider public inquiry and that alone should give serious cause for consideration of that course of action?
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is now the only person who believes there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is intended to spend a total of â¬1,539,348 on the production and airing of a television advertisement depicting householders as responsible for a waste crisis when, in fact, householders account for 15% of waste going to landfill.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Would the Minister agree that spending â¬1.5 million on an advertisement showing ordinary households being responsible for a waste apocalypse is an outrageous misuse of taxpayers' funds because it is fraudulent advertising? Householders account for only15%, or one seventh, of what goes to landfill.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I have studied this.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Thanks to the Minister, I had four weeks of leisure to study it in the autumn.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: According to figures from the Environmental Protection Agency, one seventh, or 15%, of what goes to landfill comes from households. In view of that, would the Minister agree that the advertising is fraudulent? Would he agree it is incredible that 955,000 tonnes of paper and glass went to landfill in 2001 from households and commercials â some 78% of the total that went to waste â all of...
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: I have been doing so for 20 years.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Yes, because it is a fraud.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Will the Minister acknowledge that the problem is not the willingness of the vast majority of people to recycle, but the lack of an infrastructure being rolled out by local authorities? How does the Minister respond to the fact that local authorities can now implement by-laws so that not a single piece of glass or paper should go into general waste?
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Look at this polystyrene tray for some sausages. It is from a supermarket next door to Leinster House.
- Waste Management (3 Feb 2004)
Joe Higgins: Why does the Minister allow this kind of carry on?