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Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: That is why it should not be rushed through today. There should be a proper discussion and debate on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he had meetings with the Chancellor of Germany, Ms Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2801/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: 13. To ask the Taoiseach to report on meetings regarding the refugee crisis and Ireland's commitment to aid during the European Union Council in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2802/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: 14. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the recent European Union Council meetings he attended. [2803/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Office of Public Works Properties (13 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: I am grateful to the Minister for outlining the responsibilities of Wexford Borough Council in the assembly of this site. Unfortunately, however, she did not answer the specific request I made in this Topical Issue, which is that a commission of investigation is required to unravel serious irregularities in the assembly of the site. Even if what the Minister of State says about the Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Office of Public Works Properties (13 Jan 2016)

Joe Higgins: There have been the most serious irregularities in the assembly of the site for significant public offices which are now occupied by the Department of Social Protection and the Revenue Commissioners in Anne Street, Wexford. That assembly took place over a 20-year period from 1983. I was made aware of the issue as far back as 2008 and I have investigated it at different times in the years...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: What about the 5,000 on the streets?

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: No. I would like clarification from the Tánaiste before this is agreed.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: Why is the Dáil not being brought back at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 January? The provision proposed today conveniently allows the Taoiseach escape not just Leaders’ Questions on the Tuesday but also questions to the Taoiseach, perhaps one, two or three weeks before the demise of this the 31st Dáil.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: The leader of the Dáil and the country should be facilitating the representatives of the people-----

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: -----to answer very serious questions after the Christmas break and before a general election.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I propose an amendment to the Government’s proposal-----

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: -----that the Dáil shall adjourn until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 12 January 2016.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I might be in the dungeons still trying to sort out the Government’s banking problems.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I do not agree that the Dáil should adjourn after Topical Issues. It is essential that the Government comes in, provides us with an explanation today and provides time for a debate on what the Simon Community reports this morning on the eve of Christmas, which is the shocking fact that 5,000 people are in emergency accommodation, including, scandalously, 1,500 children. What a shameful...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: We need an explanation from the Government about the shocking fact of homelessness and people in emergency accommodation and, in particular, why the Labour Party, which undertook to fight for those who are in this situation, has failed so dismally. If statues in this Chamber could weep, that of James Connolly, which is behind my shoulder, would shed tears of anger and indignation that any...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when a Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform meeting was held last. [40213/15]

Order of Business (10 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: I strongly oppose the guillotining of the International Protection Bill. It beggars belief that a Bill with such profound implications for those seeking human rights protection in this State should be brutally guillotined on Second Stage today, with Remaining Stages probably rammed through next week. This Bill would abolish the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and have its...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (8 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visits to the United States of America, and his meetings with officials there. [32853/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (8 Dec 2015)

Joe Higgins: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [31777/15]