504. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health his views on the conflict that has arisen between the parent of a child (details supplied) who resides in Laura Lynn's Children's Hospice and the hospice management over visitation rights; and if he will inquire with the appropriate personnel in the Health Service Executive that they investigate the matter. [13746/13]
397. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views on the resilient threat management conference on 6 March 2013 which took place under Ireland's EU presidency; if he will reconcile the participation of Irish Defence Forces personnel at such events with Ireland's position of being a neutral country. [14205/13]
367. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if decisions by the An Bord Pleanála Appeals Board are binding on county council and city council managers; and if parties successfully taking cases to the An Bord Pleanála Appeals Board have any statutory recourse if they believe decisions made in their favour have not been enforced. [13744/13]
291. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has in place to ensure that components for weapons manufactured here do not get used in weapons manufactured in countries where EU arms exports bans apply, for example, in the case of components manufactured by a company (details supplied) in County Kerry which were found in an Iranian drone which landed in Sudan, both of which countries are subject to an EU arms export ban. [14206/13]
290. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the industrial dispute between a company (details supplied) in County Kerry and seven employees, members of SIPTU, whereby the employees are informed by the company that they are to be made redundant, the company refuses to engage with them, their union and the Labour Relations Commission over the terms of the redundancy and explore the possibility of saving some of the jobs and furthermore the company has threatened the workers with instant dismissal with no redundancy payment if they exercise their legal right to engage in strike action as a result of the company's approach. [14178/13]
278. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will instruct the Chief State Solicitor's Office to reply to a person (details supplied) regarding a property dispute as promised by his Department in a letter. [14207/13]
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will order the reopening of the military inquiry covering the crash of an Air Corps Pilatus PC-9 aircraft in County Galway on 12 October 2009 resulting in two fatalities and the concerns raised by the parents of one of the Air Corps personnel killed (details supplied) regarding the conduct of the investigation. [13525/13]
11. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he met Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her recent visit to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2339/13]
59. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a decision made in his Department to give patronage of a new secondary school for Tyrrelstown, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15 to the Catholic Le Chéile trust, in the most religiously diverse and multicultural area in the entire country; and if so, if he will recognise that the decision must now be reviewed as it would make the school inaccessible to a huge number of families who could be forced to commute to schools elsewhere. [11798/13]
18. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request for a meeting from the parents of Tyrrelstown Educate Together National School to discuss the decision to award patronage to a Catholic trust for the new secondary school for Tyrrelstown, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15. [11799/13]
231. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the industrial dispute at St James Hospital, Dublin, concerning the suspension of a number of directly employed electricians over a health and safety matter which is ongoing despite the Health and Safety Authority upholding the stand of the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11739/13]
268. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) on a community employment scheme may not receive a scheme payment or sickness benefit if the person has a certified illness. [11005/13]
66. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he has conducted a poverty impact study on the effect of the property tax on homeowners dependent on payments from his Department. [4104/13]
54. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact on the economy that will result in cutting the pay and premia of public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10377/13]
13. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the negotiations with the public sector unions on a successor to the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10376/13]
68. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with his Spanish counterpart the policy of dispersal of Basque prisoners throughout the Spanish State and the consequent hardship on their families. [8954/13]
375. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits that have been issued to migrants working in the fishing industry since 2010. [8213/13]
177. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 890 of 5 February 2013, the matter of the overpayment to a board member at the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company is the subject of legal action, this means that the board member in question has refused to repay the moneys owing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/13]
118. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 5 February 2013, and his commitment to taking up the issue of €20,000 payment of a car allowance to the CEO of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, if he will now agree to take up the issue with the acting chairperson instead as it is unclear when a new chairperson will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8570/13]
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any meetings or discussions he has had with representatives from the Northern Ireland Executive regarding the controversy over the union flag being flown over Belfast City Hall only on designated days following a vote in the city council [2642/13]
749. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on an incident detailed in the press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation, the response of the authorities and the demands made by the ITF representative of his Department. [7082/13]
516. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on an incident detailed in a press statement (details supplied) issued by representatives of the International Transport Workers Federation; and if he will issue a directive that ships' crew in similar situations will be supported by the Garda and his Department. [7083/13]
223. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff earning more than €100,000 per year who have taken early retirement from the EBS since the begining of 2012. [6733/13]
142. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the jobs per acre potential in forestry, the reason for the lack of investment in this sector in view of the stated commitment to job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/13]
16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he was involved in discussions with the British Prime Minister in relation to Fermanagh being chosen as the host for next year's G8 summit.. [2342/13]
21. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he has any intention or plans of involving Irish forces in the current conflict in Mali. [6095/13]
16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views on the invitation of NATO's Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. James Appathurai, to speak at a defence seminar organised as part of the Irish Presidency of the EU. [6096/13]
882. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on the non-ratification by Ireland, to date, of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 and ILO 188; the basis upon which these standards are not applied here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5248/13]
620. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals that have entered Ireland on transit visas since 2010 in order to board vessels leaving the State and their countries of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5249/13]
586. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HomeBond reported a surplus of €25 million following the launch of the HomeBond insurance backed guarantee; and if he will consider measures to appropriate this surplus for pyrite remediation. [5780/13]
144. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government since the European Environmental Agency report was published in November 2011 entitled Revealing the Costs of Air Pollution from Industrial Facilities in Europe reporting damage caused by plants in Ireland to the environment and human health at an estimated cost of between €0.7 billion and €1 billion, the persons who have been made accountable for these breaches. [5561/13]
141. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on foot of evidence of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in an estate (details supplied) requests have been made on behalf of individual house and apartment owners by TDs and a fire safety specialist for an enforcement notice from Dublin City Council building control, the city manager, city engineer and chief fire officer on 12 December 2012 to enable opening up to inspection critical sections of files regarding the construction of the complex to establish the full extent of the non-compliance with particular reference to the potential fire spread risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/13]
43. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the agreement with the UK to export wind energy from Ireland. [4763/13]
41. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from Dublin coastline. [4516/13]
531. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 16 January 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of payment levels by local authority area. [4208/13]
361. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the State's sale of part of land and assets (details supplied) [4241/13]
156. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will meet the cost of the statutory redundancy and unpaid holiday pay of the workers who lost their jobs in a company (details supplied) as per the agreement between the workers and Deloitte and Touche. [4103/13]
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation noting the circumstances around the recent occupation of HMV stores and the current occupation of the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel, Athboy County Meath, if he will support the introduction of legislation that will support jobs being maintained, including through public ownership of enterprises which close preemptorily, give workers and the State sight of the company accounts and prioritise the settlement of outstanding pay and redundancy payments due to workers in such enterprises and prevent employers injuncting workers occupying the place of work in pursuit of their rights. [3562/13]
16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact if further reductions of €1 billion are imposed on the pay and conditions of public sector workers. [2909/13]
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his recent discussions with the public service unions regarding a successor to the Croke Park agreement. [2908/13]
148. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his view on the claims by the Teachers Union of Ireland that the decision made in Budget 2013 to increase the pupil teacher ratio in post leaving certificate colleges from 17:1 to 19:1 will facilitate the elimination of 400 teaching posts and the ending of specialised courses with a consequential negative impact on the futures of the young people affected. [2615/13]
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion that further tax increases on high earners, corporation profits and employers would adversely affect investment rates when within the EU15 despite Ireland having the fourth lowest tax rates on high earners, the lowest corporation tax and the lowest employers PRSI, instead of being rewarded with high rates of investment Ireland instead has the lowest rate of investment as a percentage of GDP. [2127/13]