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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2013
1119. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding therapeutic needs in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1888/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2013
959. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will safeguard the funding for services (details supplied) in view of the crucial services it provides to children with intellectual disabilities. [57912/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2013
672. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the figures, by local authority area regarding the properties registered for the household charge to date; the number of properties that have been registered by persons who registered two or more properties and the number of persons that have registered two or more properties for the household charge. [1428/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2013
349. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a right to education in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1889/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 January 2013
225. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the disbursement of the European Globalisation Fund to workers made redundant from Dell in Limerick in 2009 the number of those workers that benefitted from that fund to the extent of accessing courses and starting new businesses; of those who started new businesses the number they managed to employ and finally the number of the workers that remain on the live register. [1309/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012
49. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will follow up the case of a person (details supplied) with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in view of the reported cases of repeated police harassment they have been subjected to and their current incarceration on contested grounds. [57523/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2012
337. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider revising Private Security Authority licence fee costs for access control and CCTV in view of the financial pressure this is putting on sole trader electricians and small businesses. [55547/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
628. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the paper outlining details of a proposed package of supports for sufferers of narcolepsy will be published [54119/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
398. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends removing the legal immunity enjoyed by the Environmental Protection Agency as per the recommendations in the last EPA review published 18 months ago. [54291/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
375. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest registration figures by local authority area of the household charge and the respective target figures for compliance in each local authority area. [53899/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
223. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a case of discrimination taken by a former employee of a community training centre (details supplied) to the Equality Tribunal over the last two years; if this case was settled by the community training centre before reaching the Equality Tribunal; if so, the source of the funds for the settlement and the measures, if any, he favours in effecting changes to the board of management of the community training centre arising from this case. [54430/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
104. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to construct basic sewerage infrastructure in unsewered areas of population density. [54256/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
19. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any discussions he has had with the new chairman of the Constitutional Convention. [49713/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the US on 12 and 13 October 2012. [49715/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2012
199. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider reversing the decision to move 56 soldiers from McKee Barracks, Dublin, to the Athlone Barracks, County Westmeath, in view of the major difficulties this will pose to their families in terms of housing and schooling. [53140/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
472. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the latest developments within the Pyrite Resolution Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52460/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
47. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the issues he intends to prioritise at the European Summit in Brussels on 22 November 2012. [49717/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
46. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent contact with EU leaders. [49716/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
29. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he requested clarification at the EU Summit of 29 June of the meaning of the EU communique in relation to the statement that the Eurogroup will examine the situation of the Irish financial sector with the view of further improving the sustainability of the well-performing adjustment programme. [47576/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
28. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to meet President Hollande. [47575/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
27. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his phone conversation with Chancellor Merkel on 21 October 2012. [47574/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2012
26. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Summit on the 18 and 19 October [47573/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2012
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to outsource various public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51869/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
17. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with British Prime Minister David Cameron. [49714/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the issues that he raised at the next meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council on 2 November. [49710/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
15. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report back on his recent meetings with the political leaders in Northern Ireland. [49709/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2012
14. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland and his plans for future meetings. [49708/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2012
12. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on any recent discussions he has had with troika officials. [43026/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2012
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the sustainability of the national debt in view of slower growth projections in the economy; and if he will provide the amount of the national debt and interest payments including projections for 2010 to 2014. [50701/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2012
51. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions and meetings he has had with other EU leaders in preparation for Ireland's Presidency of the EU in 2013. [49711/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2012
31. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost to the State of hosting the Presidency of the EU. [44571/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
445. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the properties registered for the household charge to date; the number that have been registered by persons who registered two or more properties and the number of persons that have registered two or more properties for the household charge. [49617/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
228. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the current average effective rate of tax including PRSI and universal social charge of persons earning within the bands (details supplied) and the amount of additional revenue that would be collected if the nominal and effective rates were adjusted. [49624/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
227. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the number of tax cases in the following bands (details supplied) that are composed of individual earners as opposed to couples. [49623/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2012
8. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of times officials from his Department have attended Clearing House Group meetings; and the issues that were discussed. [49712/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
240. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that Ireland currently does not have legislation on controlled foreign companies which would allow the State to declare a tax haven subsidiary of a parent company to be resident for tax purposes in this country despite most advanced industrial countries having legislated for this; his views on the fact that this lack of legislation allows large multi-national companies to use Ireland to avoid paying tax on large profits that are booked in Ireland and instead filter them through tax havens like Bermuda and the Netherlands, and costs the Exchequer, as well as other countries, much needed tax revenue (details supplied); if he has costed the amount of money lost to the Exchequer each year due to lack of legislation in this area. [48162/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
14. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the steps he will take to review the progress of the implementation of the Programme for Government. [44570/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2012
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub Committee meetings that he has attended recently. [43030/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2012
241. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to take gluten free foods off the medical card list in view of the financial pressure this is having on some coeliacs [46686/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
701. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will extend funding to a treatment service (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for its detox initiatives [46544/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
678. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the only mother and child residential treatment service in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 15 [46351/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
672. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health the amount the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has cost since its inception; and if he will provide a breakdown of the costs [46318/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
639. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that no cuts will take place at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 15 [46137/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
439. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount owed to each county council in development levies; if he will provide a breakdown by council; and if he will provide a list of developers who have moneys outstanding to county councils. [46353/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
417. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of accounts to which more than one unit has been registered for the household charge. [45724/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
416. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units that have been registered to multiple accounts for the household charge. [45723/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
415. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of waivers granted so far for the household charge. [45722/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
187. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the schedule of interest payments and repayments of bonds in relation to sovereign debt in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown by amount and to whom the payments are made. [46358/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
186. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount that a tax on uninvested profits of corporations domiciled here after deducting corporation would raise at various rates of 10%, 20%, 25%, 30%. 40% and 50%. [46357/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
185. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the impact of the extra amount of income raised if corporation tax was increased to 15%, 17.5%, 20% and 21.8%. [46356/12]