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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2012
9 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU special summit on 30 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5172/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 February 2012
47 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the occupation of Galway City Airport; and his further views that a decision to cut the subsidy to the airport precipitated a crisis for the airport and its workers. [8865/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2012
92 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by the State-funded EBS and Bank of Ireland in preparing the submissions of their respective chief executives for the Central Bank of Ireland’s fitness and probity review of directors, including both the cost of engaging the services of the US-based consultants Promontory and the cost of these banks’ own employees; and if he, the Central Bank of Ireland or the Regulator approved the use of these consultants. [8812/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 February 2012
146 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that have registered for the €100 household charge to date, in tabular form, under the following headings and broken down by local authority area: paid €100 in full, registered for quarterly payments, registered as exempt, and the total amount remaining to register within the given areas as a total figure and as a percentage of the total amount due to register in that local authority area; and if he will provide the same breakdown for the State overall. [7537/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2012
2 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if there have been any board appointments arising from his office recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3680/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 February 2012
36 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether compliance with the building regulations relating to fire safety cannot be delivered in the case of timber-frame housing unless construction is monitored at all crucial stages by building inspectors competent in fire safety inspection; and if he will indicate when he will introduce such a necessary system of monitoring fire safety compliance during construction. [5926/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2012
33 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance, in respect of ongoing industrial disputes at the Educational Building Society, when the placing agreement will be furnished to the union, UNITE. [5515/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2012
26 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance, regarding the recent departure of the chief financial officer, the HR director and the director of retail business at the Educational Building Society, the monetary arrangements that were made in each case. [5516/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
497 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will legislate for the reality of surrogacy in this country, whereby the children of surrogate arrangements entered into by Irish parents have not enjoyed citizenship or the right to health treatment and education. [5284/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
434 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any proposals or planned legislation to assist the thousands of persons who are unable to sell one or two bedroom properties and who need to move for family, overcrowding or work reasons; and if he will consider allowing local authorities and housing agencies to acquire such properties to reduce their waiting lists or to introduce some form of rental scheme which would allow homeowners to move on. [4839/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
417 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the British communications regulator Ofcom has authority in removing the news channel Press TV from the Sky platform in Ireland. [4813/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
191 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse changes to the teacher-pupil ratio regarding guidance counsellor teachers, in view of the damaging effect this will have on counselling services for pupils and in terms of loss of teachers in schools. [4807/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
190 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that will be lost nationally by the inclusion of guidance counsellors in schools’ teaching allocations. [4806/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
163 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the proposal for a European-wide transaction tax with other EU leaders. [3675/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
6 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Sub Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs has met. [3679/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2012
4 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the social partners since the beginning of the year. [3678/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2012
229 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to open all the beds in Dingle Hospital, County Kerry, to full capacity with immediate effect in view of the pressure for long-stay places for the elderly on the Dingle Peninsula. [4678/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2012
84 D’fhiafraigh Joe Higgins den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth go bhfuil ardú de sheachtar daltaíó 76 go 83 áéileamh do scoileanna ceithre oide sa Ghaeltacht i gcomparáid le scoileanna lasmuigh den nGaeltacht ina bhfuil ardú de bheirt áéileamh, ó 81 go 83 nuair a chuirtear san áireamh na deacrachtaí faoi leith sna scoileanna Gaeltachta leanaí a mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge nach bhfuil an Ghaeilge go líofa acu go léir ón tús. [4392/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
500 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make available to a person (details supplied) all and any notes, memoranda, communications and correspondence, in whatever format they exist, touching upon and concerning any deliberations, meetings or communications and the outcome of any investigation by his Department regarding the matter at issue. [3493/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
354 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise pension and social welfare entitlements for self-employed workers who are not due a payment as their partners are still in employment yet are struggling to pay bills. [3605/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
353 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the social impact the increase in the minimum contribution for single tenants is having on many people’s living standards. [3604/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
352 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons affected by the increase in the minimum contribution for single tenants. [3603/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
18 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with Chancellor Merkel since the last EU Summit. [3677/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
17 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report back on the EU summit dating back to the 9 December 2011. [3676/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
16 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach his objectives arising from the EU Summit on the 30 January 2012. [3674/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
139 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been an increase in refusal of applications and renewal applications for domiciliary care allowance since March 2011. [3143/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
138 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change in criteria for persons applying for domiciliary care allowance; and if the conditions for eligibility have changed to make it more difficult to qualify. [3142/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
84 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 15 that will be affected by the DEIS cutbacks; the number of teachers that will be lost and the locations of same; and the impact this will have on education in Dublin West. [2979/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
29 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he still intends to press ahead with cuts to learning support teachers under the general allocation model; if so, if he will detail those planned cuts and the timescale for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
9 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all previously proposed cuts to DEIS schools have been abandoned; and in view of his public comments on seeking cuts elsewhere in his budget in which he is planning to make such cuts; the areas that he is examining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
244 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make provisions to improve facilities at Broombridge train station, Dublin in view of the conditions that are currently present. [2736/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
144 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the reason there is such a difference in variable interest rates between the State-owned AIB and Permanent TSB. [2211/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2012
65 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the current dispute between Stena and its permanent workforce in Dún Laoghaire calling on the company to insure that all redundancies sought will be purely voluntary and that those workers who wish to seek redeployment or remain with the company will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1635/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2012
34 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether a board member (details supplied) of the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company has returned wrongly claimed travel and subsistence expenses as reported in the national media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1634/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
1038 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason behind the increase in Dublin Bus fare rates since 1 January 2012 (details supplied); and his views that the new rates are counter-productive in encouraging persons to use public transport. [1234/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
857 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will lift the embargo on recruitment to allow speech and language therapists to be appointed in the Blanchardstown area, Dublin, to replace four therapists who have left, leading to waiting lists of three years for many children. [41041/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
856 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if an assessment report has been carried out on the impact of the closure of 28 surgical beds at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin. [41040/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
34 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health when the MRI scanner at James Connolly Hospital, Dublin 15, will be delivered. [1049/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
27 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to maintain adolescent and child psychiatric services in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, which is the youngest fastest-growing area of the country. [1050/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
840 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will lift the ban on public sector recruitment in view of the situation that arose at a hospital (details supplied) over the Christmas and new year period, where long standing patients were moved into secured rooms. [40926/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
51 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she had into the cuts to the back to school allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40352/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
29 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she had into the decisions to cut child benefit in budget 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40351/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
136 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement; and the criteria for awarding same. [40081/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
114 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 20 April 2011, the location in Dublin 15 that it is envisaged to locate the gaelscoil in 2012. [40164/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
6 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the operation of the Economic Management Council. [35841/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
50 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the reason the threshold for qualification to pay the universal social charge was set at €4,004.00 per annum; and if he will raise this figure considerably in budget 2012. [38088/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
49 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of universal social charge paid by pensioners in receipt of the State pension since the charge was first introduced. [38087/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2011
26 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the implications for carbon reduction management in the Programme for Government. [35836/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
11 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the Northern Ireland Executive in the past month. [35840/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2011
12 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has had any contact with the newly appointed Prime Minister Papademos of Greece and Prime Minister Monti in Italy. [35839/11]