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Question· writtenPQ 58asked

68 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the total national debt in euro as a percentage of gross domestic product by the year end of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and delineate the portion of each figure that can be attributed to the recapitalisation of the country’s banks and the portion that can be attributed to interest payments due by the State. [34292/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011

68 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the total national debt in euro as a percentage of gross domestic product by the year end of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and delineate the portion of each figure that can be attributed to the recapitalisation of the country’s banks and the portion that can be attributed to interest payments due by the State. [34292/11]

Question· oralPQ 6asked

6 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his planned visit to China; the purpose of same; and the issues he intends to raise with his Chinese counterparts. [29814/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 November 2011

6 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his planned visit to China; the purpose of same; and the issues he intends to raise with his Chinese counterparts. [29814/11]

Question· writtenPQ 300asked

322 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers involved in the JobBridge scheme will be entitled to benefits, such as fuel allowance, if they were not receiving that entitlement before they began their internship. [26910/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2011

322 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers involved in the JobBridge scheme will be entitled to benefits, such as fuel allowance, if they were not receiving that entitlement before they began their internship. [26910/11]

Question· writtenPQ 240asked

240 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if persons over 69 years are being excluded from the rectal screening programme; if so, the medical grounds for this exclusion; and if this is related to budget constraints. [25400/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2011

240 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health if persons over 69 years are being excluded from the rectal screening programme; if so, the medical grounds for this exclusion; and if this is related to budget constraints. [25400/11]

Question· writtenPQ 343asked

349 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493 to 497, inclusive, of 14 June 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the advice given to him by the military authorities which he included in his reply, whereby the military authorities stated that all complaints made under section 114 Defence Act 1954 are dealt with in accordance with complaints procedures laid down under Chapter 2 Admin Instruction A7 (details supplied). [19779/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

349 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493 to 497, inclusive, of 14 June 2011, if his attention has been drawn to the advice given to him by the military authorities which he included in his reply, whereby the military authorities stated that all complaints made under section 114 Defence Act 1954 are dealt with in accordance with complaints procedures laid down under Chapter 2 Admin Instruction A7 (details supplied). [19779/11]

Question· writtenPQ 342asked

352 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will initiate at the earliest opportunity a credible independent inquiry into the systematic mishandling of complaints in the Irish Air Corps and Defence Forces and the attempts by military authorities to keep the knowledge of such activities from the public domain. [19782/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

352 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will initiate at the earliest opportunity a credible independent inquiry into the systematic mishandling of complaints in the Irish Air Corps and Defence Forces and the attempts by military authorities to keep the knowledge of such activities from the public domain. [19782/11]

Question· writtenPQ 341asked

351 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide all details of the action taken by him and the relevant military authorities on foot of the report submitted by the then complaints investigation office on 31 August 2007 in which Conclusion 2 indicated that members of the Air Corps were treated disgracefully by military authorities and also that the interference with the military investigating officer in relation to his report was quite inappropriate, was a serious breach of procedures required for the fair and impartial investigation of a redress of wrongs application and constituted a failure by the military authorities to uphold the statutory right to fair procedures which is implicit in section 114 of the Defence Act. [19781/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

351 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide all details of the action taken by him and the relevant military authorities on foot of the report submitted by the then complaints investigation office on 31 August 2007 in which Conclusion 2 indicated that members of the Air Corps were treated disgracefully by military authorities and also that the interference with the military investigating officer in relation to his report was quite inappropriate, was a serious breach of procedures required for the fair and impartial investigation of a redress of wrongs application and constituted a failure by the military authorities to uphold the statutory right to fair procedures which is implicit in section 114 of the Defence Act. [19781/11]

Question· writtenPQ 340asked

350 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 16 June 2011, in which it is stated that no instances of reports of investigations into complaints being returned to the investigating officer for changes occurred since 2003, if he will confirm that, if the military authorities were to properly examine their records, they would find reports of such occurrences in 2007 — one completed by the then complaints investigation officer and one by an Air Corps senior officer. [19780/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

350 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence, further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 16 June 2011, in which it is stated that no instances of reports of investigations into complaints being returned to the investigating officer for changes occurred since 2003, if he will confirm that, if the military authorities were to properly examine their records, they would find reports of such occurrences in 2007 — one completed by the then complaints investigation officer and one by an Air Corps senior officer. [19780/11]

Question· writtenPQ 339asked

348 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the course of action undertaken by the Defence Forces Ombudsman as a consequence of the information contained in the Defence Forces Ombudsman memo dated 26 November 2008, to ensure that such breaches of the Defence Act would not continue; and if he at the time was made aware by the Defence Forces Ombudsman of the systematic non-conformance to proper procedures by the military authorities. [19778/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

348 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the course of action undertaken by the Defence Forces Ombudsman as a consequence of the information contained in the Defence Forces Ombudsman memo dated 26 November 2008, to ensure that such breaches of the Defence Act would not continue; and if he at the time was made aware by the Defence Forces Ombudsman of the systematic non-conformance to proper procedures by the military authorities. [19778/11]

Question· writtenPQ 338asked

347 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a Defence Forces Ombudsman memo, dated 26 November 2008, that provides documented evidence that the military authorities and the relevant authorities within the Irish Air Corps, in particular the Defence Forces directorate of human resources, systematically and on 60 occasions between January and November of 2008 mishandled complaints of bullying and redresses by among other things, failing to comply with section 114 3A of the Defence Act 1954 and Admin Instruction A7 Chapter 2; and if he will explain the way that this can be reconciled with his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493 to 497, inclusive, of 14 June 2011, wherein the military authorities are said to have stated that all complaints made under section 114 Defence Act 1954 are dealt with in accordance with complaints procedures laid down under Chapter 2 Admin Instruction A7. [19777/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

347 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a Defence Forces Ombudsman memo, dated 26 November 2008, that provides documented evidence that the military authorities and the relevant authorities within the Irish Air Corps, in particular the Defence Forces directorate of human resources, systematically and on 60 occasions between January and November of 2008 mishandled complaints of bullying and redresses by among other things, failing to comply with section 114 3A of the Defence Act 1954 and Admin Instruction A7 Chapter 2; and if he will explain the way that this can be reconciled with his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493 to 497, inclusive, of 14 June 2011, wherein the military authorities are said to have stated that all complaints made under section 114 Defence Act 1954 are dealt with in accordance with complaints procedures laid down under Chapter 2 Admin Instruction A7. [19777/11]

Question· writtenPQ 337asked

346 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Defence Forces Ombudsman’s 2010 report, she noted that 13 individuals from the Air Corps submitted complaints/redresses to her office in 2010 alone; and if he will explain the way that this can be reconciled with the advice given to him by the military authorities which he included in his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 of 14 June 2011, wherein it is stated that in the period since 2006, only two individual members of the Air Corps made complaints and that no other complaints were made against superior officers in the Air Corps. [19776/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

346 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the Defence Forces Ombudsman’s 2010 report, she noted that 13 individuals from the Air Corps submitted complaints/redresses to her office in 2010 alone; and if he will explain the way that this can be reconciled with the advice given to him by the military authorities which he included in his reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 493, 494, 495, 496, 497 of 14 June 2011, wherein it is stated that in the period since 2006, only two individual members of the Air Corps made complaints and that no other complaints were made against superior officers in the Air Corps. [19776/11]

Question· oralPQ 10asked

30 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance in relation to his stated view that senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society should have substantial losses imposed on them, if he discussed this question with US Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Geithner, the European Central Bank and the EU; and if he will report on any such discussions. [18996/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2011

30 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance in relation to his stated view that senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society should have substantial losses imposed on them, if he discussed this question with US Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Geithner, the European Central Bank and the EU; and if he will report on any such discussions. [18996/11]

Question· oralPQ 8asked

8 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if the statement by the Minister for Finance in Washington concerning forcing certain bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank to carry their own losses was discussed at the EU summit meeting. [17272/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011

8 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if the statement by the Minister for Finance in Washington concerning forcing certain bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank to carry their own losses was discussed at the EU summit meeting. [17272/11]