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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2011
31 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II of England and the President of the USA. [16632/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
15 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the total costs to the State of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II of England and the President of the USA. [15352/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
14 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the costs to his Department for the visits to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the USA. [15351/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2011
12 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on which Cabinet sub-committees have met since they were established; and the number of meetings in each case. [15350/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2011
59 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs to the State of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II of England and the President of the USA. [16010/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
497 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if there are any commanding officers in the Air Corps selected for promotion while a series of complaints against them under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954 remain outstanding; and if such promotions will be not confirmed until such complaints are dealt with. [15550/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
496 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact there have been unacceptable instances of reports on investigations into complaints submitted under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954 being returned to the investigating officer who submitted the report with a direction to substantially change the findings of the reports which is a serious interference with the independence and fairness of such investigations. [15549/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
495 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact there have been a number of instances in which serious complaints against commanding officers in the Irish Air Corps were sent for investigation to the commanding officers who were the subject of the complaints and that these investigations consisted of those commanding officers conducting one to one interviews with the members who made the complaints thus negating the independence and fairness of an investigation carried out under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954. [15548/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
494 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the action taken by him and the general staff in the Irish Air Corps to implement the recommendations of a 2006 report of an investigator appointed to investigate complaints against senior officers in the Air Corps made under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954. [15547/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
493 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the number of complaints against commanding officers in the Irish Air Corps submitted since 2006 under section 114 of the Defence Act 1954 and covered by Defence Force Regulation A7. [15546/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
8 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will receive any Heads of Governments or official representatives of foreign governments between now and the end of July 2011. [15369/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011
7 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the issues he intends to prioritise for the meeting of EU Heads of Government in the coming weeks. [15348/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2011
35 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the implications for him of the report of the McCarthy committee on State assets. [11492/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2011
109 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to assist a group of workers at a factory (details supplied) who are being denied the right to join a trade union. [12916/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2011
2 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States. [10397/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2011
52 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the projected costs of using the Government jet for 2011. [10395/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2011
5 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent talks with British Prime Minister Cameron. [11494/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2011
4 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II. [11493/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2011
234 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Iarnród Éireann and Fingal County Council to service the immediate opening of the new Hansfield train station in west Dublin, which has been lying idle for a year despite a major demand for public transport in the area. [12014/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2011
43 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed referendum in relation to judges' pay will be held. [10394/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2011
3 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the sub-committees of the Cabinet he has set-up; and the membership of each such sub-committee. [8289/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2011
89 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the funding and put in the necessary measures to open a school (details supplied) by September 2011, bearing in mind the significant demand for gaelscoil places in this area, which existing gaelscoileanna cannot meet. [8670/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2011
5 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government. [8292/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
298 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will put on hold the phasing out and closure of St. Luke’s cancer hospital in Rathgar, Dublin, pending his review of the services; if he will confirm when he will meet the members of the Campaign to Save St. Luke’s and the reason the new cancer centre of excellence on the St. James’s Hospital campus due to open in December 2010 is still not open. [8185/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
294 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if recipients of a vaccine (details supplied) will be provided with information regarding possible side effects. [8145/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
217 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the embargo on Garda recruitment will be lifted. [8147/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
14 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if the British Prime Minister consults with him regarding the economic policies of the British Government as they impact on Northern Ireland. [8291/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2011
13 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he will next meet with the British Prime Minister. [8290/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
162 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide financing to secure the JobFit Programme in an area (details supplied) and prevent the loss of seven jobs [6774/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
5 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has discussed with the British Prime Minister his economic policy on Northern Ireland. [6575/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2011
1 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the freedom of information requests received in his Department in the past six months; and if he anticipates a change in this number for the remainder of 2011. [5799/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2011
8 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he met with Republican Representative Peter King during his visit to the USA in March. [5797/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2011
7 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with President Obama on the occasion of his recent visit to the White House. [5796/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2011
6 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States on the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day 2011. [5795/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2011
4 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Implementation Body. [5801/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2011
3 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has met with the representatives of trade unions and employers. [5800/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2011
66 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach the responsibilities and activities in his Department for which he is responsible to Dáil Éireann and which may be the subject of Taoiseach’s questions. [5803/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2011
8 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the number and work of special advisers in his Department; and the way this compares with his predecessor. [5802/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2011
2 Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent EU Summit. [5798/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2011
Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the implications of the Moriarty tribunal report into the awarding of the second mobile telephone licence to Esat Digifone in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2007
88 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that he has complied with the mandatory requirements of EU Environmental Directives in proceeding with his plans to put a prison in Thornton Hall. [15740/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2007
120 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, with reference to the evidence given by the Public Works Commissioner, before the Public Accounts Committee on 26 October 2006, the cost of supply of electricity to each site short listed for the planned new prison development in north County Dublin was estimated as part of the evaluation of these sites; and if he will disclose these estimates for each site and any observations connected with them. [15636/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
1008 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is consistent with his Department’s tendering guidelines for a company (details supplied) to tender for the management contract of a new leisure complex in Letterkenny, County Donegal, when this company is owned by the consultancy company which drew up the business and marketing plan for the project. [14566/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
915 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the number of children who cannot find places to begin their primary schooling in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the number in relation to same; and the provision she will make to accommodate these children in their local school. [14975/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
914 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the number of children who cannot find places to begin their primary schooling in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the number in relation to same; and the provision she will make to accommodate these children in their local school. [14974/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
913 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the number of children who cannot find places to begin their primary schooling in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the number in relation to same; and the provision she will make to accommodate these children in their local school. [14973/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
912 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if the vocational educational committee sponsored primary school recently flagged for Dublin 15 will open in a temporary site in September 2007 in view of the crisis of children excluded from starting school in many primary schools in Dublin 15. [14972/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
857 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will ban the presence of vending machines selling unhealthy sugary snacks and drinks from all schools, including those where facilities are managed under public private partnership arrangements. [14612/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
746 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will commission experts independent of her Department to examine the handling of instances of cattle sickness and deaths in a number of cases (details supplied). [14491/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 April 2007
388 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will commit the necessary resources to implement the Dementia Manifesto 2007 to 2009 launched by the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland to support individuals and families living with dementia. [14555/07]