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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2005
6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the upcoming European Council meeting to be held in Brussels in June 2005. [18936/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2005
5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the upcoming European Council meeting to be held in Brussels in June 2005. [18935/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2005
125 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 12 April 2005, if she has taken a decision to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food in relation to retired farmers; and if so, when the recommendations will be implemented. [20471/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
447 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department did not advise non-contributory pensioners that by saving a portion of their pensions to provide for themselves in private nursing homes in the event that they could not get a place in a health board home, they were leaving themselves open to having their pensions reduced, or an amount clawed back from their wills after death. [19609/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
446 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make changes to the policy of clawing back overpayments from the wills of non-contributory pensioners who saved their pension money in the past when the threshold to avail of the full pension was set as low as £200 in 1979 to 1997 and £2,000 in 1997 to 2000, considering that the savings threshold for entitlement to the full non-contributory pension is to be raised to €20,000 for future savings. [19608/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
422 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if companies (details supplied) or any related company under the same ownership have received any public funding; if so, the amount; and if they have been approved for any public funding not yet issued. [20108/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
401 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of the communications between his Department and the plasterers’ union referred to in the two page report from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment into allegations against GAMA construction in October 2003. [19012/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
10 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. [18929/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
9 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the parties in Northern Ireland. [18928/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
8 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he will meet the President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2005
7 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the seventh British-Irish Council summit in the Isle of Man. [18926/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2005
162 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which he proposes to meet the UN target for overseas development aid of 0.7% of GNP in view of the fact that for the last three years the percentage of GNP going to overseas development aid has fallen from 0.41% to 0.39%. [18527/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2005
161 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has a revised timetable for meeting the UN target for overseas development aid of 0.7% of GNP given that the Government has admitted that it will not meet its original timetable of reaching the target by 2007. [18526/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2005
115 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the immediate steps she will take to ensure that all regions of the country have sufficient paediatric psychiatric beds available for persons under 18 years in crisis situations who may otherwise may be placed in totally inappropriate psychiatric units for adults. [18516/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2005
114 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only 20 paediatric psychiatric beds in the entire State for the under 16 population, with many regions of the country having no beds at all, and no beds for 16 to 18 year olds. [18515/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2005
233 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is acceptable that no broadband service will be provided in the majority of Palmerstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17961/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2005
232 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he is taking to ensure that broadband service will be provided in the Palmerstown, Dublin 20 area as companies (details supplied) do not provide a broadband service there. [17960/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2005
9 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the studies being carried out by the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15228/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2005
5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Aer Lingus last met. [15223/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2005
1 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the decentralisation programme as it affects his Department. [15217/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2005
5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the progress made by the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15215/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2005
2 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date in implementing An Agreed Programme for Government. [15216/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
410 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will refuse further licences for hare coursing in line with the precautionary principle advocated in the recent report from the Irish hare initiative. [17020/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
409 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from the Irish hare initiative which states that at some coursing events actual hare deaths may be as high as 48% of the hares caught for coursing. [17019/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
17 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, on the fringes of the Victory in Europe celebrations in Moscow. [15896/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
16 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the US administration. [15220/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
15 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet the British Prime Minister following the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005. [15213/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
14 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005. [15212/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
13 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15211/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
12 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the parties in Northern Ireland. [15209/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
11 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the family of the late Mr. Robert McCartney. [15206/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
17 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Victory in Europe celebrations in Moscow. [15895/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
16 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the role he envisages the National Forum of Europe playing in regard to the proposed new EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
15 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he plans to make during the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
14 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for his upcoming meeting with the President of the European Council, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15205/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
4 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the costs which have accrued to his Department with regard to the Moriarty tribunal in 2005 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15222/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2005
3 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent Central Statistics Office report, Measuring Ireland’s Progress 2004. [15207/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
203 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wage of disabled persons on the NTDI’s community workshop scheme. [15508/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
202 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the entity which pays disabled persons on the NTDI’s community workshop scheme to manufacture products for private companies. [15507/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
201 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wage awarded to disabled persons in sheltered or supported employment. [15506/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
200 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of disabled persons in sheltered or supported employment earning less than the minimum wage. [15505/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
13 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next expects to receive a report from Mr. Justice Henry Barron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15204/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
12 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the April 2005 meeting between representatives of his Department and Justice for the Forgotten. [15203/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2005
6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role and membership of the proposed new task force on active citizenship. [15225/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
429 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if asylum seekers who have been granted the right to work and asylum seekers granted leave to remain in this State as the parent of an Irish-born child are subject to different criteria in registering for a VEC course than asylum seekers who do not come under these categories. [15283/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
428 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the VEC courses for which asylum seekers are entitled to register. [15282/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
286 D’fhiafraigh Mr. J. Higgins den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta i bhfianaise chinneadh stairiúil an Bhoird Pleanála maidir le cúrsaí pleanála sa Ghaeltacht, an bhfuil sé i gceist aige dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil féachaint le rialacháin a dhéanamh faoi alt 33 den Acht um Fhorbairt agus Pleanáil 2000 ar rialacháin iad a cheanglódh ar lucht forbartha an fhaisnéis chuí a sholáthar chun go n-ullmhófaí ráiteas tionchair teanga neamhspleách maidir le forbairt mholta i limistéir Ghaeltachta. [14850/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
251 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the sanctions his Department will take against companies grant-aided by State bodies that shut down owning money to creditors and employees before setting up business again under a different name. [15173/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
250 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to recoup the €300,000 given by the Enterprise Ireland to Swords-based telesales company (details supplied) in view of the fact that this company shut down its operations in March 2005 owing its employees, among many other creditors, on average six weeks unpaid wages before setting up business again under the name (details supplied). [15172/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
8 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15227/05]