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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
7 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
294 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in the event of old age pension books being replaced by electronic funds transfers, this facility will be made available at the post offices. [14024/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
293 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the payment of old age pensions by means of pension books at post offices is to be replaced by electronic funds transfers to banks. [14023/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
236 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that An Post pensioners receive the increases in their pensions. [14121/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
155 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will amend the terms of the long-term illness and disability scheme to include growth hormone deficiency. [14026/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
139 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the HSE is to re-examine all capital or other funding granted prior to its formation on 1 January 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13906/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
140 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the importance of the elderly beds and step down and medium intervention units to the ten point plan for the health service, the planned refurbishment and upgrading of the Brú Chaoimhín care of the elderly facility, Dublin 8, and of the old Meath community unit for the elderly will progress immediately. [13907/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
138 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has rescinded all funding sanctioned by the ERHA with respect to the refurbishment and upgrading of the Brú Chaoimhín care of the elderly facility, Dublin 8, and the old Meath community unit for the elderly; and if this decision has her sanction. [13905/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
204 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will meet with a group (details supplied) urgently to afford it the opportunity of discussing its concerns at the selection of the site at Thornton Hall. [13810/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2005
139 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of and the sectors of the economy in which work permits have been applied for in the past year; and the number which have been granted. [12606/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
8 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. [6948/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
7 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the parties in Northern Ireland. [6947/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
4 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the March 2005 meeting of the European Council. [6950/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
17 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of Hungary, Mr. Ferenc Madl. [6946/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
16 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visits to Bulgaria and Poland. [6945/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
15 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with President George W. Bush at the recent EU-US leaders’ meeting in Brussels. [6943/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
14 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the margins of the recent EU-US leaders’ meeting in Brussels. [6940/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
13 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the recent EU-US leaders’ meeting in Brussels. [6939/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the forthcoming EU-US leaders’ meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6517/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
947 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the action her Department proposes to take to upgrade a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [10916/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
852 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps her Department will take to reduce the pupil teacher ratio in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [10201/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
844 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason there are two classrooms lying vacant in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and the measures her Department proposes to take to ease the pressure of numbers on the waiting list. [10159/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
843 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason, due to the fact that there are 101 children on the waiting list for a place in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, her Department only purchased a three-acre site and built a 16-room school in 2004, when a five acre site was available and a larger school could have been built to cope with the demand. [10158/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
735 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [10724/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
633 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the immediate steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food on retired farmers. [10500/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
592 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a copy of the report of the independent investigation into Waterways Ireland, completed in November 2004, has been forwarded to his Department; and if he will make the findings of the report public. [10168/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
563 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has been informed by Dublin Bus that the 239 bus route from Blanchardstown shopping centre to Liffey Valley is to be cancelled and the frequency of buses on the 238 and 237 local bus routes to Castleknock reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10495/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
508 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to enforce legal rates of pay, working hours and the production of proper pay-slips by GAMA. [11270/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
510 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to compel GAMA to send a statement to each of its workers giving the total wages owed to workers based on the agreed trade unions rates. [11274/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
509 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that the report of the labour inspectorate into GAMA can be published without further delay. [11271/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
507 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to enforce payment of all wages owed to workers employed by GAMA. [11269/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
506 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to compel GAMA to send a statement each month to each worker giving all the wages paid with details of the amount which has gone into each bank account. [11268/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
505 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to compel GAMA to send a statement each month to each of its workers giving the real hours which workers have worked since starting employment with GAMA. [11267/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
504 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the Minister for Finance of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Central Bank to investigate a bank (details supplied), their management of the accounts of GAMA workers and an investment company into which GAMA workers funds are channelled. [11266/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
503 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to compel GAMA to furnish immediate and full information to its workers regarding all money paid into accounts in their names at a bank in Holland. [11265/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
467 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the National Aquatic Centre will re-open. [10501/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he plans to hold constitutional referenda during 2005. [6516/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
194 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the investigation which he instigated into a company (details supplied) following allegations made in Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2005 by this Deputy regarding the company’s employment procedures; if the labour inspectorate has furnished him with a report; and if he will report on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of same. [9637/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
676 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Part V affordable houses in Dublin which are unoccupied due to lack of agreement between builders and local authorities. [9313/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
513 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the deportation of non-nationals on or around 14 March 2005, including the nationalities of those deported, the length of time the deportees were in the State, whether children or teenagers attending school were among the deportees, the number of gardaí and other personnel involved, the cost of this operation and other relevant details. [9271/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
336 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has recently had a meeting with the Retired Aviation Staff Association concerning the long standing claim of Aer Lingus and Aer Rianta pensioners for restructuring of the airline’s pension fund to include CPI and salary related indexation; the action he intends to take to resolve this issue; and when he expects to take action. [8971/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
316 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has received notification for the new 40 bus route, sent to his Department from Dublin Bus on 7 February 2005; and when his Department will make contact with Dublin Bus regarding same. [8713/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
199 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has a copy of the HAZID documents (details supplied) upon which the QRA for the proposed upstream Corrib gas pipeline is based and if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2005
4 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the total expenditure for his Department for 2004. [6515/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
220 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the reason employees of a company (details supplied) do not have to pay income tax here. [7542/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
200 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding will be provided for the immediate construction of the proposed new hospital in Dingle, County Kerry, in view of the fact that a site is being made available without any cost to the State. [7726/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
10 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the action he has taken on reports received from Mr. Justice Barron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
1 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the high level group established by his Department in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1474/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2005
6 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. [1457/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2005
5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the December 2004 meeting with the Border, Midlands and Western Regional Assembly. [6513/05]