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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2010
245 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if she proposes to meet persons (details supplied). [38522/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
197 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the terms of any contract in respect of oil and gas exploration signed in 1987 (details supplied); if the full terms of any such contract are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38267/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
187 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations being undertaken in the event of another cold, snowy and icy winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38269/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
186 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in view of the recent environmental disaster in Hungary, if he is satisfied with the safety measures taken at a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38268/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
123 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the rise in burglaries aimed specifically at stealing jewellery; his plans to introduce measures to ensure that items sold privately to jewellery shops and pawnbrokers are photographed and checked for provenance to reduce the potential market for items acquired through intimidation and crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38270/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
48 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views on the reported salary of €160,000 a year for the acting general secretary of the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2010
34 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views on the sums of money being spent on consultants and legal fees by the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
538 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the review of the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector; and if he plans to continue funding for national organisations and networks working to alleviate poverty, social exclusion and inequality, such as one parent exchange network and voices that matter. [37643/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
530 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason behind Ireland's failure to ratify the UN convention of the rights of persons with disabilities, the aim of which is to respect the dignity and autonomy of persons with disabilities and to make existing rights equally effective for all those with disabilities. [37644/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
470 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if this country plans to pursue legislation similar to that just passed in the United States of America which limits trade in conflict minerals, particularly those which fuel ongoing civil warfare and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36117/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
417 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the UN Climate Change Conference hosted in October in Tianjin, China; Ireland’s position in those talks and prospects for progress towards the Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Cancun in November 2010. [36096/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
368 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent revelations regarding the illegal misuse of Irish passports and the actions he plans to take on this matter [37646/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
367 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his position regarding actions Israeli action against human rights activists, specifically those detained after taking part in the freedom flotilla (details supplied) [37645/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
321 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the proposed granting of a new bus licence from Knocknacarra to Eyre Square in County Galway; to whom these licences are to be granted; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there exists another service, whose services are more than adequate to cater for existing demand and whose four licences for similar routes will overlap with the proposed new service; and his views on the matter, bearing in mind that the existing service will have to shed staff in the event of the new licences being issued [37738/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
212 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, in particular that the financial crisis and its impact means moving towards a more economic form of Government [36095/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
198 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the announcement by Ethiopia’s central bank to devalue the birr by one fifth on 1 September 2010; the effect this will have both on Ethiopia and other countries in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36119/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
178 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the students assistance fund and the disbursement of same; the qualifying parameters of this scheme; and her views as to the possibility of this scheme being widened to accommodate those who at the present time particularly are experiencing grave difficulties in accessing third level education. [37684/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
113 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of properties rented under the rental assessment scheme by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37423/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2010
77 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the planning review of six local authorities and the expert panel that was to carry out this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37422/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2010
170 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason pupils at a school (details supplied) in County Galway are not included in the dental scheme for schoolchildren; if she will rectify this matter as a matter of urgency and fairness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36618/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2010
85 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the report published by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland, entitled Work Permits and Expoitation: Time for Reform, seeking changes in the current arrangements for issuing work permits to those from outside the EEA which it claimed was leading to exploitation of workers; his plans to change the current regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2010
77 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to prevent the exploitation of domestic workers, particularly migrant workers in such positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36395/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2010
417 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [35906/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2010
408 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award jobseeker’s in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will grant an early oral hearing; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35784/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2010
100 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent tourist advisory warnings issued by countries to their citizens living or travelling in Europe due to perceived risks of terrorist attack. [36086/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2010
80 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the breakdown of talks, hosted by the United States of America, between Israeli and Palestinian representatives, due to the increase in the development of illegal settlements; and his further views as to what this might mean for any peace agreement in the region [36173/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
222 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their case [35543/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
132 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied) with specific reference to the possibility of the waiving of the without condition as to time residency stamp as has been applied for. [35541/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
133 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will meet persons (details supplied) to discuss their case. [35542/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
131 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied). [35540/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
62 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Judicial Council Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35365/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2010
20 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the investigation that has been held into the circumstances in which a highly confidential Garda file on the operations of a criminal gang, prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, was brought to a Dublin city centre shop for photocopying; if he will confirm that the report was seen by a person who subsequently communicated information to the person referred to in it; the steps that are being taken to avert such a serious breach of security in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35364/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2010
230 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the reason for which 22 applications for permits to carry munitions through Ireland in 2007, as well as 28 in 2008 and 30 in 2009 were not granted; the criteria used to decide if a permit will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2010
229 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if the final destinations of flights carrying arms through Ireland are known to his Department; the procedures that are in place to ensure that they are not destined for embargoed destinations, or destined for end-users likely to commit war crimes or human rights violations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2010
228 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the process in the granting of exemption from articles 6 and 7 the Air Navigations (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973; if a separate exemption must be sought and granted for every flight by an exempted aircraft; the number of aircraft exempt from articles 6 and 7 of the order as of 1 January 2010; the number permitted to take dangerous goods through or over Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2010
106 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide for an increase in staff, particularly enforcement staff, in the office of the taxi regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35048/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2010
88 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital beds that have now been removed from the overall bed numbers per Health Service Executive region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34676/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2010
81 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding step-down beds being made available in the major urban centres in order that patients in acute hospitals who are ready to be discharged to such beds can be transferred and thereby relieve pressure on acute beds and the emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34677/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2010
9 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the 2009 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General; if he is satisfied that he has received value for money on financial advisory services, totalling some €33 million; the steps he will take to enhance the tendering process for such services in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34053/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2010
533 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the strategy, such as that practised by Norway, regarding ethical investment of State-sourced funds; and the way this impinges on the operation of the National Pensions Reserve Fund. [29657/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2010
44 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 16 September 2009, the steps he has taken to correct the legislative error in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 in regard to existing affordable homes purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2010
14 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities who have commenced or intend to commence new social housing building programmes in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30727/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2010
56 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the commitment given in the Renewed Programme for Government to develop the role and contribution of the Medical Corps to expand its capacity to deliver a range of medical facilities on UN-mandated missions. [30170/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
389 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views regarding reports that there has been a further abuse of Irish passports in recent developments in the United States where reports suggest a forged Irish passport has been recovered from a person. [29782/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
388 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in protecting the Baha’i community in Iran. [29766/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
387 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will guarantee that responsibility in development policy within the EU will remain undiluted in a single accountable agency. [29765/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
126 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the total value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; if those imports which did not get preferential duty were produce from settlements illegal under international law; and the percentage of these which did not get a preferential tariff. [29274/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
110 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total value of imports from Israel in 2009; the portion of those imports that were entitled to preferential duty; if those imports which did not get preferential duty were produce from settlements illegal under international law; and the percentage of these which did not get a preferential tariff. [29273/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
94 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the support that he and the EU are giving, or propose to give, to enable African countries achieve the aims of the Maputo declaration on agricultural production as a proportion of GDP. [29634/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2010
28 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in regard to the Irish United Nations Association, he will ensure monies will be made available to reconstitute the IUNA in order to promote public understanding and knowledge of United Nations activities here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29762/10]