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Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach to report on his communication with the President of France, Mr. Francois Hollande, or with the ambassador of France to Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Jean-Pierre Thébault following the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris, in France on 13 November 2015. [2804/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
12. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he had meetings with the Chancellor of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2801/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
13. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach to report on meetings regarding the refugee crisis and Ireland's commitment to aid during the European Union Council in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2802/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
14. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach to report on the recent European Union Council meetings he attended. [2803/16]
Tue, 15 Dec 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
2. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when a Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform meeting was held last. [40213/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
1. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on health took place. [31777/15]
Tue, 8 Dec 2015
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Official Engagements
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visits to the United States of America, and his meetings with officials there. [32853/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Seanad Reform
Joe Higgins
4. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on proposals for the reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40212/15]
Tue, 1 Dec 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears took place. [31774/15]
Tue, 24 Nov 2015
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Northern Ireland
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron. [31784/15]
Tue, 24 Nov 2015
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Northern Ireland
Joe Higgins
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, the Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, and the former acting First Minister, Ms Arlene Foster. [31785/15]
Tue, 24 Nov 2015
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Northern Ireland
Joe Higgins
29. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any official meetings or contact he has had with the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [40214/15]
Tue, 10 Nov 2015
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
12. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon. [31776/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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EU Issues
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings of the European Council he attended. [31773/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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EU Issues
Joe Higgins
11. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with other European Union heads of government on the refugee crisis. [31772/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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Human Rights Issues
Joe Higgins
102. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the assistance provided to a person (details supplied) currently detained and awaiting trial in Egypt. [37200/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Joe Higgins
108. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the United Nations' sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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Syrian Conflict
Joe Higgins
109. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on how the conflict in Syria can be ended. [36988/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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Middle East Issues
Joe Higgins
119. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent events in Palestine and Israel which have seen a number of civilians die in violent circumstances. [37732/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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Human Rights Issues
Joe Higgins
123. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to raise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights internationally, in particular with states that criminalise sexual relations between persons of the same sex. [36990/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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European Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
125. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his European Union counterparts regarding the need to assist refugees from the Middle East and Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36986/15]
Tue, 3 Nov 2015
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International Terrorism
Joe Higgins
875. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the terror attacks in Turkey and the protest movement against these attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36989/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Economic Management Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
9. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Economic Management Council Cabinet Committee took place. [31775/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Garda Operations
Joe Higgins
111. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there was an investigation within her Department regarding a surveillance programme within the Garda Síochána named Operation Mizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35279/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Garda Expenditure
Joe Higgins
138. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the money spent on surveillance equipment and technology by An Garda Síochána. [35278/15]
Tue, 29 Sep 2015
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UK Referendum on EU Membership
Joe Higgins
16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has discussed with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, the proposed referendum on British membership of the European Union. [32852/15]
Tue, 29 Sep 2015
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EU Investigations
Joe Higgins
276. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on reports (details supplied) that the Government intends to appeal the decision of the European Courts of Justice in relation to the low effective tax rate paid by the Apple corporation. [33288/15]
Tue, 14 Jul 2015
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Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments
Joe Higgins
185. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 9 December 2014 regarding a review being under way in her Department on the enforcement of Labour Relations Commission awards for unpaid wages in the event that a former employee's company had ceased trading but had not been liquidated, the way such workers can have their successful claims enforced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28446/15]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Joe Higgins
9. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland. [12748/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Diplomatic Representation
Joe Higgins
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he held with business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland in January 2015. [5468/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Diplomatic Representation
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings he held with political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland in January 2015. [5469/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
2. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears last met. [5466/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Cabinet Committees
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [5467/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Overseas Visits
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, on 11 January 2015. [2207/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Overseas Visits
Joe Higgins
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any meetings he had with Heads of Government of the European Union, in France in January 2015. [2208/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Overseas Visits
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any meetings he had with the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, in France in January 2015. [2209/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Constitutional Convention Recommendations
Joe Higgins
14. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach his views on the continuation of the Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5465/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
2. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on health last met. [3366/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Irish Language
Joe Higgins
7. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [3367/15]
Tue, 19 May 2015
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Job Creation Data
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on job creation in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5470/15]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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European Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
18. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings and discussions he had at the European Council meeting in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3365/15]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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European Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
43. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has met the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Alexis Tsipras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/15]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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European Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
44. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with the President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Mario Draghi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8839/15]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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European Council Meetings
Joe Higgins
69. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if the human rights situation in Egypt was discussed at any of the European Council meetings since December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15230/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Commissions of Investigation
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when his Department expects the final report of the Fennelly commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12747/15]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Irish Prisoners Abroad
Joe Higgins
217. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he requested the European Council at its meeting in December 2014 to make representations to the Egyptian Government for the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. [15231/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Forbairt na nOileán
Joe Higgins
916. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Joe Higgins den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá aici don fhorbairt gheilleagrach agus chun poist a chruthú ar Chléire, Contae Chorcaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [14244/15]
Tue, 31 Mar 2015
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Economic Management Council
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach his views on the continuation of the Economic Management Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5464/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Joe Higgins
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach when a meeting of the Cabinet committee on social policy was last held. [3363/15]
Tue, 24 Mar 2015
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International Summits
Joe Higgins
5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Asia-Europe meeting, in Milan, Italy, in October 2014. [44903/14]