Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Joe Higgins

9. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the British Irish Council in Cardiff on 26 November. [2344/13]

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Joe Higgins

10. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent meetings with British Prime Minister, David Cameron. [2345/13]

Fire Safety Regulations

Joe Higgins

141. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on foot of evidence of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in an estate (details supplied) requests have been made on behalf of individual house and apartment owners by TDs and a fire safety specialist for an enforcement notice from Dublin City Council building control, the city manager, city engineer and chief fire officer on 12 December 2012 to enable opening up to inspection critical sections of files regarding the construction of the complex to establish the full extent of the non-compliance with particular reference to the potential fire spread risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5560/13]

Air Pollution

Joe Higgins

144. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government since the European Environmental Agency report was published in November 2011 entitled Revealing the Costs of Air Pollution from Industrial Facilities in Europe reporting damage caused by plants in Ireland to the environment and human health at an estimated cost of between €0.7 billion and €1 billion, the persons who have been made accountable for these breaches. [5561/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure

Joe Higgins

586. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HomeBond reported a surplus of €25 million following the launch of the HomeBond insurance backed guarantee; and if he will consider measures to appropriate this surplus for pyrite remediation. [5780/13]

Visa Applications

Joe Higgins

620. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of foreign nationals that have entered Ireland on transit visas since 2010 in order to board vessels leaving the State and their countries of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5249/13]

International Agreements

Joe Higgins

882. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on the non-ratification by Ireland, to date, of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 and ILO 188; the basis upon which these standards are not applied here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5248/13]

Renewable Energy Exports

Joe Higgins

43. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the agreement with the UK to export wind energy from Ireland. [4763/13]

Special Areas of Conservation Designation

Joe Higgins

41. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to his announcement last December of his intention to designate the area around Rockabill to Dalkey Island as a special area of conservation, if he has discussed the implications of this with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of their recent granting of foreshore and exploration licences to a company (details supplied) to drill an oil well just 6 km from Dublin coastline. [4516/13]

Redundancy Payments

Joe Higgins

156. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will meet the cost of the statutory redundancy and unpaid holiday pay of the workers who lost their jobs in a company (details supplied) as per the agreement between the workers and Deloitte and Touche. [4103/13]

Land Transfers

Joe Higgins

361. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the State's sale of part of land and assets (details supplied) [4241/13]

Household Charge Collection

Joe Higgins

531. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 672 of 16 January 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of payment levels by local authority area. [4208/13]

Employment Rights Issues

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation noting the circumstances around the recent occupation of HMV stores and the current occupation of the Old Darnley Lodge Hotel, Athboy County Meath, if he will support the introduction of legislation that will support jobs being maintained, including through public ownership of enterprises which close preemptorily, give workers and the State sight of the company accounts and prioritise the settlement of outstanding pay and redundancy payments due to workers in such enterprises and prevent employers injuncting workers occupying the place of work in pursuit of their rights. [3562/13]

Public Service Reform

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his recent discussions with the public service unions regarding a successor to the Croke Park agreement. [2908/13]

Public Sector Reform Review

Joe Higgins

16. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has estimated the deflationary impact if further reductions of €1 billion are imposed on the pay and conditions of public sector workers. [2909/13]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Joe Higgins

148. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills his view on the claims by the Teachers Union of Ireland that the decision made in Budget 2013 to increase the pupil teacher ratio in post leaving certificate colleges from 17:1 to 19:1 will facilitate the elimination of 400 teaching posts and the ending of specialised courses with a consequential negative impact on the futures of the young people affected. [2615/13]

Tax Code

Joe Higgins

3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion that further tax increases on high earners, corporation profits and employers would adversely affect investment rates when within the EU15 despite Ireland having the fourth lowest tax rates on high earners, the lowest corporation tax and the lowest employers PRSI, instead of being rewarded with high rates of investment Ireland instead has the lowest rate of investment as a percentage of GDP. [2127/13]

European Globalisation Fund

Joe Higgins

225. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the disbursement of the European Globalisation Fund to workers made redundant from Dell in Limerick in 2009 the number of those workers that benefitted from that fund to the extent of accessing courses and starting new businesses; of those who started new businesses the number they managed to employ and finally the number of the workers that remain on the live register. [1309/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Joe Higgins

349. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a right to education in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [1889/13]

Household Charge Collection

Joe Higgins

672. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the figures, by local authority area regarding the properties registered for the household charge to date; the number of properties that have been registered by persons who registered two or more properties and the number of persons that have registered two or more properties for the household charge. [1428/13]