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1. Higgins Welcomes Galway Hosting of Final Leg of Volve Ocean Race 2012
   Issued : Tuesday 9 March, 2010
    Labour Party President Michael D Higgins has expressed his delight at the news that Galway is to host the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, and its closing ceremony, in 2012. The official announcement for this is to be made tomorrow, Wednesday 10 March.
2. Transparency Needed on Military Component Trade
   Issued : Monday 8 March, 2010
    The Government’s failure to publish the promised 2008 annual report on military and dual-use exports is a clear breach of the undertaking given when the relevant legislation, the Control of Exports Act 2008, was put through the Dáil. During that debate, I sought and was given guarantees on transparency. These have not materialised. 
3. Musgrave Redundancies Highlight Government Failure in Jobs Crisis
   Issued : Thursday 4 March, 2010
   The loss of 143 jobs due to the imminent closure of the Musgrave distribution depot in Galway once again highlights the urgent need to put in place a plan of action to deal with the rising number of people who have lost their livelihoods since the beginning of the economic crisis.
4. Michael Foot a Parliamentarian of Unswerving Social Conscience
   Issued : Wednesday 3 March, 2010
   Michael D Higgins TD, the Labour Party President and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, has paid tribute to Michael Foot, the former leader of the British Labour Party, who has died aged 96.
5. Higgins Deplores Minister's Decision to Pull Rug From Under Students' Feet
   Issued : Friday 12 February, 2010
   10 February 2010 I wish to raise on the Adjournment the following matter: “The urgent need to assist those who had  begun to return to education through the Back to Education Scheme and upon whose initial application to the Mature Access programme it was made clear that such access was possible if they were deemed eligible for the third level maintenance grant and the Back to Education allowance, and who made such applications on the premise that both these payments would be available only to find that this is no longer the case, which will make the continuation of third level courses simply impossible for many students.” Michael D Higgins -Galway West
6. Higgins Calls on Minister to Upgrade N17 Due to Recent Deaths, Minister Declines Responsibility
   Issued : Thursday 11 February, 2010
    Labour Party President Michael D. Higgins had asked the Minister for Transport on the 10th of February whether action had been taken on upgrading the N17 on the Galway Mayo border, and the Minister swiftly deflected all responsibility of the tragedy and the need to upgrade the road onto the National Roads Authority.
7. Biological Weapons Bill Will Not Stop Transmission of Weapons Through Irish Airspace
   Issued : Thursday 11 February, 2010
    Michael D Higgins TD has raised in the Dáil the very real danger surrounding the government’s drafting of a biological weapons Bill.
8. Discourse of Political Economy Urgently Needed in Finance Bill
   Issued : Wednesday 10 February, 2010
   In the course of the ten minutes available to me, I wish to put some fundamental questions about what is under discussion in this Bill.  In the past week there has been a considerable debate about what we discuss in the House and how effectively we can discuss it.
9. Boston Scientific Redundancies Highlight Government Failure in Jobs Crisis
   Issued : Tuesday 9 February, 2010
   The loss of 175 jobs in Boston Scientific highlights the urgent need to put in place a plan of action to deal with the rising number of people who have lost their livelihoods since the beginning of the economic crisis.
10. Minister for Education Pulls Rug From Under Students' Feet
    Issued : Monday 8 February, 2010
    Deputy Michael D Higgins has accused Minister for Education Batt O’Keeffe, and the Department of Education and Science of pulling the rug from under the feet of mature students seeking to begin a third-level education by changing the rules mid-stream.