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Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Jun 2011) See 16 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: Just in case. I am always intrigued------

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2011) See 6 other results from this debate

Ivana Bacik: I support the comments made by Senators John Gilroy and Maurice Cummins. The Minister for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has already acted on one of the issues to which Senator Byrne referred.

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011) See 5 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: I am sorry to see Senator Norris leave the House as soon as I stand up.

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011) See 35 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: It bears repeating I am sure.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Thomas Byrne: It was not. It was the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, in 1996.

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Fiosruithe Thithe an Oireachtais) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011: Second Stage (22 Sep 2011) See 45 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: I understood the debate was not to commence for another couple of hours but the previous issue ran out of steam, but in any event-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Fiosruithe Thithe an Oireachtais) 2011: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha / Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Sep 2011) See 28 other results from this debate

Brendan Howlin: Nobody suggested that.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011) See 71 other results from this debate

Feargal Quinn: Before calling the Minister I welcome a visiting party of economics students from Trinity College. I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Phil Hogan: The Senator should talk to the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)

Michael Mullins: ...decisions, we do not repeat them. I speak in the light of the recent scrapping of the decentralisation plan of the previous Government. I ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to come into the House to give details of the cost to the State of that foolhardy and over-ambitious plan. How much land does the State own? What did it pay for it? What...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Thomas Byrne: I join my colleagues in congratulating the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on implementing a budget decision of the late Deputy Brian Lenihan to impose a cap on Civil Service and semi-State pay. I am disappointed he has not gone further but it is important to acknowledge the Secretaries General throughout the Civil Service who have taken voluntary pay cuts. They should be an example to...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: ...so serious - will proceed with the dual abode allowance and claim for themselves. I move an amendment to the Order of Business, to call for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to come to the House and answer questions as to why this Government will continue the dual abode allowance, which will cost taxpayers thousands of euro, while it is still not...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Michael Mullins: ...that other semi-State bodies and boards might approve significant bonuses for their chief executive officers. The Leader must impress upon the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, that at a time when ordinary people are being put to the pin of their collar to meet their basic daily requirements, it is obscene that any chief executive officer paid from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Terry Leyden: ...by Senator Walsh. On the issue of the capital budget for the HSE, will the Leader set time aside for debate on that? The Minister with responsibility for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, said on 3 June, when he announced a €20 million expenditure for a new accident and emergency and maternity unit at Wexford General Hospital that the people of Wexford want, demand...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Fidelma Healy Eames: ...our citizens and our students and we need to serve our employers so that they continue to provide employment. We are at a new juncture. I urge the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, to press on with the abolition of severance pay for senior civil servants. Today we saw that the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, who is about to...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Michael Mullins: I support Senator Darragh O'Brien's comments on bonus payments. We had a positive day yesterday on many fronts. The performance by the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin, gave us all confidence that we are on our way towards addressing many significant issues as to how we do business in the Oireachtas and make significant savings. As the Senator who raised the abuse of the telephone system...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Jillian van Turnhout: ...elderly and disabled relatives, and hundreds slept rough on our city streets. Whatever way one looks at the measures put forward yesterday by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, they will impact overwhelmingly and disproportionately on those who have always been vulnerable. Following the Minister's delivery of the proposals in the Dáil yesterday, we...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Paul Bradford: ...us in a better position today? We need to revert to a debate on the broad issues of the Croke Park agreement and public sector in general. I think the new Department, which the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin leads is not yet up and running, but once the legislation establishing it has been passed, it would be helpful if the Minister could come to the Seanad. The second item I wish to...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Marc MacSharry: ...opportunity to debate economic issues. While I accept the Order of Business afforded some opportunity in that regard, irrespective of whether the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, or another Minister comes before the House, we must have a specific debate focused on solutions rather than political point scoring....

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Attorneys General who raised serious concerns about the referendum on parliamentary investigations, concerns that I raised in the House with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin? The Minister dismissed the views of the former Attorneys General as nonsense. This arrogance shown by the Minister to eight Attorneys General, appointed by different parties, is...