Results 22,101-22,120 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is a little annoying that the Deputy only objected when I stood up.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I will speak through the Chair. I do not wish to be in any way controversial on this. I did not go into the committee with the expectation that we would have the degree of co-operation there was. Everybody from all sides of the House went into that committee in a spirit of co-operation. I pay tribute to the Ceann Comhairle and to all colleagues who worked on the committee for their...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: No, it cannot be ten minutes for the leaders of the parties up to now and suddenly five minutes for everyone else. When I approached the Ceann Comhairle on this issue, he assured me it would be ten minutes for each speaker.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Can I have injury time now? I approached the Ceann Comhairle on this matter and he assured me there would be ten-minute slots for each speaker.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I presume I am getting injury time for this as well. I was about to refer to the review of the budgetary process, one with which I have been intimately involved over the past five years. We tried to change it. The comprehensive review of expenditure laid out all the expenditure options in each area. I then wrote personally to the chairman of each committee to ask them to examine the...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, they were the Members who were working on this.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: By whom?

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is constitutionally prohibited.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware, recruitment to the Civil Service is regulated by the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004. The Act established the Public Appointments Service (PAS) as the centralised recruitment body for the Civil and Public Service. The Act also established the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA) as the regulator of civil service...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In June 2015 Government agreed to my proposals for a significant phased restoration of most of the cuts affecting public service pensions due to the Public Service Pension Reduction (PSPR). These proposals reflected my commitment to restore the pensions of retired public servants as early as economic and fiscal progress allowed.  These PSPR ameliorative proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have considered the report of the consultants appointed to review the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the River Bandon (Bandon) Flood Relief Scheme and have now confirmed the Scheme. The Office of Public Works (OPW) has advised that it will comply with the conditions attached to the confirmation subject to certain clarifications which have been accepted by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware under the Civil Service Renewal Plan, my Department in conjunction with the Civil Service Management Board is examining ways to improve mobility within the Civil Service. There are currently no formal centrally managed arrangements for the transfer of staff between the different sectors of the public service. While,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cuanta agus Céanna (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Bhí cruinniú agam ar 20 Eanáir 2016 sa Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe le hionadaithe ó phobal Inis Meáin maidir le forbairt na céibhe ar an oileán sin. Níor tógadh miontuairiscí den chruinniú ach, mar atá a fhios agat is cúram do Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe Céibh an Chalaidh Mhóir ar Inis...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: A meeting of the Forum is scheduled to take place shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Data (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The line item referred to in the Deputy's question is reflected- in so far as the period 2017-2018 is concerned - in Table 4 on page 31 of Expenditure Report 2016 published by my Department in October 2015. This Table sets out the Current Expenditure Ceilings across Government Departments for the three year period 2016 to 2018. As the Deputy will be aware, three year Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The line item referred to in the Deputy's question is calculated from the difference between the gross voted capital ceilings 2016-2021 as published in the Stability Programme Update (SPU) in April 2015 and the gross voted capital ceilings as published in the capital plan "Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment" in September 2015.  The increases in Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. As the Deputy will be aware unions representing CE Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors have sought the provision of Exchequer funding to implement a Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme dating back to 2008. However the position has remained that it is not possible for the State to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Mar is eol don Teachta, is í an Seirbhís um Cheapacháin Phoiblí (PAS) an ghníomhaireacht earcaíochta láraithe don státseirbhís. Clúdaíonn an eolas a leanas na feachtais agus iarratais folúntas ina raibh baint ag PAS. Is é líon iomlán na sannachán atá déanta ag PAS don státseirbhís ná 4,144...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Mar is eol don Teachta, is í an Seirbhís um Cheapacháin Phoiblí (PAS) an ghníomhaireacht earcaíochta láraithe don státseirbhís. Clúdaíonn an eolas a leanas na feachtais agus iarratais folúntas a d'eagraigh PAS, eagraithe de réir an ghráid. Feachtas Príomhoifigigh Léirigh 11 iarrthóir den painéal reatha...