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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (4 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The position with acting up payments is that the granting of such payments was only considered on an exceptional basis during the period of the moratorium. While the moratorium has been relaxed to provide additional staff to support the delivery of front line services, the conditions enabling the payment of such payments remain the same i.e. it is generally...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Increments (4 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question Reference No. 8080/16 on 26 April, 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Government Expenditure (4 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As outlined in the 2016 Stability Programme Update (SPU) it is currently estimated on the technical no policy change basis on which the SPU was prepared that over the course of the year, voted spending pressures amounting to c. ¼ per cent of GDP could materialise while, at the same time, there is potential upside to the revenue projections. As stated in the SPU It is envisaged that...

Establishment of Select Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Motion (5 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move:"That– (a) a Select Committee, which shall be called the Select Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny, shall be established to consider the arrangements that may be necessary or appropriate to develop and support the role of the Houses of the Oireachtas in the budgetary process, namely:(i) scrutiny of revenue-raising proposals, (ii) scrutiny of expenditure proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Employment Support Services (5 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: This Department does not have positions at usher or Government messenger grades. All open recruitment for this Department is undertaken by the Public Appointments Service. More information on opportunities in the Civil Service can be found on the Public Appointments Service website .

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Keep it for the Sunday Independent, Willie.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: So Willie, keep it for the Sunday Indo.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: They wrecked the country twice.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: When we were awash with money.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this debate, a Cheann Comhairle. As the House is aware, I worked with Deputy Enda Kenny in the most difficult of times and circumstances for our country during the past five years. I know him to be intrinsically decent and incredibly hard-working. Despite some of the comments made by other Deputies, I believe that history will treat the...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: At the outset of this Dáil, the Labour Party set out two criteria on which we would cast our votes for Taoiseach. One was the content of any formal programme for Government proposed and its compatibility with the principles of the Labour Party. The second was the viability of the government proposed and its capacity to deal with the issues that the country faces now and in future. ...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: That is the Luas strike solved.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: She saved the country.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: That is rubbish.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (17 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the handling of the allegations made by a person (details supplied), the investigation by a person (details supplied), the actions of her predecessor as Minister and the consequences that resulted for her predecessor and the former Garda Commissioner given the findings of the final report of the Commission of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (17 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I begin by congratulating the Tánaiste on her appointment and wish her well. The Tánaiste mentioned the Protected Disclosures Act. She would be aware that one of the major findings of the process of enacting that legislation was not the challenge of enacting law but of bringing about cultural change, particularly for disciplined bodies whose reaction, not only in this country but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (17 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Tánaiste specifically about the case of Garda Sergeant McCabe and whether she is satisfied that how he has been, and is being, treated indicate that the cultural change required has happened. Also, has she any concerns about the reputational harm or career damage done to former Minister, Alan Shatter, and former Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan? In her view, can the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (17 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: What redress does the former Deputy, Alan Shatter, have?

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We always used collective bargaining.