Results 22,201-22,220 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I express my solidarity and that of my party with the people of the inner city of Dublin who perceive themselves to be under siege because they are under siege. The first duty of everybody here for the people who feel like that in their own communities is to understand that this House and every Member in it not only stands with them but is determined to solve the problems they face. I...
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: In the past five years we were trying to pick up the pieces of a broken country-----
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: -----that Deputy Shortall walked away from.
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: This is not about any Member of this House or scoring points.
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is a question of a community under siege. Instead of dividing, we should unite in common purpose. I hope everybody will join in common purpose and not see this as something that we can score points on. Can we have an agreement to have a dedicated task force to deal with this community? Will the Taoiseach indicate who will lead it, who will be involved in it, its timescale and what...
- Leaders' Questions (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I welcome the commitment of the Taoiseach to the twin-track approach to which I referred. We want it to be immediate and include effective policing with the degree of determination that this House showed in the mid-1990s. I welcome the fact the leaders of the Opposition parties will be briefed after tonight's meeting. The Taoiseach's second announcement was as important as the first. I...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I will turn briefly to the point made on the McMahon report. The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton is present. The Taoiseach makes light of the fact it is not in the programme for Government because not everything can be. The issue is that it was in the draft programme for Government and was dropped. Why was it dropped? Does it indicate that the 173 recommendations of Mr. Justice...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Why did the Taoiseach take it out of the programme?
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: That legislation is being continued with?
- Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Directly connected.
- Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Like others, I begin by thanking Mr. Justice Kevin O'Higgins for this report. It is clear, comprehensive and stark. In the words of the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr. Justice O'Higgins has produced a thoughtful and thorough report which deserves the most careful consideration. I also agree with the Tánaiste that we must not lose sight of one central fact....
- Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: A parting gift to the Minister.
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has costed the agreements made with Independent Teachtaí Dála and with Fianna Fáil to maintain the Government; the total costs involved; the impact for the 2016 Estimates of Expenditure; if he envisages alterations in expenditure limits for any Department in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I wish the Minister every success in his challenging job. I do not know whether it is good news or bad to note that I will not be shadowing him myself into the future. However, I wish him and his Ministers of State well. I have two simple questions for the Minister. While I appreciate the 2021 perspective in his reply, I did not ask about it. I asked two things. The first was about the...
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister but surely the Government did not enter into programme for Government commitments without costing them in advance. That would have been foolhardy in the extreme. What are the costs of those commitments over and above the Revised Estimates for 2016? Under the new budgetary process, we will shortly see Estimates. However, discussing the 2017 Estimates would be a...
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister does not know.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy David Cullinane should note that his question was skipped because the time for Priority Questions was up. The Acting Chairman has moved on to the next question, No. 36. Regarding the moneys from the sale of State assets, particularly the €400 million arising from the sale of BGE, a very sizeable sum, does the Minister have-----
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: We are on Deputy Shane Cassells' question.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Under the old Standing Orders, if questions were not taken in the allocated time, one moved to Ordinary Questions.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It will be rectified under Standing Orders this week.