Results 22,281-22,300 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Is it expected it will be in place-----
- Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It would be useful for it to be published ahead of the debate.
- Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: What about the Commission?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I will begin where the Taoiseach ended. I welcome what I read in this morning's media, which has since been confirmed to the House by the Taoiseach, namely, the establishment of a new infrastructure fund of €200 million to bring unserviced sites into use for housing. I seek some clarity about the fund. Is this new money to be accounted for on or off-balance sheet? The Taoiseach...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Is the €70 million for this year?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I want to understand this. This money will not be expended until next year. Is that what the Taoiseach is telling us now? When it is drawn down, it has to be matched by some percentage of local government money. What is that percentage? Where are the local authorities to get that money? Will only local authorities with the capacity to find matching funding be allowed to draw down that...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: There is nothing this year. Is that correct?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: There will be nothing until next year. Is that correct?
- Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: If it is appropriate, I wish firstly to say a few words on the mass murder in Orlando.
- Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Coming just a year after the joyous scenes that followed the passage of the marriage equality referendum in this country, the appalling crimes carried out in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, late on Sunday night serve as a stark reminder to us all of the need to maintain a relentless focus on building equality for all people. These crimes must be condemned for what they were, namely,...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The report of Women’s Aid, published today, highlights the fact that in 2015 the national domestic abuse service received 16,375 disclosures of domestic abuse against women and 5,966 disclosures of child abuse. That is a total of 22,341 abuse disclosures. These figures will shock not only those of us in this Chamber but also everybody across the country. Across Ireland, women have...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is important that this report be debated in the House. Perhaps the Whips will set time aside in the next week or two weeks for that to happen. However, we also need to follow through with practical proposals. I look forward to hearing the timeline for the enactment of the criminal justice (victims of crime) Bill, the heads of which were approved...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: On that issue, the Revised Estimates for four Votes were circulated this morning. One of them, the education Vote, is to be taken this evening and another Vote, Vote 38, is to be taken tomorrow. In the spirit of proper scrutiny of Estimates and the new regime that was to apply, how is it possible for Estimates to be published and circulated to Members this morning, and to expect a reasoned...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Sorry.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: This Vote is agreed because it is circulated.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I think there is general consensus that the approach being taken on this point is unsatisfactory, but I am not going to cause a division on the matter now. However, I would like to ask about the publication of other Estimates. I presume they have all been passed by the Cabinet Is that the case? If so, can the spokespeople who are preparing to engage with the Estimates for this year be...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I wish to raise the situation in the United Kingdom, should there be a vote to leave the European Union. I raised this matter yesterday and I asked the Taoiseach, if he was not in a position to brief the House overtly in regard to plans that might be being worked on currently by senior officials in the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and elsewhere in...
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I am actually canvassing in England tomorrow.
- Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It would be interesting to see how it will go now.
- Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I genuinely welcome this Bill and commit my party’s support throughout its legislative process. I hope there will be a continuation of the legislative process. We are all in new territory now and the Minister for Justice and Equality cannot stop this Bill, even if she wanted to. I congratulate Fianna Fáil for devoting resources, parliamentary time and Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's...