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- Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I thank all the Deputies who contributed. It was a very good debate on a very serious issue. I have listened with great care to all the views expressed and know many speakers have given a lot of thought to these issues because they have been around for a long time. Some colleagues commented that Labour's Equal Status (Admissions to Schools) Bill is not radical enough. It is, in truth,...
- Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: We can amend that. The committee could come back and say it wants more time. That is a technical issue. The ten-week period refers to consideration in committee. We can begin the process and deal with it, but the notion of killing it off for a year means it will not happen. I am impressed by the contribution tonight of the new Chairman of the Committee on Education and Skills, Deputy...
- Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It was passed eventually. It was not passed in the next Dáil because that one was voted down by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government.
- Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It was enacted on the third go. We will oppose the Government amendment, and I ask the Government to think again because to knock it back for 12 months is too much. I ask Fianna Fáil, which is in a strong position to influence this, to ask the Government to relent on this point and accept the principle of the Bill. That is all Second Stage is - the acceptance of the principle of...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Those of us who were not in the House would like to be associated with those points.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I wish to associate myself and the Labour Party with a vote of sympathy and solidarity for the people of Turkey and Istanbul in particular following the horrific attacks yesterday. My first question relates to secondary legislation. As the Tánaiste is aware, the last Administration introduced the Regulation of Lobbying Act. It seems some well-established businesses, including major...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: There will be a public sector standards Bill before that.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I think so.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is clear that we need a longer time slot.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I wish to associate myself and my party with the comments of several Deputies in respect of Ibrahim Halawa. I hope we can have a collective initiative on this in the next week or so, because what we have been doing today to date is not working. Will the Minister respond on what formal arrangements the Government is putting in place to involve the Opposition parties in the coming phase of...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I asked a question on the Christmas bonus.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: As we have heard, yesterday the Taoiseach joined the Northern Ireland First Minister, Ms Arlene Foster, to answer media questions on the unprecedented challenges now being faced by the people North and South as a result of the UK Brexit vote. In recent days the Taoiseach had floated the idea of an all-island forum so we could have a consensus on the island on how to deal with this. As...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Article 30 of the Constitution states that the Attorney General "shall be the adviser of the Government in matters of law and legal opinion". He or she "shall be the adviser". The members of the Government now believe it is simply an advice, to be taken, rejected or weighed against others. What is the view of the Taoiseach? Does he accept that under Article 30 there is one authoritative...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: What is the Taoiseach going to do about Ministers who reject it?
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I take it there may be amendments to tomorrow's business?
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I understand from media reports that the Government decided to fund the roll-out of broadband with a model called the gap funded model, which I understand from the "News at One" entails a 26 year contract and that the network will be privately owned at the end of the 26 years. It is very redolent of the way we built the west link toll bridge when the Government ended up buying back the toll...
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: So far.
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Can we be involved in that discussion?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The idea of the Constitutional Convention, which originally came from the former Tánaiste, Eamon Gilmore, proved to be a very good one. It is a disappointment and a mistake to move away from the inclusive political involvement in that, because the interaction of professional politicians and general citizens was good for both sides. People came with an open mind. I do not agree that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)
Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has considered setting up a Cabinet sub-committee to deal with the potential impact of Brexit on the economy. [19376/16]