Results 22,541-22,560 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I happen to be a member of the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform. It might not be a D'Hondt system, although Fianna Fáil has three members on it, but I cannot recall any issue being decided by a majority vote. It always worked on the basis of consensus. There are issues in this Dáil with providing a proper time basis for the Opposition to have formal debates in the House, for the...
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Snodaigh makes a proposal and argues against it.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: On an all-party motion.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is written into Standing Orders.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: There is more dissent among Fianna Fáil members than there is between Fianna Fáil and the Government.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: In the published legislative programme, the Government indicates that it will introduce a cybercrime Bill, but that is very much long fingered. According to the legislative programme, it is at the early stages of drafting. Will the Taoiseach give additional priority to this legislation that would not only transpose the EU directive but also expand it to deal with the issue of cyberbullying,...
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy McGrath jumped ship after his party sunk the country.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy McGrath jumped ship.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I am in the same party.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is out of time.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Fianna Fáil destroyed the country.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The party's spokesperson.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I will not try to sum up, but I will try to address the motion.
- Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: In simple terms, we are debating whether education really matters. This is only the second opportunity the Labour Party has had in this Dáil session to table a Private Members' motion, and we chose education as the topic, because it really does matter. Education is the liberator. It is the key to establishing real equality in any society. I thank all the speakers who spoke in the...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (18 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: 173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 159, 161, 163 and 174 of 16 September 2016, when the provisions implementing sections 149 to 161 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30813/16]
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Last week, the Government published a budget that includes tax cuts for landlords, an increase in the threshold for the rent a room scheme and the introduction of a first-time buyer's scheme that has been widely criticised for increasing prices and delivering no meaningful benefit for those at whom it is aimed. The Government managed to introduce those measures while doing nothing for those...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach and I had many conversations when we were in government concerning Fine Gael's decision to block the idea of rent control. In view of the astonishing figures published this morning, I hope the Taoiseach will change his view and accept this is a necessary proposal. The introduction of some model of rent control is now imperative. I ask the Taoiseach to examine the proposals in...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Maybe I am encouraged by the new dispensation whereby all rows in government are now public.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Government appears to want people to save up for homes, but they cannot do so if rents are increasing by 25%. There is no point in putting money into the rent supplement or housing assistance payment schemes, as the Government has done, if there are no measures to control the surge in rents. All the Government is doing is putting State money directly into the hands of landlords. The...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Rents are surging.