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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We have not.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: What triggers a rent review?

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I want to get clarity on this issue because I certainly did not get clarity from the Minister's reply. In subsection (6) there are two criteria that would make exemptions from the new subsections (3) and (4), so the 4% does not apply. It is either where a notice has been issued under section 22(2), which is clear enough - we can understand that - or where a rent review concerned has...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: This morning I was promised a note or briefing on the definition of rent reviews that I have not received. I would like to receive that before we make a decision.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I seek assurance. This morning, the Minister said that the definition was in the Act of 2004. I rechecked the 2004 Act and there is no definition in it. Where is the definition? The Minister might inform me of where it is.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (16 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for family income supplement (FIS) in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason a payment of one parent family payment has been taken into account in the assessment of means in respect of this family, despite the fact that the one parent family payment has ceased; if a review of FIS will be facilitated in...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I wish the Taoiseach and all his colleagues a happy new year. For many months last year I argued in this House that the Taoiseach needed to get a handle on the issue of public sector pay and, more important, to set out his plan on public sector pay restoration to the House. I argued for earlier talks on a successor to the Lansdowne Road agreement, for the establishment of meaningful...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: This is clarification in respect of what was announced this morning. It is not actually an increase of €1,000 but an increase of €1,000 annualised from April to August because the measure was provided for in the Estimates as commencing in September. The Taoiseach did not indicate from where the money was coming or whether the cost would be €128 million or €175...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When will that happen?

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It is less than one quarter of what gardaí got.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: On the legislative list published in the past hour or so, the judicial appointments Bill is promised for the coming weeks. In advance of its publication, will the Tánaiste have discussions with the Chief Justice on this important matter? In advance of finalising the Bill's text, will the Tánaiste have discussions with the parties in opposition?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: And he sought it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There are time limits on Leaders' Questions too. They do not seem to be-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There is no one left in Fine Gael without a job to be appointed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Has he asked for it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Briefed by management.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if there has been a skills needs assessment in his Department; and if any direct hires have occurred in the past year. [39820/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Earlier in the discussions on Brexit, one of the most important issues we as a Parliament and as a people will face, we spoke about the skill set required in our public administration to deal with it. In particular, we spoke about the skill set within the Taoiseach's Department. On the negotiations that will start once Article 50 is triggered, has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It would be helpful if the Taoiseach told us who specifically-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Who specifically is leading up each of the sections?