Results 23,101-23,120 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: US Preclearance Facilities at State Airports (15 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name of the organisation appointed to carry out a review of US preclearance arrangements in Shannon and Dublin Airports; and when she expects it to report. [7048/17]
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Every other issue has been buried amid the chaos of the last seven days. The Government has now survived a motion of no confidence. In whatever time it has left, it is important that the Government focuses on some of the crucial issues on which it promised clear action. A new report was published on the private rental sector this week. It showed the largest yearly increase in rents across...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister's answer is not good enough. He talks about supply. Of course, supply is the answer but the reality I have just outlined is that there are only 4,000 houses available to rent this month. There is no point in the Minister talking about a year or so. We need to have a rental policy now and that rental policy has to affect every citizen. We do not want a protracted process that...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: That is not a lot of help to people-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Meanwhile-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: But in the meanwhile-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Only in Dublin and Cork.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: This week, the intergovernmental panel on climate change held a scoping meeting in Dublin on climate change, agriculture and food security. One of the pieces of legislation we passed in Government was the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 but we still await the national mitigation plan and the national adaptation framework. When will the critically important plan be...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The other Ministers are all willing to outline their plans.
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The events that have led us to this point have exposed society in a way few other issues could have done. All of this began with the relatively low-key efforts of a decent man who wanted to highlight wrongdoing in our police force. That the situation has been allowed to escalate to a point where we are once again establishing a tribunal of inquiry is astonishing. The series of events have...
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I have not seen any amendments. May I see them?
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I have been in the House since the start of business today.
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Nothing personal.
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, there are real and legitimate concerns and we need to have an answer from the Tánaiste about the points raised. For the sake of five minutes or so, I do not think we should-----
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: What about a direction to preserve evidence?
- Establishment of a Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (16 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: What custom and practice dictates that we take the second amendment before the first one?
- Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I support the proposal.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The Women in Work Index has found a 14.8% difference in median pay between men and women. In other words, a woman working a 40 hour week effectively works the final six hours for free. The time is long past, and I think everybody in this House would agree, when men should automatically be paid more than women. Will the Taoiseach support yesterday's call by the trade union IMPACT for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Feb 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht has met since October 2016; and when it is planned to meet next. [7047/17]