Results 24,361-24,380 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [50471/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We have tabled several parliamentary questions on the parliamentary liaison unit to find out exactly what it is supposed to do. According to the Government website, whodoeswhat.gov.ie, "The Parliamentary Liaison Unit facilitates the enhanced relationship between the Government and the Oireachtas with a view to ensuring the timely implementation of the Government's legislative programme."...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Harty.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: One would imagine so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: There is a lot on the EU here.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with Prime Minister May on Northern Ireland. [51721/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with Prime Minister Theresa May on 6 December 2017. [53134/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The joint report between the UK and the European Union, as agreed and published, was welcomed by all of us last Friday. It contained three levels of safeguards to avoid the so-called "hard-border" option. Obviously, the first two were negotiated and are dependent on the outcome of negotiations. The third was the so-called "backstop" or fall-back position that in the event of there being no...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: How will that unique stream manifest itself?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: -----where we had bombing and destruction for 40 years. We will discuss it some other time.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (12 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the role of his Department and officials in PESCO; and if he will report on his discussions with his EU counterparts on PESCO. [52884/17]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: That is what parliamentarians do.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: That is normal courtesy.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Parents in this country are under pressure. The cost of accommodation is out of control and out of the reach of too many. Child care bills are rising. There is no sign of any incremental progress on the extension of general practitioner, GP, care for children on which we were making progress. The modern workplace puts enormous pressure on parents. They fight to sustain their careers and...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We are now entering a Trump world of alternative facts. The truth is that most people will see some improvement to the value of about a cup of coffee. The real cost of providing child care and being able to afford a home is receding from them, but that reality is lost on the Taoiseach. On the net question I asked, the Taoiseach stated that he is in favour of paid parental leave but we will...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Is the Taoiseach talking about CE schemes? They were established by former Deputy Ruairí Quinn.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I am. Community employment was piloted in Wexford.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach claims everything.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We know that.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: So do employers.