Results 24,841-24,860 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I understand the Cabinet approved legislative proposals today to strengthen the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. There are thousands of students outside this building protesting at rent hikes in Dublin City University, DCU. The latest rent increases by private student accommodation providers will see DCU students paying over €10,000 for a nine month period. That is an extortionate...
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It will not matter if they are unaffordable.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A - economy last met; and when it will next meet. [16461/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I understand the Government is publishing the stability programme update this afternoon at 3 p.m. I presume it is being done right now. There was a practice introduced by the previous Government. The then Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, and I introduced what we called the spring economic statement. Last year, it became the summer economic statement. When will the spring or summer...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach guarantee the weather as well?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It is a bad proposal.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Ruairí Quinn's efforts.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B - social policy and public services - last met; and when it will next meet. [16462/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: There is obviously a broad array of questions that I could ask. I will just focus on the issue of pensions reform because I know the Government published a roadmap on it recently. The Oireachtas has been waiting since last year for Government amendments to the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill to deal with issues that affect defined-benefit pension schemes, in particular....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Can we take two minutes from the next slot?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Chancellor Merkel on 20 March 2018. [13982/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the mayor of Chicago, Mr. Rahm Emanuel. [16665/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I have raised on several occasions that this is an unsatisfactory way to deal with fundamental issues. The Taoiseach has in the past agreed with me that we must have a better structure for debate on Brexit issues. I want my party to be supportive of the Government position because it is in our national interest that, by and large, the House be united in terms of its thinking on and approach...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Who groups the questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Who groups the questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Who groups the questions?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of nursing home owners in relation to the disparity of fees payable under the fair deal scheme between HSE and private nursing homes in County Wexford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15328/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if palliative care in the home will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15475/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health the actions the HSE has taken to date to deal with the increasing waiting lists for children seeking paediatric rheumatology treatment; the number of children on the waiting list; the waiting period involved; if this number is compliant with the World Health Organization standards; if not, his plans or those of the HSE to deal with this matter; and if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (17 Apr 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to resolve the underfunding of child and adolescent mental health services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16710/18]