Results 25,061-25,080 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It sounds cosmetic.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Does she?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: United Nations (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: And I hope conflict prevention.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the approach of the Government to the decision of the United States of America to reimpose sanctions on Iran and the consequences for a rules-based international order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21367/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Last week the United States unilaterally repudiated the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran. Will the Tánaiste outline the implications for the international order and for the countries of the European Union of that decision?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: That is the net issue I want to pursue. I am very concerned about the implications for the international order. How do we embark, for example, on negotiations in relation to the Korean Peninsula if one party can unilaterally tear up an agreement when everybody has agreed that the other party is fulfilling the terms of the agreement? Specifically, we cannot allow the United States to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: All deals by their nature are imperfect and I do not think any country ever enters into a deal that it regards as perfect, but the Iranian agreement was regarded by all the participant countries, who freely signed up to the deal, as being the best achievable, and everybody is compliant with it. I dare say if a similar deal could be contracted with North Korea, the current American...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: There is a mechanism within the agreement to determine that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Agreements (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: They were unsuccessful.
- Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with the Barnier task force on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom. [18781/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the contingency plans prepared by his Department in the event of a hard Brexit. [17881/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with leaders of political parties in Northern Ireland. [17879/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of Northern Ireland affairs. [21023/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the supports provided by his Department to Independent Ministers and supporters of the Government. [21243/18]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which the Office of the Attorney General in defending cases taken against the State or public bodies will seek to negotiate a confidentiality clause in settlement agreements; the extent to which consideration of the public interest in free access to information regarding the administration of public services in the State are taken into account by...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20809/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (15 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded a full contributory pension based on having no more than the minimum ten qualifying years and 520 paid social insurance contributions in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/18]
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The CervicalCheck scandal shows the importance of vigilance in our efforts to improve the health of our country. Essential tasks for our health service are screening and disease prevention. Ensuring that we prevent unnecessary blindness is one example. Approximately 75% of sight loss is avoidable. At the end of last August, the inpatient waiting list for eye procedures was almost 12,500...
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The bottom line is that people have been waiting for inexcusably long periods. One patient described the return of vision after a cataract treatment as the difference between day and night. It is not an expensive or complicated procedure and a sophisticated country like ours should be able to provide access to such an operation within a couple of months at the longest. The Minister's...
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Where will they be performed?