Results 25,161-25,180 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The programme for Government includes commitments on funding for the higher education sector, but we have not seen any comprehensive funding plan yet. The Coalition for Publicly Funded Higher Education has today published its own survey which shows that 90% of people want increased investment in higher education. Last week, we saw the continued fall in the international rankings of Irish...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That is capital.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is too low.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I support the national risk assessment process, which we introduced when in government in 2014. It is a very broad canvas and it is difficult to ask specific questions on so many strategic issues. We have other opportunities to deal with issues like Brexit and so on but I want to ask about two. First, an area I am increasingly more concerned about relates to our commitments in regard to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: They are unaffordable.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There was no answer on climate change.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Belgian Prime Minister. [23789/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The main issue of discussion with the Belgian Prime Minister, Mr. Michel, was Brexit and the other EU matters that will arise at the June Council. Most of us are now deeply concerned about the way the negotiations on Brexit with the United Kingdom are unfolding. Did the Taoiseach raise the following matter which might have had some consideration with the Belgian Prime Minister and will he...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's legislative priorities. [23790/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is a little like Groundhog Day in that there is only one piece of legislation on the Department of the Taoiseach's list and we are again rehearsing the progress of the legislation to put the NESC on a statutory footing. I am interested in hearing if that legislation is going ahead and, if so, when it will be published. More importantly, the Taoiseach told us some time ago that there...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Some 200 Bills have passed Second Stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That is certainly not universally the case.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I support the call from Deputy Coppinger for the House to take a stand on this issue. Most of us thought that things could not get any worse but this new low, involving the separation of infants and toddlers from their parents in order to intimidate the parents, is shocking. We must be very clear in the stance taken across all benches in this House and we must make our views known to the...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As soon as possible.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: For the purposes of clarity, it is my understanding the legislation to enact the outcome of the referendum on the eighth amendment will be published in the timeframe set out. The Bill will be published in the first week of July. There is no impediment to that happening.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Subject to it being drafted, there is no impediment to publishing it. Let me raise a different issue. The Government has indicated that it will support the Labour Party's Bill to update the law on harassment. The Taoiseach will be aware that there has been controversy in the United Kingdom about the blocking of a Bill to deal with the offence of upskirting. The Harassment, Harmful...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of South Korea. [26544/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach should go digital.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As we have heard, the Taoiseach spoke on the phone to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau, in the aftermath of the Irish referendum. Since the phonecall, the G7 meeting descended into total acrimony with extraordinary things being said by the American President about the Canadian Prime Minister and the American administration has subsequently begun to impose tariffs on global trade and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Global Footprint Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his commitment to double Ireland's global footprint; and his plans for visits abroad to support same. [26545/18]