Results 25,821-25,840 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach accept that we need diversity in port access to the Continent? We need to strengthen direct links between Ireland and continental Europe in the context of Brexit. I asked the Taoiseach, after publication of the Project Ireland 2040 document, why not one cent had been allocated to Rosslare Europort when a €1 billion investment was expected in Dublin Port,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Why is Irish Rail not doing so?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: They solved it in Fishguard and it can be solved here.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: My question is for the Taoiseach and perhaps the Minister for Justice and Equality. It is a matter I have raised many times but I am very conscious of it coming into the Christmas period. Many people, young people in particular, will be subject to online harassment and bullying over the Christmas period. It is a fact that will make life miserable for them. We had hoped in this House that...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (National Security) last met; and when it next plans to meet. [52100/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I raised yesterday with the Taoiseach my strong welcome for the vast bulk of the report on the reform of policing. I have discussed it with members of the review team who explained their views, both the minority and the majority views, on the role of the internal board. I placed on record yesterday my views on that. The implementation of the report will be transformative but it would be a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Not true.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the December 2018 EU summit. [51851/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversation with the President of the European Council , Mr. Donald Tusk. [53005/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I agree with the remarks of Deputy Micheál Martin about the shabby treatment of the House in failing to provide a proper briefing on what is parliamentary business. Although the Brexit forum has been a valuable instrument in the past 12 or 18 months, it is not a parliament. We need to have the scope and time to reflect properly on the business we must undertake. From his...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I want to know the specifics of what was sought.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: They are referred to in this morning's newspapers.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: On a temporary basis.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I asked what the British Prime Minister asked the Taoiseach for.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Taoiseach what Mrs. May asked for.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the budget allocation for the Vote for his Department in 2019. [53006/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Budgets (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach has said there are three units in the Department looking after the specific issues of Sláintecare, policing reform and Brexit. How many staff are in the Brexit unit and does the Taoiseach have plans to beef it up in the event that there is a no deal Brexit? In a previous reply the Taoiseach spoke about the strategic threat assessment centre. I was not clear on the...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Many important discussions took place at the European Council meeting last week. There are a host of policies that need to be advanced. On economic policy, we need the next seven-year financial framework and reform of the Single Market to strengthen the EU’s social pillar, as I have said so often in the past, and to support people and communities that are being left behind. We also...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 88. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the commission of investigation into IBRC; and the projected costs in this regard. [53039/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 89. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on public advertising and the purchase of external communications and publicity in 2018 by advertising campaign, including specific amounts on social media campaigns (details supplied) or other digital platforms; and the amount spent on public relations or other communications support in tabular form.. [53583/18]