Results 241-260 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, line 6, after "enactments" to insert the following: "provided that section 4(2) shall be fully brought into operation within 2 years from the date of passing of this Act". The purpose of this amendment is to highlight the need to repeal the existing old legislation within a defined timeframe, given that it has been repealed once before by these Houses in...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I find it a little peculiar that a section is set out in legislation and the view is that it is foolhardy to expect that it might be enacted within two years. This is the Minister of State's Bill, not my Bill. If he regards the introduction of the sections in the timeframe of two years as being foolhardy, why is the House debating it at all?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I will reluctantly withdraw the amendment.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I support my colleague, Deputy Hogan, who is to be commended on his persistence in addressing what is a serious issue on a number of fronts and one which we have a responsibility to address in legislative terms. I am not sure the Minister of State's response could not be accommodated within the proposals set out in the amendment tabled by Deputy Hogan. We are talking about a clear validation...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: What are these procedures?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Do they have the force of law?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 11: In page 17, line 37, to delete "except" and substitute the following: "but the application of this Act to the Defence Forces in the following areas shall be subject to the operational requirements of the Defence Forces, viz". I debated this matter on Committee Stage and the Minister of State very helpfully sent me a note on his reasoning. The purpose of the amendment...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am obliged to the Minister of State, who has made a coherent case. I have read a briefing document he provided for me, which was helpful. It is a question of approach. I approach the matter on the basis that everybody should have the protection of the highest standards of health and safety in their normal employment. It is possible to say that armies go to war, from which in terms of health...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The sins of the senior Minister are beginning to rub off with another study.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: There are more amendments to come.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I wish to discuss my amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 26. When we debated this matter on Committee Stage, I thought the Minister of State acknowledged to an extent that real issues need to be addressed in this regard and I half-expected a ministerial amendment to this section. I would like to examine the basic principles of this legislation. Chapter 2 of the Bill sets out the general duties of...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State has drawn our attention to section 58, namely the regulation and codes of practice that will be drawn up, under Part 6. I always break out in a cold sweat when I read this part of any Bill because here, after all the detail has been debated, the draftsman writes that notwithstanding the detail the Minister may do all sorts of things that he or she deems appropriate. It...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: We will return to this on another day. This is a difficult issue to encompass in two minutes. The Minister of State needs to give a very clear indication of his intent on this. I am not content with an indication that it will be captured by a general provision. I do not know whether the Minister of State intends to exempt any category of work or specify a category of workers that will be...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister intend to exempt some categories and focus on other categories where it would be appropriate?
- Schools Building Projects. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue in the absence of the Minister for Education and Science, who explained to me why she could not be present tonight. I am very pleased her substitute is a Wexford man who is very familiar with the school to which I want to draw attention, the Loreto secondary school, Spawell Road, Wexford.
- Schools Building Projects. (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is very good. The Minister will be aware that the school is one of the most successful secondary schools not only in County Wexford but in the country. On the principle that the meek inherit the earth, I am afraid the school accepted a situation in which facilities were allowed to deteriorate over a period of years to an unacceptable level while expecting that the Department of Education...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (23 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received an application from a school (details supplied) for temporary accommodation for September 2005; if her attention has been drawn to a situation at the school; if the required temporary accommodation will be provided in good time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6178/05]
- Order of Business. (24 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State does not read lists.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I would say no minutes were taken there.
- Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak on this important Bill. To put it in an historical perspective, one of the first Bills I ever spoke on in these Houses was a dormant accounts Bill. At the time I was very impressed as I thought it a very novel way of having a sum of money that could be spent in difficult times. This was 20 years ago when money was much scarcer than it is now. The...