Results 25,981-26,000 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (30 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 not yet commenced will be commenced; if the decision support service is now in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/19]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is being reviewed.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: In the past 48 hours the Taoiseach has stated that 25,000 medical appointments have been cancelled due to the nurses' strike yesterday. In some cases, those individuals would have waited months or years for those appointments. Next week, if the strike goes ahead, we will see another 25,000 cancellations. The knock-on effect will be delays across the entire health system, just as are...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Industrial relations are complex and challenging by their nature. The Tánaiste seems to be acting as if the Government is a passive observer and there is an immutable agreement in place that does not have within it the flexibility that is always created to allow for imagination and the resolving of disputes. That is the nature of every single agreement because the public sector is a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I call on the Government to resolve this, address these issues, call ICTU in and solve the problem.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: If the Government does not do anything, it will not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: We will see.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: They are the Government.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Talk to the Minister for Finance.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Of course it matters.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Between 2011 and 2015, we were fighting for our survival as a country. Every major project was checked and scrutinised to control costs and deliver value for the people's money. This Fine Gael Government seems to have adopted a Celtic Tiger attitude towards overspending. Just ten months after telling us that the cost of the national children's hospital on the St. James's site was to be...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: So the cost is irrelevant.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: We know all of this information.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Who said it should be?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I asked a question. I did not mention a suspension.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Nothing from-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Once upon a time Fine Gael was concerned about fiscal prudence and proper public financial management, but, clearly, no more. We all know the history and value of the project. We do not need to be lectured on it. The Taoiseach needs to address the questions put to him. He is not talking to someone who does not understand budgets. The notion that the Minister for Health was aware of a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Meanwhile, there was a "battle" going on in the national media about current expenditure overruns. An overrun of €600 million on the current side was a matter of "battles", but no one mentioned that, by the way, there was a €400 million or €500 million overrun on the capital side also. That no one even looked at this for months is not credible. The net point is that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It took him three months.