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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: That was always the argument and it was never valid.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: And there will be no cuts.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: We have returned to the usual heavy traffic congestion following last week's mid-term break. Dublin has been ranked the third worst city in the world, in of a survey of 200 cities, when it comes to the time normal people spend in traffic. Dublin commuters lose an average of nearly five hours every week sitting in traffic jams. There is a pressing need for a grand plan for public transport,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: What about your own?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I am sure people will be delighted with the Taoiseach's empathy for their difficulties. The two projects that he instanced as successes, namely the Luas Cross City and the Phoenix Park tunnel, were carried out by the previous Government, as the Taoiseach will recall.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Yes, the two projects that the Taoiseach is responsible for are the ones I have asked him about. Where stands MetroLink now? Will it be the original plan or the modified plan? What is happening with it? We seem to always be planning but never delivering. On BusConnects, it is lovely that the Taoiseach is interested and that the Government is not a Soviet dictatorship but what does...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is this Government I am more concerned about. I acknowledge the success of the previous Government.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Today, I received from members of the public 60,000 signatures on petitions that I will hand over to the Minister for Finance. People around the country are frustrated and worried because of the Government's refusal to alter the Revenue Commissioners' decision to change the VAT rate on food supplements from 0% to 23% next Friday. There are 3,600 jobs directly and indirectly affected by this...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the State boards and agencies that civil servants from his Department are appointed to. [7901/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [9516/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is odd that my question, No. 6, on the NESC was included in the five questions relating to State boards, but there we are. Have all departmental officials on State boards been apprised of Circular 12/2010, in particular that a Minister must be notified without delay where there is a significant strategic or reputational risk to the State body that is not being addressed? Is there a clear...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s new website; and the person or body responsible for updating it. [8222/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is abandoned.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I am interested in the Taoiseach's assertion that the migration of all departmental websites to a single Government portal is international best practice. He might share with us the analysis that led him to that assertion in order that we can examine best practice internationally and see the models he is aiming to replicate here. I am aware there are difficulties in regard to finding...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: No, it is part of this next one.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Forever.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It was announced before.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach said it was.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: There may be a county council on the same website-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: What about the cost?