Results 26,281-26,300 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Can another ring around be done?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is all well and good for the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, to be so flippant with the livelihood of fishermen-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: For a number of years, my Labour Party colleagues and I have raised the issue of bogus self-employment, where workers are being persuaded to register themselves as self-employed when they evidently are not. Millions of euro which could be collected as PRSI are being lost to the State, while many thousands of workers are disadvantaged. As the Taoiseach will know, my colleague, Senator Nash,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Scéimeanna Teanga (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the language scheme in his Department. [10679/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Scéimeanna Teanga (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Mar is eol do chách, bhí ráitis againn sa Teach seo i rith Seachtain na Gaeilge. Sa díospóireacht sin, dúirt mé gur cúis díomá dúinn é nach bhfuil sé ar chumas fhormhór na ndaltaí an Ghaeilge a labhairt go líofa tar éis na blianta a chaitheamh inár scoileanna ag foghlaim na teanga. Tá dúalgas...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B (Social Policy and Public Services) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [10480/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Last week the Fund the Future campaign was launched by the Coalition for Publicly Funded Higher Education. The Taoiseach will be aware of same. It is seeking a commitment to the funding of higher education. Michael Brennan reported in the Sunday Business Postthat the extra revenue raised through the national training fund increases had been used to reduce the core contribution of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: None of them could afford to go into politics.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (national security) last met. [9513/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: An Irish citizen, Ms Lisa Smith, is in a camp in north-eastern Syria, with her two year old daughter, Ruqayya. The 37 year old Dundalk woman has obviously made very poor personal choices and is responsible for the situation in which she finds herself. However, there is a two year old girl, an Irish citizen, involved in this who deserves a future. The Tánaiste has said that there is a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Do not give a dog a bad name.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Are they not all important?
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing concerns relating to the treatment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13616/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of oversubscription at a school (details supplied) for the 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13222/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of oversubscription at a school (details supplied) for the 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13224/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Staff (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address the fact that latest figures indicate there are currently 1,429 children and young persons waiting more than two years for an appointment with an occupational therapist in County Wexford; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 40% reduction in staffing in the county in the past year; and if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 1321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13900/19]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: On my own behalf and on behalf of the Labour Party I wish to join others in remembering the late and wonderful Laura Brennan, an inspiration to all of us. We send our condolences today to her family and friends. I also remember the late former Deputy John Browne, although we will have another opportunity to comment in more detail on his contributions to public life. The European...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I will send out the pink sheets.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Mar 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Newry and Dundalk having different time zones.