Results 26,741-26,760 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to return to the widely leaked announcement, confirmed by the Minister, that the Government is to sign off on €10 million of extra allowances for the Defence Forces today, or so we are led to believe. This follows on from a report by the Public Service Pay Commission into the recruitment and retention crisis that we all acknowledge exists in our Defence Forces. There was,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I did not say that. The Minister is making it up now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Is that the Minister's answer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The truth of the matter is that the issue of core pay was excluded from the review and it is not the independent review of the commission. The Public Service Pay Commission has said that its hands were tied behind its back because the terms of reference precluded it from looking at the issue of core pay. The Minister is aware that there is any amount of wriggle room available in these...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: You did it for the nurses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The terms of reference were fixed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It has been reported that the Government-established escrow account, into which Apple has placed €14.3 billion, has declined in value by €16 million, which is not an insignificant sum. The loss has been attributed to negative interest rates, difficult investment climate and so on. If the Government wins the case it is taking against the European Commission, will the taxpayer be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It would be appropriate for the Taoiseach to withdraw the remark.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (4 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 425. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an oral hearing appeal for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28632/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is reported that An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, are developing a system that will allow for the application of an adult caution, rather than a criminal prosecution, for people in possession of drugs for their own use. Apparently this is a recommendation in a Government working group report but this report has not been published and has not been...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Why is the policy being decided before the report is given to Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) met in May or June 2019. [27636/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the number of whistleblower complaints in his Department to date. [28114/19]

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Twenty years ago there was a vision of a genuine partnership between the peoples of South America and Europe. What was intended was a mutual beneficial partnership which would assist both Europe and the Mercosur countries to continue their economic development. With what we have been presented in the draft is mostly a free trade agreement. There is mention of social and environmental...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister set it out?

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Minister about enforcement

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That does not fill me with confidence. We will arbitrate with President Bolsonaro, a man who is a climate denier and one of the most right-wing dictators and leaders in the world. Our Constitution is carefully balanced to ensure that the balance of power between the Government of the day, the Parliament and the law courts is maintained. The courts have traditionally encouraged private...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is nothing but words.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is just words-----