Results 27,041-27,060 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I noted the Taoiseach's Twitter post a few days ago questioning whether Fianna Fáil has any policies and where have they all gone. The video the Taoiseach issued implied that Fianna Fáil policies are now few and far between. It reminded me of the type of American-style attack advertisements that are now too frequent. It raises a serious point - the influence of social media and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Which party put that up?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department working on Brexit preparedness. [43186/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There have been two false starts, and, thankfully, they were false starts, for a British exit. They were 31 March and 31 October. If the Taoiseach were to be honest with the House, he would tell us that we were not prepared on either occasion. A month before the 31 October deadline, we learned that we had to rely on temporary facilities in Rosslare Europort, for example, because permanent...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Being a competitor on low standards.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of school transport is under consideration for a person (details supplied); if so, when the outcome will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45668/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I want to raise another aspect of the insurance cost issue. It is crippling businesses but it is also causing festivals and community events to be cancelled. I am told from a variety of locations across the country that Christmas markets and festivals are also cancelled or affected by high insurance costs. It was reported the Government has established a cross-departmental committee to...

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was a Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government.

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the moving of the four by-election writs today. The Labour Party has four excellent candidates in the by-elections: Councillor John Maher in Cork North-Central; Councillor Duncan Smith in Dublin Fingal; Councillor Joanna Tuffy, a former Member of this House, in Dublin Mid-West; and the current Mayor of Wexford, Councillor George Lawlor, in my constituency, Wexford. The four...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was 4%.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The economy has stabilised and the public finances are in balance, thanks to the sacrifices made by the people of this country over the past ten years. Because of the positive role of immigration, we retain a relatively young population compared with most of Europe. We have to plan for the growing number of older citizens and for the gradual increase in the average age of the population....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I had hoped the Taoiseach might once look objectively at a serious proposal in changed circumstances, rather than always trying to be so partisan. We have come a long way since dire decisions were made under the troika's direction. The Taoiseach knows that; he is not a fool. However, there are real issues that require to be addressed, one of which is whether this is the time to at least...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We can close the gap for them. The Taoiseach is correct that there was a much higher retirement age in the 1970s. It was Brendan Corish and Frank Cluskey who reduced it. It is time to reflect again on these issues. We looked objectively, for example, at including the self-employed in the system of social benefits. Their contribution to the Social Insurance Fund is a fraction of that of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The troika did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach is aware, the timing was dictated by the troika.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will not give people a break.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, has been forced yet again to deny that there has been another delay to the national broadband plan. Last week, I reminded the House that a private operator, Imagine, had warned as early as February, before the Government signed off on the plan, that this could lead to difficulties with EU state aid approval. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Services last met. [46448/19]