Results 27,181-27,200 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49936/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50093/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation Expenditure (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the projected costs of the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC. [47365/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the 33rd British-Irish Council. [48539/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [48733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of not including general purpose and physical education rooms in existing schools in the capital plan; his views on whether physical education is an essential part of the school curriculum; his further views on whether the challenge of childhood obesity is one of the most significant health challenges being faced;...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is reported that-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I will sit down again.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was reported earlier that up to 12 content moderators intend to take legal action against Facebook because of the awfulness of the content to which they have been exposed. This awfulness is directed at users of Facebook. We have had many debates in the House about how to protect people from online abuse. It has now been two and half years since I introduced the Harassment, Harmful...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is why we said we would have it done by the summer.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disablement Benefit (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for a medical examination for their disablement benefit claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50878/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I will sue the Taoiseach if he bans it in Enniscorthy but not in Dublin.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The election is on, clearly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We are getting a speech on everything.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Do not interrupt the Taoiseach's speech.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: For years we have heard the argument being trotted out that raising the minimum wage and giving low-paid workers enough money to make ends meet jeopardises jobs and is bad for business. However, this myth has been regularly debunked by organisations such as the OECD, the US Federal Reserve, the University of California at Berkeley and many others. In the Irish context, it has now been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality will meet. [50048/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: A minute and a half.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Last month, at the inaugural #WorkEqual conference, the Taoiseach stated that the upcoming Citizens' Assembly on gender equality would specifically focus on pay inequality. To use the Taoiseach's own words, women are all too often "disproportionately represented in low pay sectors". At the same event, a survey of participants from the public, private and NGO sectors showed that better and...