Results 27,361-27,380 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if further consideration will be given to the application for the temporary wage subsidy scheme by a business (details supplied); the reason the business has been excluded from the scheme due to the fact it was closed for renovations on the designated date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (16 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received communications from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the maintenance of experienced directors for education support centres; if he will constructively engage with the organisation on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10613/20]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Half time.

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Like others, I begin my expressing my sympathies to the families of the 1,709 people who have passed away because of Covid-19 and my solidarity with those who have been ill. Unusually for the Opposition benches, I congratulate the Minister and his team and NPHET for handling this unique crisis with great dexterity and skill. The Minister has not been right in everything he has done but...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: My concern is that we continue to be very clear in our guidelines that the objective is to prevent transmission of the virus, and that everything is understood and explained on that basis. We should not broker a deal on some basis that is self-evidently not anchored in science. That is my concern, but I will await the emergence of the final guidelines. I want to ask the Minister about...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: To be blunt, I am concerned about the European initiative because it would not actually make a vaccine available to everybody. It would only be available to those countries participating in the initiative and that is not acceptable. We had an online conference with many actors, particularly in Africa and India, regarding the internationalising of this intellectual property and it is...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I begin, like others, by expressing my sincere condolences to the family, friends and work colleagues of the late Detective Garda Colm Horkan. The whole country was shocked when the news came of his brutal murder. It has united the nation in grief and has underscored for all of us the importance of our police force, An Garda Síochána, the protectors of the peace. Unlike many...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I will pose questions in the two categories I raised earlier. On the new recovery fund, where stands the Belgian-Irish initiative? What sum is on the table for Ireland and is it in the form of loans or grants? As I have indicated, we can borrow our own money at very cheap rates. On Brexit, where stands the fisheries portfolio? What does the phrase "middle ground indicated" mean? Has...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Where are we?

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: It is a "No" to loans.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Has the mandate been altered?

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: This is an extremely important debate to have. I believe one of the greatest fears facing us as we hope to progress to the post-lockdown phase for Ireland is what we have yet to discover behind closed doors across this nation. We already know about, or at least have some glimpse of, the mental health issues that are going to be uncovered, which are of a scale that we have yet to come to...

Covid-19 (Measures to Protect Victims of Domestic Violence): Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: That is the truth at the time, I remember. Catherine McGuinness, in her report, was the start of a groundbreaking insight into a hidden world, certainly an unacknowledged world, of abuse that has, unfortunately, continued. We have had many reports and investigations since, but in terms of Catherine McGuinness's work, I am aware that the Children's Rights Alliance established the Catherine...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (30 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received further information from the Chinese authorities in relation to a person (details supplied); if he expects the person to be allowed leave China and return here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13065/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jun 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be provided for children with intellectual disabilities and other children that cannot avail of the summer provision without transport in July and August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13302/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The Estimate for the Department of the Taoiseach and the associated group of Estimates cover a broad spectrum, as we have seen. As the Taoiseach rightly stated, the work of his Department, as in other areas of Government, will in the coming years and certainly in the coming months focus on and be dominated by the challenges and demands of the ongoing Covid crisis, from both health and...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: It is, so one could actually-----

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The "securitats" won.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: It is about resources.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Brendan Howlin: What about the extradition agreement?