Results 27,521-27,540 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: When are they arriving?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel eligible for the new loyalty bonus, that is, sea-going service commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36188/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered increasing the patrol duty allowance for sailors in line with other sea-going allowances paid to public servants as part of all efforts to retain sailors in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I know from previous experience of working with the Minister that he has a particular regard for the Naval Service and has been very supportive in the past. Even in the worst of times we were able to provide significant resources for new vessels for the Naval Service. In that context, I am sure he shares my dismay that some of the vessels that are provided to the Naval Service were required...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of discharges currently pending in the Army, the Naval Service, the Air Corps and the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications, inductions and discharges in the Army, the Naval Service, the Air Corps and the reserve in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the developments that have taken place since the completion of the Reserve Defence Force skills survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 5 November 2020, if the eligibility for full incremental credit will be re-examined for a person (details supplied) who is currently employed in a school and who earned incremental credit in a school in Libya and was assured that this service would be fully credited to them; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow swimming lessons to recommence under level three Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36895/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to restore the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Dáil Order Paper; his plans to pursue the legislation as a Government Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Preparations (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, it is planned to reverse Ireland’s opt-out from the provisions of the EU justice and home affairs matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36834/20]

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: As the son of a trade union official, I begin by joining Deputy Duncan Smith in encouraging people to join, and be involved in, a trade union and to work towards the universal right to collective bargaining as a fundamental underpinning of workers' rights. I thank all Deputies who contributed to the debate. It is heartening that there was no voice against our legislative proposals. All the...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Like others, I welcome the opportunity to speak on matters of community safety and crime prevention. I must say, however, that I would prefer to be dealing with concrete proposals and legislation rather than making statements. We have spent six hours today speaking on general statements. This is a Legislature that is meant not only to identify problems but to put forward concrete...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Commission on Pensions (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will include representatives from organisations (details supplied) on the newly established Pensions Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the conditions imposed on Irish citizens who previously held full Irish driver licences seeking to renew their licence on their return to Ireland; his views on whether it is acceptable to require such returning nationals with a clean licence record to undergo six essential driver training sessions and pay a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 414. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Iranian diplomat charged in Belgium with planning to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in France; if the matter has been discussed at European Council level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38063/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (24 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the checks that will apply to trucks transiting the UK post 1 January 2021; if France is availing of flexibilities in the regulations for the movement of products of animal origin; if all French ports will be designated BCPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38619/20]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: On this grouping of amendments, if the Long Title got any longer it would be a Bill in its own right. As to the amendment to include the United Kingdom in the current provisions of defamation, is that provision being reciprocated? Will European Union citizens have the same rights in the United Kingdom as the Government is conferring on the United Kingdom citizens here?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: We had a very general debate on Second Stage. The Minister might remind us exactly of the intent behind section 12.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Regarding the amendment, because of the nature of the Second Stage debate-----