Results 27,861-27,880 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I too welcome the review chaired by Mr. Justice Michael Peart. I also take note of the Minister's promise of an interim report shortly. In the meantime, we are asked to continue in force certain provisions of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. That is the motion before the House. The provisions to be renewed again fall into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,315 of 21 April 2021, the reason only two of the three MRI projects namely Mullingar and Kilkenny set out in the 2020 capital plan have advanced to date; the reason the MRI for Wexford General Hospital was removed; the person that made this decision; when this was decision made; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am a long-standing Deputy for the constituency of Wexford. I am a former leader of the Irish Labour Party and have been privileged to serve in three Irish Governments, most recently between 2011 and 2016. I co-chaired, with Northern Ireland's Minister of Finance, the special EU programme bodies that distributed both the PEACE funds and the regional development funds. It is important,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Wexford driving test centre in each category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date broken into four weeks tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in the RSA Gorey driving test centre in each test category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date by four four-week tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify a source of funding to assist the restoration of an historic musical organ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/21]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to speak very briefly on an important series of issues that were dealt with at the Council. I am very heartened by the degree of strength presented at the Council in relation to the actions of Hungary. The absolute fundamental raison d'êtreof the EU is human rights, and that value system must be defended. If any member state decides those shared fundamental values are not...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I said on 21 June that a plain reading of the licensing laws would indicate that serving alcohol in the new temporary areas on streets and public spaces that have been set up for pubs is not permitted, despite local authorities granting permission for it. I also said that both the Garda and publicans and restaurateurs need certainty in this regard. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, said that...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: You took me by surprise, Chairman, when you went to section 3 immediately. On the definition section, we only had sight of the Bill yesterday and there was no pre-legislative scrutiny so perhaps we can have a little elucidation of the definitions from the Minister of State. One of the issues, and the Minister of State mentioned it in her commentary as well, is that the number of seated...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister of State repeat that please?

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: If the primary purpose is not to sell drink in an outdoor setting, what is it? How is any pub covered?

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: That is the primary purpose.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: What is not the primary purpose?

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State has twice read a sentence that is completely unclear to me.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: What is the importance of the notion of this not being the primary purpose of pubs? Selling drink is their primary purpose, surely.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I will be very brief. I am not a member of the defence committee and nor am I suggesting I should be. As a member of three other committees, my burden is enough. My point is that I did not have the chance to debate the Bill in committee. I am interested, therefore, in the expert views not only of the Minister but of Deputies who were involved in that debate. It struck me immediately...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am seeking clarification because the primary purpose of a pub is to sell drink.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to respond briefly to both Peter Hain's comment about a lack of understanding within the European institutions and Baroness Ritchie's direct question. All my interaction across the political family in Europe and with the Commission has told me they have a very deep knowledge of the intricacies of Ireland, not only at an institutional level. People like Michel Barnier, obviously, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It was both. There are real opportunities. I hope, as chair of the economics committee of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, to present a positive view of opportunities. They are real and can be presented. We are gathering the evidence to present that. The impact it has had on the Republic, if we take my constituency and companies such as Danone, has been such that it does pose a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person (details supplied) on a waiting list to see a consultant neurologist in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin has been given an appointment for 1 January 2024; if this is in keeping with policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/21]