Results 381-400 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister define the skills?

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Has this been reviewed yet?

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Government has not facilitated such a debate.

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister engage with the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business on this issue? He has made valid points that have not been debated properly with cross-party consensus. I am specifically referring to individuals whose spouses are in Ireland and who have skills that could add to the economy but are debarred from it. They feel excluded although they are resident in Ireland....

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There is no basis for them to apply because there is no scheme.

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: What about the narrow approach?

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Waste Management Act was introduced by the rainbow Government.

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: That was the last important legislation on this issue.

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The local ones will do.

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There is a degree of brass neck in the response by the Minister of State. Parliamentary questions have been tabled on this issue for years. This issue was raised by myself, among others, in the debate on the health and safety legislation. The response he and his predecessor presented was that there was adequate inspection and no need for further inspectors. It is only the crisis of recent...

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The response was that they were not needed.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on this important, albeit long awaited and delayed, Bill. A prominent member of the SDLP described the Good Friday Agreement as "Sunningdale for slow learners". Slowly, the Government has accepted the requirement for reforms mirrored in this legislation. The issue of policing is an extremely important one for any civilised society. The police force is the...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has taken steps to ensure that seafarers operating from Irish ports are paid the minimum wage and enjoy the benefits of working time and holiday legislation; if he has had discussions with EU colleagues to ensure that re-registering of vessels in non-EU countries does not deprive workers of the enjoyment of labour...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he has taken or plans to take arising from allegations of very serious irregularities in regard to the treatment of employees of a Turkish company (details supplied) which has been operating in this country; if all the workers have now been given access to money held in accounts in a bank in Holland; if he has...

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Yesterday my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, tabled a question to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment asking when this report would be published and for details of it to be given to the House. The Minister replied that he expected the report to be published in the coming weeks. The details of that report are in today's edition of The Irish Times. That is a grave disservice to the...

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I am asking your view, as Chairman of the House, on the notion that a Member could be told that in coming weeks the details will be published when the same Minister obviously briefed the newspapers on the contents of the report.

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Tánaiste read The Irish Times today?

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Tánaiste know they were not paying tax?

Order of Business. (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It was 1,400 out of 1,900.

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (21 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the participation in the stay in school retention initiative has enabled a school (details supplied) in County Wexford to improve on its early school leaving status, fund an attendance office, provide catering for a breakfast club, provide counselling and mentoring, facilitate the...