Results 641-660 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am sorry.
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: While I understand the logic of the Minister of State's comments and accept the thrust of his intentions, he has taken an odd approach to this issue. If his amendment is accepted, the section will read: "A period when a civil servant refuses to carry out the duties of his grade shall as respects the civil servant concerned be considered to be a period of unauthorised absence from duty."...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: What about amendment No. 16?
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State is going his own way and I will not delay the House by taking issue with him. It is always dangerous, however, to craft law according to one case. The section will apply where someone is not carrying out the duties assigned to him by way of industrial dispute or protest but it applies in other areas as well. That is the nature of drafting statute. There should be a saver...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Can the Minister of State only answer one Deputy at a time?
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "13.âThe Minister shall take measures to ensure that a civil service-wide code of practice to combat bullying and harassment is enforced in respect of all civil servants to whom this Act applies, and kept under regular review; and non-compliance with such a code shall be deemed to be misconduct for the...
- Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am disappointed the Minister of State will not accept the amendment. There is a good anti-bullying code of practice in the Civil Service. Why is the Minister of State reluctant to give it legal acknowledgement? The amendment is reasonable in proposing to insert "that the Minister will take measures to ensure that a ... code of practice to combat bullying and harassment is enforced in...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I have been contacted by several health and safety officers as regards the amendment the Minister of State introduced in the Seanad on this matter. Practitioners who ensure there are proper health and safety standards in the workplace are alarmed by the removal of the requirement for an annual risk assessment, the cornerstone, in their view, of vigilance in health and safety. I have received...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I apologise for not being present in the House for the commencement of the debate. I was misinformed about the time required to debate Report Stage of the previous Bill, which I was told would take at least an hour. I wish to re-examine this amendment. The Minister of State noted that risk assessments may be required more frequently than once a year. While I have no difficulty with that...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: It will not even be glanced at from now on.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State has not made a coherent argument to support his conclusion. He stated that under subsection (1)(c) of the amendment, an inspector, in the course of an inspection, can give a direction. Unfortunately, as the Minister of State is aware, we have few labour inspectors and health and safety inspections are infrequent. If, as a result of the amendment, we must rely on an...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: He or she could undertake the annual report as well as doing this.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: What do these amendments specifically do?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State understands but does not agree.
- Written Answers — An Post: An Post (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the recent announcement in An Post's 2004 annual report that the company recorded a pre-tax profit of â¬7 million for 2004; his views on whether the company is justified in seeking up to 1,500 redundancies in view of such profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19900/05]
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Ireland was legally obliged to transpose Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and Council into law no later than 23 March of this year. Ireland is the only member state that has not done so. The directive concerns the general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Union. When will we see the relevant legislation? Has the Commission been in touch with Irish...
- Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will consider bypassing the Arts Council as a means of funding the Abbey Theatre and implement a system whereby the theatre is funded directly from Government; his views on whether the funding of the Abbey Theatre requires urgent review in view of the losses recorded for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting senior citizens from the annual Government levy of â¬10 per ATM card, â¬20 per laser card, by way of encouragement not to keep cash in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/05]
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is extraordinary.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: He misled the House.