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

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister aware that a recent opinion poll published in the Irish Examiner showed that 25% of the population believe we live in a rip-off culture and that 49% regarded consumers being fleeced as the biggest single item concerning them, ahead even of the health service? Does the Minister agree that the people are right? Does he accept that it aggravates people to hear him talk of low...

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The people are aware of the Minister's inaction on the issues.

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Government parties have been in office for eight years.

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Minister read the report?

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I will be glad to answer questions from the Minister when I sit in his seat. However, right now he must answer my questions. What does he have to say about the 100% increase in VHI charges, the 25% increase in gas charges which will occur in October, and the 44% increase in electricity charges since 2002? What does the Minister have to say about his record, which is under scrutiny in the...

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: We are not talking of income tax. I am talking of stealth taxes.

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: We are not talking of income tax. The corporation tax rates were agreed by the rainbow Government.

Consumer Prices. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is indifferent to the price rises.

Grocery Industry. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: What is dominance——

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, I gave notice to the office of the Ceann Comhairle regarding the ruling out of a question tabled today. This question on general insurance was transferred to the Department of Transport, which does not have responsibility for the matter. The General Office advised me that it is a matter for the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment who, amazingly, transferred a...

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: A question on general insurance was transferred to the Department of Transport.

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Now it is a matter of putting down the correct question. Is the Minister saying I did not ask the right question?

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The question is quite clear. It concerns the huge profits for the insurance sector. I have asked the Minister——

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister saw it. He transferred it to the Minister for Transport. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle what he will do about this matter as we begin a new Dáil session.

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It is quite clear that the Department of Transport cannot answer this question.

Employment Conditions. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Can a question be killed off by moving it to a Department to which the question is not relevant? It is extraordinary.

Industrial Disputes. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for the fairly comprehensive response. First, will he indicate if he has worked out the exact statutory entitlement of each Gama worker so that when he hears from Finansbank in due course, he will be able to validate that each of them has received the full entitlement? Second, have the tendering procedures that allowed this breach of law to occur been tightened up...

Industrial Disputes. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: With full compliance with our labour law as part of the contract.

Industrial Disputes. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: To how many?

Community Employment Schemes. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: What is the Minister's attitude to community employment? Does he regard it as a valuable and important scheme that is no longer primarily for work experience and training as originally envisaged when Deputy Quinn established it at a time of high unemployment, but to undertake valuable community work that would otherwise not be done? If that is the case, does the Minister believe it is time he...