Results 12,941-12,960 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: European armies.
- Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Abortion.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I did not say any such thing.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: I did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy wishes the country ill.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: What did the people say about Deputy Adams?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: He must be the first socialist who is against a property tax. He used to say property was theft.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: All policy, guidance and implementation measures relating to capital projects is published on the Construction Procurement Reform website www.constructionprocurement.gov.ie where the Capital Works Management Framework provides a suite of best practice guidance, standard contracts and generic template documents are available to download for all contracting authorities to provide a consistent...
- Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware the Public Service Reform Plan, published in November, demonstrated the Government's commitment to reform and the pursuit of efficiencies by deciding (i) to proceed with the rationalisation of 48 bodies by the end of 2012 and (ii) the critical review of a further 46 bodies by the end of June 2012. Details of the bodies involved are set out in Appendices IIa and...
- Written Answers — Valuation Office: Valuation Office (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The work of the Valuation Office is underpinned by The Valuation Act 2001, which provides for the valuation of all commercial and industrial property. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions under the Act, and the making of valuations for local authority rating is his sole prerogative. In accordance with the 2001 Act, which came into force on 2nd May,...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In October 2011, the European Commission announced a proposal to introduce the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - a plan to fund â¬50 billion worth of investment to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks. The proposal's key objectives are to improve competitiveness and make Europe's economy greener by promoting cleaner transport modes, high speed broadband connections and...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Public Service Agreement 2010-14 (Croke Park Agreement) provides for agreed redeployment arrangements to apply in the Civil Service and in other parts of the public service. Under the Agreement, redeployment generally takes precedence over all other methods of filling a vacancy and supersedes any existing agreements on the deployment of staff. It sets out the agreed redeployment...
- Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy will be aware, this Government is committed to far reaching reform of the Public Service and providing better value for money in service delivery. The Government's Public Service Reform Plan, which was published last November, outlines the priority actions and timelines for reform. These reforms reflect five major commitments to change, namely: - placing customer service at...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question Mr. David Moloney Assistant Secretary responsible for Labour Market and Enterprise Policy, is a member of the Governing Council the Economic and Social Research Institute for which he receives no remuneration. Ms. Marie McLaughlin Principal Officer is a director on the boards of the National Building Agency and the Housing and Sustainable Communities...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Expenses: Ministerial Expenses (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Minister Howlin's Expenses claims since March 2011 Month Milage Other Expenses Total May 2011 â¬1,949 Nil â¬1,949 June 2011 â¬1,970 Nil â¬1,970 July 2011 â¬911 Nil â¬911 August 2011 â¬218 Nil â¬218 September 2011 â¬968 Nil â¬968 October 2011 â¬1,005 Nil â¬1,005 November 2011 â¬939 Nil â¬939 December...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: A letter issued with the response in hard copy and by email to the Deputy's office on Wednesday the 21st of March 2012 in relation to the issues raised in Parliamentary Questions no's 72 and 74.
- Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: My Department would not have information on the number of laptops or tablets in use in the civil service. IT is now provided on a shared service basis between the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and the Department of Finance. There are 55 laptops and 1 tablet in use across the two Departments. Laptops are not upgraded, they are replaced when they fail.
- Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The surplus generated by the National Lottery is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a specified range of expenditure subheads across various Votes. The amount transferred to the Exchequer from the National Lottery surplus, together with details of the total Exchequer allocations to the relevant Lottery supported subheads, are...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following appointments were made to Boards under the aegis of my Department since February 2011. Five reappointments, all of which were male, were made for a 12 month term ending 30 June 2012 to the Arbitration Board under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for the Civil Service, the Defence Forces, the Gardai and Teachers. In September 2011...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)
Brendan Howlin: He did not read that file.