Results 13,161-13,180 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Analysis: Regulatory Impact Analysis (10 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is a tool used by Departments to assess the costs, benefits and qualitative impacts of regulatory proposals. The use of this tool has been mandatory in relation to proposals for primary legislation as well as significant secondary and EU regulations since 2005, although, in general the practice to date has been that RIAs were only published once a Bill or...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (15 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Since coming into office, the current Government has been working on a range of measures to boost employment and help stimulate economic growth. The first such measure announced by the Government was the Jobs Initiative, launched in May 2011, which comprised a range of taxation and expenditure measures of €1.8bn designed to help get people back to work. More recently my colleague, the...

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Assessments: Regulatory Impact Assessments (15 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Since the 9 March 2011 my Department has undertaken two Regulatory Impact Assessments. The first regulatory impact assessment was in relation to the proposed Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012. The RIA was carried out at the preparation of the draft Heads or general Scheme of the Bill stage and has not yet been published. The second regulatory impact assessment was in relation to...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following appointments were made to bodies under the aegis of my Department. An Post National Lottery Name of Appointee Date Appointed Mr. Donal Connell - Chairman re-appointedFebruary 29th 2012. The position to which Mr. Connell was re-appointed by me as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was not advertised as under the National Lottery Act...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce new legislation to protect small building subcontractors that have been denied payments from bigger companies. In this regard, my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is working with Senator Feargal Quinn to develop the Senator's Private Members Construction Contracts Bill into a robust piece of legislation....

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: There is no doubt about that.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: He said no such thing.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Is the money going to fall out of the sky?

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We are renegotiating.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should listen to the answer.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Pearse Doherty does not like it.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: He does not like the answer.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Exactly.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Pearse Doherty is not on the back of a lorry now. This is serious business.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: It is the "Sitting on the Fence" Bill 2012.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That would be great for stability.

Written Answers — National Partnership Agreement: National Partnership Agreement (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: As is customary for industrial relations agreements, the membership of the Implementation Body is drawn from the parties to the Agreement and is specified under paragraph 1.18 of the Agreement which provides that the Body will comprise of an independent chair and nominees by Public Service Management and by the Public Services Committee of ICTU respectively.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: My Department has not incurred any costs in respect of photography since coming to office.

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (17 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy will be aware of the significant commitments given in the Programme for Government to restore the Freedom of Information Act, to extend its remit to other public bodies including the administrative side of the Garda Síochána, subject to security exceptions and to extend the Act to ensure that all statutory bodies, and all bodies significantly funded from the public purse, are...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (22 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Ireland has been allocated a total of €901m in EU Structural Funding for the period 2007-13. Of this, €750 million is assigned to the Regional Competitiveness and Employment (RCE) objective, and the balance to Territorial Co-operation programmes, including the including the PEACE III (Ireland/NI), INTERREG IVA (Ireland/NI and Western Scotland) and the Ireland Wales Programme. The RCE...