Results 14,521-14,540 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Again.

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Fianna Fáil broke the-----

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy has a brass neck.

Appropriation Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (19 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Is this smoke and mirrors? Changing the facts.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Is a question coming?

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: One could just inherit it.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That is why we grow them in the first place.

Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Only if the trees are sold.

Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: We have.

Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: That is a good parliamentary question.

Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I try to give the Deputy free advice. What more can I do?

EU Parliament and Council Decisions: Motion (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Double Taxation Agreements: Motions (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I move the following motions:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains) (Arab Republic of Egypt) Order 2012,a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 10th December, 2012. That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income and Capital Gains)...

National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000: Motion (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000 (Suspension of Exchequer Contributions) Order 2012,copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th December, 2012.

Defence Forces Report: Motion (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2011, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 5th March, 2012, in accordance with Section 13 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Programmes (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Discussions on new EU programmes and funding are ongoing in the context of the negotiation of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020. Proposals for a new Peace IV Programme are being actively considered as part of this process. However the outcome will not be know until the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014 -2020 has been finalised by the European Council.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Service Reform (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to the Minister for Heath who has responsibility for achieving the €70m savings target set by Government in the estimates by way of a reduction in professional fees. It is matter for the Minister for Health to determine by regulation the appropriate level of reduction in professional fees for the different health professionals having regard to the state of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The monthly profiling of capital expenditure is carried out by individual Departments on the basis of the likely timing of payments related to capital projects and programmes which they deliver within their annual capital allocation. Job creation is not a factor of the profiling exercise. Queries in relation to the profiling of capital allocations are a matter for individual Ministers and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Appointments (20 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Following the identification by officials of the requirement for professional legal expertise to support the delivery of the legislative programme being delivered by the Government Reform Unit in my Department, a person was appointed on 26 March 2012 following an open procurement advertised publicly on e-tenders to act as adviser and as Director of the Statute Law Revision Programme reporting...