Results 181-200 of 202 for feel speaker:Brendan Howlin "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]")

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...directly involved. It will not be an onerous burden. There is no obligation to have regard to the representations, merely to consult. That would address many of the fears of the organisations which feel that these sections focus on the criminal justice system but do not take account of the lawful and peaceful use of firearms by those engaged in sporting activities. There is a happy medium...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...No. 91 that he does not want himself or his successors to be second-guessed by the High Court. Will he, however, accept the first tranche of the amendment which would formally allow people who feel aggrieved to appeal directly to the Minister? The proposed subsection (2) simply refers to a rejection or acceptance of the case made. Subsection (3), which I will not press, simply allows...

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...Reform. One would not have to go further than the Tánaiste to find out just how crude and rough the man can be on these matters. As I said, public safety is an important issue. There is a growing feeling of vulnerability and insecurity across the country. My constituency is not particularly lawless but in the last few weeks I have been called to meetings in Wexford, Enniscorthy and...

International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...be required for a contested case, rather than simply the pathology report. We have to make provision for these matters. That is what a broad-seeing legislature does. I am disappointed the Minister feels it is good enough to simply say we should leave it to the Minister and the State, that future Governments will act responsibly in all circumstances and that we do not need to set out what...

International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report Stage. (9 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...the Genocide Act 1973 is repealed, including its Schedule. Subsection (3) states the text of the Schedule is still binding on the State. That seems an odd legislative formulation, which I do not feel is good from the perspectives of either plain English or legislation. The formulation I offer is much more robust, sound and simple.

International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report Stage. (9 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It is a technical arrangement. I was not involved in the debate on Committee Stage. If the Minister of State has had an opportunity to reflect again with the Parliamentary Counsel and feels it is a necessary component of the Act, I withdraw the amendment.

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages. (22 Mar 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...will work out reasonably well. However, we must ensure that the people who take on these representational roles are not penalised, that there are mechanisms to protect them and that people will not feel loath to take on such roles because of feeling they would be significantly disadvantaged by doing so. I know that is the intent of the Minister of State and I hope the formulation he has...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (1 Mar 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...liable to the penalties provided by this Act for breach of sections 4 and 5.". We had a long and rather tetchy discussion on this with the Minister on Committee Stage. I suggested that, if he were feeling so tetchy, he might send the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, who is much more malleable on such matters. I am therefore delighted...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...allowances, but they cannot. They are not entitled to social welfare and some of them are in deep trouble because of how they are dealt with and treated. The whitefish men and the processors also feel the pinch. This is an economic crisis that is squeezing the life blood out of people who a few short years ago envisaged themselves as economically prosperous and with a great future. We have...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion. (15 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...from the views of ordinary people. The Fianna Fáil press office must be keeping its focus groups from him and he cannot be in the inner core. The mood of people is one of intense anger. The people feel they are being ripped off by stealth taxes and increased charges. They feel the official rate of inflation is fiction, as people can see in their daily cost of living that despite a healthy...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (12 Oct 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...is the gastarbeiter. Over generations guest workers, as we have seen with the Turks in Germany, have been separate. They never integrated and the societal difficulty that creates for people who feel no stake in the country they and even their parents have lived in is a real dilemma for Germany. We have seen some of that, although not as starkly, even in the United Kingdom where the second...

Job Losses. (29 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing the Private Notice Questions. After the Taoiseach's strong comments in response to Deputy Rabbitte yesterday, we know how the Government feels about this. What will it do specifically? He strongly urges the company to comply with normal industrial relations practices. Has either the Taoiseach or the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment sought...

Community Employment Schemes. (28 Sep 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I am intrigued by the Minister's response, since I feel the scheme has evolved well beyond a simple labour market initiative and into an acknowledgement of important work. My question's basic thrust was whether the Minister would present a revised scheme retaining the labour market initiative component within his Department and finally acknowledging an important social employment, full-time...

Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...from what I wanted to say but I think I have earned some additional time. I want to go back to the heart of this matter. There are people who have suffered, who continued to suffer and who still feel we are exposing the truth like an onion, layer by layer. They feel there is now a rush to say there is an awfulness "out there" and we will close that chapter and move on. That will not wash...

Accident and Emergency Services: Motion. (10 May 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...has put accident and emergency services at the top of her and the Government's agenda" will be ridiculed in Wexford. If the Minister of State had any notion of how strongly the people of Wexford feel about their betrayal 13 months ago, he would know why his statement will provoke unmitigated anger. The hospital needs the immediate release of the 19 beds, and hopefully the 40 beds...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...such an offence, the trade union movement is strongly of that view and most citizens would agree that negligence to such an extent that a worker dies in the place of work is a serious offence, I feel there is public support for my proposal. God knows when we will have another vehicle to put this legislation in place. We do not know whether it will be two, three or ten years before another...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...that are completely derelict. I do not envisage this provision being used very often, if ever, but the capacity should be there so that we are not stuck when we are shocked by negligence and feel the maximum penalty available to a court is wholly inadequate in the circumstances. The formula I propose will address that shortcoming.

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...of the investigation being carried out by Mr. Justice Morris, the extended McBrearty family and associates, have not had their legal fees guaranteed in advance, so that they are precluded from feeling that they can participate fully in the inquiry. I hope the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will address this extraordinary and unjust set of circumstances and I understand he...

Work Permits. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...debated properly with cross-party consensus. I am specifically referring to individuals whose spouses are in Ireland and who have skills that could add to the economy but are debarred from it. They feel excluded although they are resident in Ireland. Will a case-by-case based facility be put in place for those affected spouses to have their cases heard?

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...a local authority. Local authorities simply deemed all the applications valid and left it to the Minister to make decisions. It is important to engage local government, the members of which have a feeling for what is happening in their areas. This would be helpful in identifying particular and real needs. The Minister already has in place the RAPID structure and analysis. If analysis and...