Results 22,721-22,740 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: I am not sure how relevant this discussion is to the amendment.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: I would like to dispose of the amendment before we get onto any broader debate. I allowed some latitude in the first round of contributions, but I will allow less latitude this time.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: There is no such thing as a point of information in the House. The Deputy must make an intervention.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Deputy move on, please?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: I am sure this is not relevant.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should speak to the amendment.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: This is entirely outside the scope of the amendment.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: We must deal with the amendment. I call the Minister for a very brief response.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: I call the Minister to provide a relevant conclusion to this matter.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are related and may be discussed together.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: On two occasions Fianna Fáil-led Governments voted down a Labour Party Bill to allow for civil unions with the promise of its own civil partnership legislation. Heads of a Bill were published last summer and the Bill has been on the legislative list since. When will the civil partnership Bill be published and introduced into the House?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Will it be published this session?
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State should be allowed to speak without interruption.
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in the context of the forthcoming budget, consideration is being given to a reduction in the signing on requirements to qualify for back to education allowance in order that persons who have lost their jobs as a result of the recession may take up available third level places without losing their social welfare...
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Allow the Minister of State to make his contribution.
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Please allow the Minister to make his contribution.
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: Please allow the Minister to continue.
- Unemployment Levels: Motion (11 Mar 2009)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister has one minute left.