Results 2,261-2,280 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the policy regarding the use of the Government jet in his Department. [51614/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that discusses environmental matters; and when it last met. [52732/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that discusses agricultural matters; and when it last met. [52727/19]
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Moran will not be involved.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: No.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: There has been much speculation in the media and elsewhere about the timing of the next general election. The Constitution is clear that Dáil Éireann shall be dissolved if the Taoiseach chooses to go to the President to seek a dissolution or if he or his Government loses the confidence of this House. There is speculation that the Taoiseach is to arrange a meeting with the leader...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I join other leaders in wishing An Leas-Cheann Comhairle a restful and happy Christmas and I thank him for all his work during the year. I extend good wishes to the Ceann Comhairle and hope that he will rejoin us here in full health and vigour early in the new year. I wish every Member a restful sojourn over the Christmas break. As others have stated, we probably face into more challenging...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: We know what Santa is getting the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I am interested in the Tánaiste's comment on a different form of administration than that which went before. I am not sure how more forthcoming he can be about how that is shaping up and what he envisages. We obviously cling strongly to the Good Friday Agreement because that is the underpinning of the progress we have made in the past 30 years. Any review of the Good Friday Agreement...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Yes, but if we are to have a permanent and sustainable future, we might need a mechanism - maybe it is too early even to be thinking out loud about it - to review the Good Friday Agreement without undermining or weakening it in any way in the interim. Can the Tánaiste see a different type of administration taking shape within the confines of the agreement as is?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to encourage the reconvening of the Northern Ireland Assembly; if he has called for new elections to help restart devolution in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53482/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Similarly, it would be timely, in the aftermath of the discussion that took place yesterday, for the Tánaiste to brief the House on the actions he has taken to date, the progress, if any, that has been made and where he thinks matters will go.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Those of us who have been on the edges of discussions such as this understand perfectly that the Tánaiste cannot be completely upfront and frank with us as to what has happened to date. I think all of us wish him well in his endeavours because this really is important. We will not get back the past 1,000-plus days. It is most regrettable that we have had a shocking void in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for official trips abroad over the next six months. [50155/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the December 2019 European Council meeting. [52729/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which policy discussions on drug gangs take place; and when it last met. [52728/19]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I thank party leaders and other Members of the House who have expressed condolences to the family of Cormac Ó Braonáin, and to the Labour Party given that he was the chair of Labour Youth, following his tragic passing in a road traffic accident last weekend. We are very grateful for that. When the Labour Party was in government earlier in this decade, we were very keen to...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Go raibh maith agat.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: This is our time.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is true that because we have progressive taxation and a decent social welfare system, it masks the fundamental inequality, which is the gap between those who earn the highest and the vast bulk of people who are on very low incomes. It is a fact that far too many of our citizens are barely earning enough to exist. They do not earn enough to pay rent in our inner cities or in our main...