Results 2,541-2,560 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: The competition collapsed as a result.
- Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I would say that.
- Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I hope the clock is stopped.
- Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: A well-regulated market economy requires a strong regulator and a genuine competition among multiple enterprises. When it comes to network infrastructure, whether an electricity grid or, in this case, a network of fibre optic cables, it is often not possible to have multiple competing firms. It is simply prohibitively expensive and patently inefficient to have two overlapping networks....
- Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is a different issue. The British Parliament has allowed the legislation to be debated and it is quite clear that some Members of Parliament did so with the intention of making fundamental amendments to the agreement. What will happen if the Brexit legislation is seriously challenged? We should urge the EU to continue to avoid a hard Brexit by giving sufficient time, whatever time...
- Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: There are dark clouds on the horizon, some of which I mentioned this morning. The United States has placed €6.8 billion worth of tariffs on European trade that will directly affect our exports. The United States is also engaged in a trade war with China that affects the global supply of components for manufacturing, with knock-on effects for manufacturing in Ireland. Most countries,...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: That is the point I was making.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I agree with the Taoiseach concerning the agreement that was reached last week, in that the best is often the enemy of the good. Most of us would acknowledge that the agreed deal is a poorer one than what was offered in Prime Minister Theresa May's deal. As others have pointed out, the clear signal from Prime Minister Boris Johnson - the Taoiseach might not have picked up on it, but it is...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Whatever it will be called, I am referring to a new funded PEACE arrangement that will finance activities on both sides of the Border.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach agree to that?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of the European Council. [41980/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council on 17 and 18 October 2019. [43182/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversation with the UK Prime Minister. [41977/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I too acknowledge the work done by our own officials, as well as the Barnier task force. I expressed that directly to Michel Barnier last week. It showed great solidarity with a small member state and its particular needs. On where we go from here, I understand that the Taoiseach has agreed with President Tusk today to an extension to 31 January 2020, in what the Taoiseach has described...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister. [41981/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Danish Prime Minister. [41982/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: The three groups of questions overlap in the sense that we are discussing matters the Taoiseach discussed with a variety of EU Ministers. I am going to use the first group to ask about a matter that was debated at the socialist group meeting I attended last week at which I had the pleasure to meet Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania, and Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of the Republic of...
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I also have not seen the proposal in written format. When is it expected that a report on the matter will be available and will it be circulated?
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Okay. When will the statements be taken?
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (23 Oct 2019)
Brendan Howlin: For how long?