Results 26,901-26,920 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Where is the Minister's Bill? His time is up.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." May I share time Deputies Burton, Stagg and O'Sullivan?

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I am honoured and privileged to move the Second Reading of the Civil Unions Bill in my name and supported by the Labour Party. I am proud to introduce this measure to the Dáil and to seek the support of Deputies of all parties and none for its enactment because it is a basic human rights measure. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the recognition and legal registration of civil...

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ——and that under Standing Orders, the Bill will fall with the dissolution of the Dáil. I regard that as shameful.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I will deal with the specifics of the reasoned amendment because I do not believe they are right or in accord with the shared opinion of Members on the Opposition Benches or the Colley report, which is cited in the amendment. Under the constitutional understanding of marriage and in accordance with current law, persons of the same sex cannot marry each other. This Bill does not alter or seek...

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister knows the Bill will fall with the Dáil.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, I would like to ask the Chair, as I have already asked the clerk, whether——

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The amendment proposed by the Tánaiste on behalf of the Government suggests that the House should grant a Second Reading to the Bill in six months' time. However, the Tánaiste knows that under Standing Orders, the Bill will fall when the general election is called. Is an amendment in order that purports to pass a Bill, but will have the effect of killing it?

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Ceann Comhairle deemed it to be in order?

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Radical or redundant.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: This is patronising rubbish.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: What has the Government done?

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We decriminalised homosexuality.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: It was found to be unconstitutional on one minor point, which was ably argued in this House by the then Minister, Mr. Mervyn Taylor.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: We normally show respect to former Members of this House. The former Minister, Mervyn Taylor, deserves respect rather than the Minister's cynical rubbish.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: He was not here.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister could not interrupt me from his office.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.