Results 27,741-27,760 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The people want to hear us debate the issues and not defend our inflated egos, as some have done.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is little short of a disgrace.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I will not deign to respond to a personal insult from a man who is so bereft of any authority, moral or otherwise, at this stage.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister's credentials as a champion of equality fall entirely under section 5. After the rush to finality is over and the facts emerge from the fog of Government incompetence, the parents of Ireland will be in for a major shock when they realise the Government is criminalising boys and not girls for consensual sex. The Government seems to think that the rights of boys are of lesser order...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: It is not right. Will the Minister listen to the argument and then debate it on Committee Stage?

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Inevitably, this discrimination will give rise to a constitutional challenge or a challenge under the European Convention of Human Rights.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: On the basis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in the Dudgeon and Norris cases, where the court rejected the idea that certain acts which were lawful for heterosexuals were unlawful for homosexuals, a strong case can and will be made for the proposition that it is illegal to provide that an act which is lawful for a girl is unlawful for a boy.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Our advice is that this outright discrimination will fail the test of constitutionality and of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: At long last.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: He has done nothing over the past six months.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: We only have 30 minutes for Committee and Report Stages.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the major hospital building projects which are in the planning pipeline; the stage each has reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21322/06]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that pneumococcal meningitis has a fatality rate of approximately 20 per cent and that it is associated with a higher risk of permanent neurological damage such as deafness and epilepsy; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that many countries around the world...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in relation to a work permit application for a person (details supplied), account was taken by his Department of the fact that, despite exhaustive efforts including repeated and prolonged advertising and assistance from FÁS, it has proved impossible to recruit a suitably qualified Irish, EEA national or non-EEA...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in relation to the visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) which is the subject of a review by his Department under the scheme of family reunification, he will ensure that a review decision is made. [21368/06]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will confirm that a school (details supplied) in County Wexford has an enrolment quota of 270 pupils for 2006; if, in the event that this quota is not fully taken up by applicants from the school's catchment area, the school will be permitted to enrol, up to the quota limit, applicants who reside outside the catchment area;...

Sexual Offences (Age of Consent) (Temporary Provisions) Bill 2006: First Stage. (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to re-enact certain enactments relating to sexual acts with persons who have not attained a stated age, to provide for a defence to offences under those enactments, and to provide for connected matters.

Sexual Offences (Age of Consent) (Temporary Provisions) Bill 2006: First Stage. (1 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — National Conference Centre: National Conference Centre (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to the development of the National Conference Centre; when he expects to be able to bring the matter to Government; if he still expects construction of the new centre to commence in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21019/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (31 May 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the president of the Human Rights Commission, Dr. Maurice Manning, in which he expressed concern that bodies voted in existence by the Houses of the Oireachtas faced endless frustration in getting resources to do the jobs they were given; if, in particular, he noted Dr. Manning's...