Results 28,341-28,360 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thought I might slip it in.

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste gave them a commitment.

Job Protection. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Offering cars and everything.

Job Protection. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: And dancing at the crossroads.

Industrial Disputes. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thought a number of questions were being taken together.

Industrial Disputes. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Could they not be taken together?

Industrial Disputes. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle announced they would be taken together and that we were outside the time for Priority Questions. Can I ask a brief supplementary question?

Industrial Disputes. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thought there was a set time for Priority Questions. Do Standing Orders not specify the allocation of 30 minutes for them?

Industrial Disputes. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I must remember that the next time the Leas-Cheann Comhairle quotes Standing Orders at me. They are only an aspiration.

Social Partnership Agreements. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach his assessment of the implications for talks on a new social partnership agreement of recent developments in the Irish Ferries dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37877/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons from EU countries that joined the community in 2004 who have applied for and received unemployment benefit or assistance since May 2004; his views on whether these figures show the fears of welfare tourism that were expressed at the time were unfounded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37209/05]

Written Answers — Migrant Workers: Migrant Workers (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to his discussions with the European Commission regarding the Government's implementation of the two year habitual residence requirement in regard to qualification for social welfare benefits; if he intends to introduce changes to the requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37208/05]

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the opportunity to speak in advance of the ministerial round of the WTO in Hong Kong. Too often, this House debates these matters at the conclusion of talks. The structure of these talks is extremely complicated and we are grateful to the various organisations that advised us on a moral agenda that should emerge from the next round. The Labour Party believes in a multilateral trade...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The nation committed itself to those goals when we signed up to them at the UN. We should not be trying to weaken those objectives through international organisations such as the WTO. The third objective must be to foster sustainable development. Since the Rio process in the 1990s, sustainability has been an important part of the international agenda. It seemed to lose steam in recent times,...

Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Time in the House is precious. If we are not competing, we should know.

Order of Business. (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It is a case of Ivor freelancing again.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he expects the Charities Bill to be published by spring 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/05]

Written Answers — Drug Abuse: Drug Abuse (30 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the latest information his Department has on the extent of the cocaine crisis nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36929/05]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (30 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has been informed, in relation to her application for naturalisation on the basis of marriage to an Irish citizen, that her declaration and the affidavit of her spouse are required to be signed on the same date and that her...

Order of Business (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to add my voice to those sending messages of sympathy to my constituents in Wexford. Unfortunately, the seafaring people in the coastal areas of Kilmore, Fethard and Slade have all too often been visited by tragedy. I am familiar with the trauma that must now be endured. I wish every success to the rescue services in their efforts to recover Mr. Pat Colfer and I thank them. I wish the...