Results 28,861-28,880 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is a joke and an insult.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: This is hypocrisy.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: He is hanging the Minister out to dry slowly now.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The normal courtesy is that it would be circulated.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is a lie.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is extraordinary.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: This day has been a long time coming. From the first priority parliamentary question tabled to the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy O'Donoghue, by Deputy Jim Higgins on 5 May 1999 to today, more than six years of deep distress and unimaginable anguish for many individual citizens let down by the State have elapsed. More than that, their own State and its agent, the...
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Either the full details of the Carty report were known to him when he obfuscated and obstructed a sworn inquiry or he is so incompetent that he allowed the Garda authorities to conceal that from him and he came in here to face down the facts in the Dáil in ignorance.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: He is either incompetent or completely untrustworthy in terms of the information he has presented to this House. Those are the facts of it. The current Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform told us this morning that he had no knowledge as Attorney General of the details of the Carty report until January or February 2002.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is extraordinary.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: He misled the House.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: This is extraordinary.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister say when this was?
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Government side voted it down.
- Morris Tribunal: Statements. (17 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister give the date again?
- Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will consider bypassing the Arts Council as a means of funding the Abbey Theatre and implement a system whereby the theatre is funded directly from Government; his views on whether the funding of the Abbey Theatre requires urgent review in view of the losses recorded for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting senior citizens from the annual Government levy of â¬10 per ATM card, â¬20 per laser card, by way of encouragement not to keep cash in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/05]
- Order of Business. (16 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Ireland was legally obliged to transpose Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and Council into law no later than 23 March of this year. Ireland is the only member state that has not done so. The directive concerns the general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Union. When will we see the relevant legislation? Has the Commission been in touch with Irish...
- Written Answers — An Post: An Post (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the recent announcement in An Post's 2004 annual report that the company recorded a pre-tax profit of â¬7 million for 2004; his views on whether the company is justified in seeking up to 1,500 redundancies in view of such profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19900/05]
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I have been contacted by several health and safety officers as regards the amendment the Minister of State introduced in the Seanad on this matter. Practitioners who ensure there are proper health and safety standards in the workplace are alarmed by the removal of the requirement for an annual risk assessment, the cornerstone, in their view, of vigilance in health and safety. I have received...