Results 29,041-29,060 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 50: In page 75, after line 53, to insert the following: "(11) A person whoâ (a) contravenes any of the relevant statutory provisions by doing otherwise than under the authority of a licence issued by the Authority or, a person prescribed under section 33, something for the doing of which, such a licence is necessary under the relevant statutory provisions, or (b)...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I am not convinced. I think it is a case of the parliamentary draftsmen deciding to stick with what they have. My proposal would improve the Bill, but the Minister of State is not of a mind to accept it.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: May I ask that the amendments be taken seriatim?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 51: In page 76, lines 11 to 25, to delete all words from and including "section" in line 11 down to and including "paragraph (b)" in line 25 and substitute the following: "this Act or under section 39(17)(e) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 as applied to this Act by section 29(7)". The purpose of this amendment is twofold. It is linked to the amendment I have just...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I seek provision for a decision in each case on what is appropriate so that it would be open to the prosecuting authority to seek a higher penalty, which would be available to the court to impose. A number of the offences encompassed by the lesser model proposed by the Minister of State where the fine could be not more than â¬3,000 could involve a serious omission, including the failure to...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 52: In page 76, line 27, to delete "6" and substitute "12". The purpose of the amendment is to increase the maximum punishment for summary offences from six to 12 months to reflect the seriousness of the offences.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Is that unparliamentary language?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: My amendment No. 54 is related. A maximum penalty of â¬3 million could be too low in calamitous cases involving multiple deaths caused by absolute negligence on the part of a major multinational or large conglomerate. The formula I propose is a maximum penalty of â¬3 million or 10% of the annual turnover of the defendant as ascertained by the court, whichever is the greater, so that...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 54: In page 76, line 30, after "â¬3,000,000" to insert the following: "or 10 per cent of the annual turnover of the defendant as ascertained by the court concerned, whichever is greater,". The Minister has already responded to this, but his argument that the existence of sub-companies would mean the turnover would not be significant is addressed by the fact that it is...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 55: In page 76, line 31, to delete "2" and substitute "10". The purpose of the amendment is to increase the maximum period of imprisonment on conviction on indictment from two to ten years. Given that some of the offences could involve the loss of life of workers, two years is a ridiculously low period of imprisonment. It seems to value life cheaply.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I cannot agree with the Minister of State that where gross negligence results in the loss of life, it is appropriate that the penalty is two years. If I recall, gross negligence in a car resulting in death carries a penalty of at least double that, if not a higher penalty. Why should an employer who is reckless to the extent that somebody loses his or her life face a maximum penalty of two years?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Is driving causing death an analogous offence?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (4 May 2005)
Brendan Howlin: It could be.
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposals following the recent visit to Darfur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13549/05]
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he and the Foreign Ministers of the European Union have had with the Sudanese Government about the deteriorating situation in Darfur; the outcome of the talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13550/05]
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: There are no beds.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: There are no beds in Wexford General Hospital. Patients needed to be moved into the children's ward last weekend.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Inadequate bed numbers.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: When will the health capital programme be released?
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is the issue.