Results 29,061-29,080 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Where is the capital programme?
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: No capital programme has been released for this year.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Where are the beds?
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister is in cloud cuckoo land.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Where is the capital programme for this year?
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Where is this year's programme? Twelve months ago 19 beds for Wexford General Hospital were announced by the former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: We never had a problem in Wexford General Hospital until this year.
- Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: When was the contract signed? The Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children said the Department of Finance was holding it up.
- Written Answers — Remuneration in the Public Sector: Remuneration in the Public Sector (27 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the review body on higher remuneration in the public sector; when the review body is likely to complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13345/05]
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (27 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient procedures in place to provide for the adequate supervision of banks, in view of the continuing disclosures of incidences of overcharging by banks and financial institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13346/05]
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the findings of the report of the Committee of Public Accounts into the redress scheme for victims of institutional abuse; the action she intends to take arising from the report; if she intends to implement the recommendations contained in the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13009/05]
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she intends to finalise the institutions to be added to the list under the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13008/05]
- Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if non-EU and non-EEA doctors are allowed to participate in the general medical scheme here; the conditions that apply to such participation; the number of non-EU doctors recognised as general practitioners by the Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13395/05]
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the waiting time for the processing of applications for naturalisation; the number of applications in hand; the expected date on which applications at present in his Department will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13402/05]
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 26: In page 37, line 27, to delete "danger" and substitute "circumstances". The Minister of State and I once stood in front of a classroom teaching plain English. A very straightforward argument regarding this amendment was made on Committee Stage. I am amused at the briefing note the Minister of State sent me. Subsection (3) (f) reads: subject to subsection (6), in...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Why did the Parliamentary Counsel not put the word in the first clause?
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Of the message.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: I can accept bad English if it serves a purpose but can the Minister of State state that my analysis is not wrong and that the circumstances of danger could persist without triggering the danger in the second clause? That is what this debate hinges on. The term "circumstances of danger" is quite different from "danger persisting". If it were not so, the Minister of State would have included...
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: That is of no help.
- Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister of State see the difficulty in what I am outlining?