Results 29,161-29,180 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: That was the last important legislation on this issue.

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The local ones will do.

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There is a degree of brass neck in the response by the Minister of State. Parliamentary questions have been tabled on this issue for years. This issue was raised by myself, among others, in the debate on the health and safety legislation. The response he and his predecessor presented was that there was adequate inspection and no need for further inspectors. It is only the crisis of recent...

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The response was that they were not needed.

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a report prepared by officials of his Department found that lack of staff, resources, training and legal support was hampering the pursuit of employers who exploit their workers; the steps being taken to address this situation, particularly in view of increasing reports of exploitation of foreign workers; and if he will...

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I welcomed the appointment of the Minister of State not so long ago, but I am afraid he has reverted to Department speak very quickly after his appointment. I ask him to address the questions asked in my priority question. Is it not a fact, and will the Minister not acknowledge, that the labour inspectorate in this internal review stated that it was prevented from properly policing the...

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister acknowledge that the proof of the pudding is what happens on the ground? Is it not a fact that the number of inspections dropped from 7,168 in 2003 to 5,160 last year, a decrease of approximately 2,000 inspections? Is it not a fact also that prosecutions have fallen from 20 in 2003 to 14 last year? We are going backwards and the notion that all is well or will soon be well...

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It did not.

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Only the whistleblowers caught up with them, thank God.

Labour Inspectorate. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Not with an inadequate policing system.

Job Losses. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There is no regional balance.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: When will we see the 2005 programme?

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Where is the Cabinet programme?

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister was my junior Minister. He barely ever turned up. He was too busy knocking on doors in Limerick.

Leaders' Questions. (20 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Only for Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, nothing would have happened.

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent report produced by the Community Platform that national partnership is not meeting the needs of those living in poverty; his views on the findings of the Community Platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent study produced by the EU Commission, the Report on Gender Equality Between Men and Women, which found that Irish women were at greater risk of poverty than any of their EU counterparts; the steps he intends to take to deal with the problem of women and poverty; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (19 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when a decision will be made in respect of the application by Wexford County Council for funding to address coastal erosion issues in County Wexford; if his attention has been drawn to the severe damage caused by winter storms at Doogan's Warren, Rosslare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12114/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the visitor visa applications of two persons (details supplied); if the basis on which these visa applications were refused was conveyed to these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Apr 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position with regard to applications from his Department to the central applications facility in regard to the decentralisation of his Department; if there has been an improvement on the 157 applications received up to February 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/05]