Results 29,441-29,460 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: There is a phrase "talk is cheap". We agree we need transparency and a more competitive market in regard to professional services, but what will the Tánaiste do about it? Her announcement in January that she would make an order requiring dentists to display their prices was welcome but five months later, that order has not been signed. There is a tardiness there which must be addressed. When...

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That can vary too, as can the quality.

Price Displaying. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That is a woman who does not drink pints.

Price Increases. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: By and large, I agree with the Tánaiste that information provided to the consumer is the best mechanism to ensure competition, but does she accept that there are occasions when a more direct intervention is required? If there is a clear example of exploitation of a special occasion and of a captive market in a confined geographical area, is there not a case, in those exceptional...

Price Increases. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That is capitalism.

Price Increases. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Would the Tánaiste not accept that the attitude she has displayed to this question is giving the green light to publicans to repeat the process on the next rugby weekend or another special occasion? She said she will do nothing other than let the market take its course, and she has invited people to shop around. That is no consolation, however, particularly for the tourism sector because...

Safety on Farms. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: While I welcome the advertising campaign and its positive impact, does the Tánaiste accept that the Health and Safety Authority is already stretched when it comes to providing staff for on-site inspections in the construction sector, much less on every farm in the State? Does she see a role for the local authorities in this area? Could building regulations have a role, with a separation in...

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is still the Government's intention to introduce legislation to provide for a new offence of corporate killing as recommended by the Law Reform Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13801/04]

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I am more confused now on this saga. Last October the Law Reform Commission report recommended the creation of a new offence of corporate killing. The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, welcomed it. At the time the Minister of State said it was his intention to establish in law an offence of statutory corporate killing which would be prosecuted on indictment, in essence, an...

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Minister's assertion that a new offence of corporate manslaughter will be created. However I must be cynical about timing. We have been promised this since the publication of the Law Reform Commission's report. We were promised it would be incorporated in the health and safety at work Bill. Now, many months later, after the promised publication date, we are informed that it will...

Proposed Legislation. (13 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Will it be this year?

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on recent comments by the chairman of the Road Safety Council that the absence of a central budget for road safety is responsible for inadequate funding of road safety schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12509/04]

Written Answers — Transport Service Regulation: Transport Service Regulation (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to permit private bus operators to pick up passengers on existing CIE routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/04]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she has taken to protect workers against the effects of radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12498/04]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department can expedite a decision in relation to the application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has resided here since 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/04]

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: What kind of computer has such a lifespan?

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: That is wrong.

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Does that make it all right?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Any day now.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2004)

Brendan Howlin: Who asked for the meeting?