Results 4,221-4,240 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (18 Sep 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the difficulties faced by primary schools in hiring qualified substitute teachers to cover teacher absences as expressed by parents, teachers and school management bodies; the steps he is taking to deal with the difficulties; his plans to establish a number of panels of substitute teachers...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37271/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (18 Sep 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37272/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (18 Sep 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37347/18]
- Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: We know there is an inquiry into it. Having listened carefully to the Sinn Féin leader's speech, I know this issue was not mentioned, even as the precursor of the collapse of the institutions. I do not say that as a criticism. I am pointing out the reality that a range of new issues, including marriage equality and the Irish language Act, are being referenced even though they were not...
- Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I welcome that at last we have a written position paper by the British Government setting out its vision of the future EU-UK relationship. It has taken more than two years to get to this stage and only months remain before March 2019 when the UK leaves the EU. I also welcome that Theresa May refers to commitments to Northern Ireland and to Ireland in her foreword to the White Paper. ...
- Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It was.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: There is some speculation as to whether the polling day for the upcoming referenda and presidential election will be either 25 October or 26 October this year. I also understand there are many potential candidates deeply exercised about the timeframe they have to be nominated. The Dáil is due to return on 18 September. Has the Government given any thought to making an order for...
- Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: This is a most timely motion, as the clock is ticking down to March next year, when the UK leaves the EU. It is one thing to talk about the overall volume of goods and services traded between Ireland and the UK, and the possibility of Ireland finding new markets for some of its goods, but when we discuss the nature of the goods we export to Britain and the conditions of our ports and other...
- Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: We can read the rest of it ourselves.
- Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: There were one or two others as well.
- Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Indeed it should. I speak as the person who drew up the national plan.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: They would not have been let in if they still espoused those views.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Union Council; and the meetings he held and the issues raised. [29291/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversation with the President of the EU Council, Mr. Donald Tusk. [29293/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I strongly agree with the points made by Deputy Micheál Martin and there is an allegation that the European People's Party is giving legitimacy to views being expressed by members which would not be countenanced even a few years ago. I will focus on one question. In response to the migration crisis, Irish naval vessels have been deployed in the Mediterranean, originally simply on...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: We get 90 seconds.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It sounds Jesuitical to me.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Access to the Single Market is different to-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: What is the difference between access on a restricted basis and cherry-picking?