Results 4,261-4,280 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: On No. 16, the motion on the report of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport under Standing Order 114, my party does not have a member on the committee and the report is not online this morning in order for us to know exactly what we are doing. This is a European procedure. If a number of national parliaments agree to it, it can actually block a regulation. It is a rather...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Why?
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I never thought I would say that the UK Government is making this country's Government look positively stable.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I caution the Taoiseach against seeking a mandate for a strong and stable Government because it has not worked out so well for his counterpart across the water. I want to say clearly and passionately that I genuinely believe, on the basis of all the contacts and discussions I have had with my British colleagues, that if there is a deadline of September for a settlement on the backstop issue,...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: We all welcome the fact that, after two years negotiating among themselves, we finally have before us a document that outlines a future EU-UK relationship. It is useful that we have something with which to engage, although it remains to be seen whether it will continue to be the settled position of the British Government once the more detailed White Paper is published in a few days' time, or...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the European Commission President, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker. [27718/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ports Facilities (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 698. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to he fact that Rosslare Port is not a designated port for food imports from outside of the EU; his plans to make such a designation at the port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30113/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (10 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30359/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It should be half an hour.
- Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to restore town councils for the purposes of local government, and to provide for related matters. The town council tier of local government was abolished by the previous Administration, of which I was a member, and it was a mistake. I acknowledged that while we were in government and I made a speech to the Labour Party at...
- Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: First Stage (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Is the Tánaiste telling us he is optimistic?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: As we speak, the British Prime Minister is flying to Berlin to persuade Angela Merkel not to dismiss out of hand what we expect to emerge from the discussion of the British Cabinet tomorrow, which is a hybrid of the two previous ideas - an emphasis on non-existent new technology and some aspects of a customs partnership. Let us be clear. The bulletproof arrangement that we understood to be...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I said to the Taoiseach last week that it was essential that Ireland insist on a deadline for the UK to produce an acceptable legal backstop agreement with the European Union on the Irish Border issue. I believe such a deadline could and should be set well in advance of the European Council meeting in October, so that Ireland is not forced under pressure from all sides to accept any kind of...
- European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I do not think there is any such Standing Order.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [27723/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The Government already borrowed to set it up.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B (Social Policy and Public Services) last met; and when it plans to meet next. [27722/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I asked about the budgets. The Taoiseach started at the back and then went to the front but left out the two questions in the middle.