Results 5,141-5,160 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I have five questions in this group of 12. Deputy Martin is correct. We are garnering more information about Ireland's position from leaks coming from Brussels than we are being given directly. This is a moving platform and things are happening in real time. I have asked many times in recent months for us to be informed as we go along. I will shortly have an opportunity for ten minutes to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Okay.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with European leaders in advance of the next European Council meeting in December 2017. [51999/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the European Council President, Mr. Donald Tusk. [52882/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversations with the European Commission President, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker on Brexit. [52883/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the agenda for the upcoming European Council meeting; and if, in future, his Department will provide a briefing to Opposition leaders in advance of such meetings. [52885/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister. [53133/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The House is getting giddy.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I will return to the Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017. We have had discussions in this House, and I have had discussions with my former Department, in respect of section 39 organisations. Staff in those section 39 organisations, who took cuts mirroring those in the FEMPI legislation, have a legitimate expectation of pay restoration at the same rate and at the same time as the rest...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: So the organisations should pay the increases then.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister should make a declaration.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: As a matter of justice, would the Minister not make a statement?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Is the Taoiseach talking about CE schemes? They were established by former Deputy Ruairí Quinn.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I am. Community employment was piloted in Wexford.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach claims everything.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We know that.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: So do employers.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Parents in this country are under pressure. The cost of accommodation is out of control and out of the reach of too many. Child care bills are rising. There is no sign of any incremental progress on the extension of general practitioner, GP, care for children on which we were making progress. The modern workplace puts enormous pressure on parents. They fight to sustain their careers and...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We are now entering a Trump world of alternative facts. The truth is that most people will see some improvement to the value of about a cup of coffee. The real cost of providing child care and being able to afford a home is receding from them, but that reality is lost on the Taoiseach. On the net question I asked, the Taoiseach stated that he is in favour of paid parental leave but we will...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Brendan Howlin: That is what parliamentarians do.