Results 541-560 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: What are the projects?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: We have recovered rather well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: What kind of reforms are we talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I am sorry, but this is different. We have registration under the Standards in Public Office Act, but we also have a law on the regulation of lobbyists, under which anyone who lobbies must register.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2022: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: We are pressured for time.
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50519/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a social welfare appeal for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50520/23]
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his indulgence. I wanted to make a few comments on the legislation before the House and the fact that this is the product of a new entity, the Electoral Commission, that we have been long promised and has been long talked about. It is great to actually have it in existence. All other electoral boundaries that were presented, and by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I thank our witnesses. As was said, the opening statements covered a broad range of issues, many of which we have touched on with various speakers in this committee in recent years. I will pose several questions on Professor Barrett's paper, but I would like both Professor Barrett and Dr. Colfer to respond. On the comments Professor Barrett made on the EMU, basically saying that because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: These are the things we have to deal with. I do not, though, think we can deal with them by feeding the view of the conspiracy theorists that an elite is trying to avoid allowing the people to have their say. Those are my points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: This is presuming the best way is actually doable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Needs must sometimes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: It was played down.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Cameron delivered on one and it did not work out well for him. He is back, I suppose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Thus ended the first lesson.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: God, no.
- Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I thank Sinn Féin Deputies for tabling this motion and allowing us another opportunity to address this issue. This is my third time to speak on the unfolding horror that we are witnessing in Gaza. Last week, I said that the carnage we are witnessing daily is sickening. The only thing that has happened since is that matters have become even worse. The Minister for Further and Higher...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I have only two minutes and then I will adjourn the debate. I have witnessed many electoral commissions presenting their findings to this House over the years. Up to now they have been an ad hoccommittee of disparate individuals with important tasks brought together simply to determine the constituency boundaries for an election. This is the first time we have actually had an Electoral...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)
Brendan Howlin: When will the debate resume?