Results 41-60 of 202 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Brendan Howlin

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...from €0 to €75. It has no part in a Brexit Bill because it is not Brexit-related. Something which affects Japanese, American and Canadian tourists is not Brexit-related. It is simply an overreach by Revenue to try to claw back money that it does not feel should be there in the first place. If it wants to argue that, let it do so in a budgetary statement and through a...

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...not only to identify problems but to put forward concrete solutions. One of Government's prime responsibilities is to ensure the safety of its citizens. People must not only be safe but they must feel safe and not threatened in their homes. The security of everybody in their homes is so fundamental and it is so undermining to their well-being and mental health if they feel under threat....

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...for governance. I am afraid the introduction in the British Parliament of Part 5 the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill makes the requirement for governance all the more necessary because if a deal is done with a sovereign nation and it feels at liberty to simply undermine it fundamentally in law, arbitrarily and without discussion, there has to be some mechanism to ensure that if...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...of regulations happened and that would be cause, without further explanation, to deprive somebody of a licence. I am suggesting that provision should be allowable in this Bill such that somebody who feels that he or she has been very unfairly treated and who has no other recourse because the decision is not appealable and it is not practical to have a judicial review - this might never...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: When an immediate closure order is made by An Garda Síochána, as is clear from the term, it has immediate effect. If somebody feels aggrieved there is no way that the validity or reasonableness of an immediate closure order can be scrutinised by a court because if a premises is closed for the day, by the time a proprietor has any remedy it is obviously too late. We accept that...

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...the issues we have talked about and debated, namely, to give gardaí the power to enter a premises, and, therefore, to give a direction for any other matter outside the scope of this Bill seems contradictory to the norms of legislation, in my view. It might be that the Minister feels there are other Covid provisions in other legislation, and that when gardaí are there and see...

Ainmniú Iarrthóirí agus Ceann Comhairle a Thoghadh - Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle (20 Feb 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...Executive and the strength of the Government, which includes the permanent government in the Civil Service, being held to account by the House. Deputy Naughten's points on parliamentary questions are valid. We all feel frustration and need concrete solutions to that. Those of us who have been asking Taoiseach's questions over the past few years realise that it is not a good use of our...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Supports to Former Taoisigh (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...anybody who is getting emoluments or funding of any description from the public purse? It may be completely and entirely justifiable in every instance, but we need to know. Otherwise, there is a feeling that undermines public confidence in the transparent expenditure of public funds.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Community Enhancement Programme (26 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...drug abuse not just in Dublin's inner city but across the country, there is a familiar pattern of economic and social disadvantage in the areas that are suffering the greatest problems. There is a feeling of abandonment, starting with the absence of quality public services, such as childcare, genuinely free education and healthcare, combined with a lack of future employment opportunities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...and access to legitimate and truthful information. We were promised that online political advertisements will be clearly identified as such. The Taoiseach previously said that he had mixed feelings about the decision of Twitter to ban political advertising in response to the problem of misinformation. Last year, in a biography, it was claimed that he floated the idea of creating an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: .... Also, those industries that invested in good faith to produce smokeless fuel are now at an enormous disadvantage. If there is any suing to be done, it is probably those industries that would feel aggrieved by a stated State policy to ban smoky coal that is now not being acted on. I see the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment is preparing to answer this. When...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...living in family hubs that the Government has provided as temporary accommodation. The Ombudsman for Children stresses the deep emotional impact that this is having on children who have expressed feelings of guilt, shame and anger because of their living circumstances. This is despite the fact that these circumstances are totally outside their control. My colleague, Deputy Jan...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...to be the case that if the UK leaves the Union without a deal, there will be serious economic consequences for it, which will quickly will lead to a sour political atmosphere there, even sourer than the one that currently prevails, and, whatever we feel about it, it is likely that Ireland will be blamed, especially by those Brexiteers who have lied to the British people about the EU for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...was the role of the Bon Secours sisters and the extent to which State agencies were involved. The arts are another way of providing us with a mechanism to understand and, more importantly, feel the emotional impact and trauma of the Tuam mother and baby home. In Dublin last week I attended the Stay With Me exhibition at the Inspire Galerie. The exhibition was of artwork created by...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...but we can ask the same question of the Taoiseach. To take one example, I have no confidence that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has an adequate grip on his portfolio. In truth, I think most members of the Government feel as I do on that matter, even more so since his performance this week.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Protected Disclosures (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...allow disclosures to be made to the level of manager closest to the issue which had arisen. In other words, one would not have to go to the very top of an organisation. As it turns out, people feel inhibited and that they must either go to the very top of the organisation or, in many instances, a Member of the Oireachtas which is provided for in the Act, instead of having the cultural...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: .... He believes that a second referendum must be carefully prepared for to avoid a situation where even if the UK people voted to remain after all, there would be millions of Leave voters who would feel betrayed, humiliated and resentful. The deal to exit the EU is what it is and I pay tribute to Irish Ministers and diplomats who so valiantly protected Irish interests in the...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...and the Prime Minister in him. A telling phrase was used by Deputy Naughten in what amounted to his resignation speech. Nobody on the Opposition benches called for his resignation and yet he did not feel he had the confidence of the Taoiseach. His assessment was that this was more to do with opinion polls than telecoms poles that might bring broadband into the homes of rural Ireland....

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...do not see the likelihood of gaining access to an affordable home when they need it now, not at some future date. Those who are renting only see their rent going up faster than their incomes. Even those on good money feel insecure about their tenancies and they feel insecure about starting a family. The depth of insecurity created by our dysfunctional housing system is causing deep and...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: .... The duty of the State, as the President has said, is to provide people with a floor of decency, a solid foundation that allows them to move forward with confidence to make choices for themselves and to feel empowered to deal with the challenges that we all face in life. The budget is funded from public money and we are all taxpayers. Those on the lowest incomes pay as great a...