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Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will the House sit at the same time as that forum?

Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I understood the proposal from the Government Whip was that she would bring forward a proposal in regard to the business. Why are we deciding it now?

Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: There is no point in a meeting of the Business Committee because it has clearly become farcical.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I suggest that the Government Whip bring a proposal to the House and it will make a decision. The Business Committee itself has no function.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is clear to any seasoned observer of industrial relations that the Government is simply sleepwalking into disaster. For all the talk about "engagement", the only way to hold the public services together is to negotiate with everybody. As I said weeks ago, bilateral deals will pull the agreement apart. I do not believe it is an exaggeration to say all public servants have made an...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In nine months time.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As a matter of law, the Taoiseach has responsibility for the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, and relations with social partners. The Government has sought to introduce legislation to repeal the NESC Act but that has not occurred. As of now, therefore, the Taoiseach has responsibility for the NESC. This week, as others have told the Taoiseach in clear terms, the impact of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Programme for Government (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made within his Department on the establishment of a dedicated prevention and early intervention unit; the detail of the work programme planned for that unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31579/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (20 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As the Minister for Social Protection is taking Leaders' Questions today, I ask about the Social Welfare Bill. Have the discussions concluded and can he tell the House now, and the people who are dependent on social welfare benefits, when the social welfare increases announced on budget day will take effect next year? Can he also indicate whether they will all take place on the same day in...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: First Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. On behalf of my Labour Party colleagues, I seek leave to introduce the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Bill has been drafted to bring much-needed regulation to rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. Some years ago, a young Labour Party...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: What about the question regarding rent control?

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Maybe I am encouraged by the new dispensation whereby all rows in government are now public.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Government appears to want people to save up for homes, but they cannot do so if rents are increasing by 25%. There is no point in putting money into the rent supplement or housing assistance payment schemes, as the Government has done, if there are no measures to control the surge in rents. All the Government is doing is putting State money directly into the hands of landlords. The...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Rents are surging.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Government control rents? That is the question.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Last week, the Government published a budget that includes tax cuts for landlords, an increase in the threshold for the rent a room scheme and the introduction of a first-time buyer's scheme that has been widely criticised for increasing prices and delivering no meaningful benefit for those at whom it is aimed. The Government managed to introduce those measures while doing nothing for those...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach and I had many conversations when we were in government concerning Fine Gael's decision to block the idea of rent control. In view of the astonishing figures published this morning, I hope the Taoiseach will change his view and accept this is a necessary proposal. The introduction of some model of rent control is now imperative. I ask the Taoiseach to examine the proposals in...

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I will not try to sum up, but I will try to address the motion.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In simple terms, we are debating whether education really matters. This is only the second opportunity the Labour Party has had in this Dáil session to table a Private Members' motion, and we chose education as the topic, because it really does matter. Education is the liberator. It is the key to establishing real equality in any society. I thank all the speakers who spoke in the...