Results 7,061-7,080 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Business of Dáil (7 Sep 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As amended.

Business of Dáil (7 Sep 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Could I ask a question about the arrangements for today's sitting? At the end of a debate such as that which will take place today, there is precedent for allowing questions about issues that may arise during the course of the day to be directed to the relevant Ministers from the Opposition benches. Would it be possible to provide a short period - perhaps half an hour - for questions at the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Not on Leaders' Questions.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Government is making it up as it goes along.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Returning to the issue of child and adolescent mental health, the particular case referenced by Deputy McDonald will strike concern in all of us because we know of similar cases. The ISPCC published its annual report today, the details of which I will not go into now. It makes for harrowing reading to learn that some children are waiting 18 months for referral to a child psychologist. I...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am continuing on issues related to mental health. There are two other commitments in the programme for a partnership Government with regard to mental health, one of which relates to building capacity in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. What is the target and delivery date in that regard? Also, on inter-agency connection between the voluntary and the statutory sectors,...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Is a task force being established?

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Labour Party supports the adoption of this regulation. CEPOL is the acronym for the European Police College, which continues to be a useful training device for police. In the international world of criminal activity, we need to have the expertise gathered from one nation shared. The European Police College was based in Bramshill in Hampshire up to September 2014, when it was then...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Grants (21 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 861. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on concern within the research community regarding possible reforms to the system used to allocate research grants; the specific plans, if any, to divest her Department’s control of the programme for research in third-level institutions, PRTLI, to Science Foundation Ireland; and her views on the fact that any...

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 3:In page 6, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Certain payments not to be proceeds of crime7.(1) Subsection (2)applies if by any enactment to be passed it is provided that a person who pays or gives another person money or other consideration for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a prostitute is guilty of an offence, while the receipt...

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I take the Tánaiste's point and the very valid point by made by my Fianna Fáil colleague. I wanted to make the point in advance of the Bill so we could reflect upon it. The point is made. I will withdraw the amendment.

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I tabled the amendment knowing that it was likely to be ruled out of order but I thought I had done my best on Second Stage to make an impassioned plea to the Minister. I had hoped that I would see a similar amendment in her name because it is not often in this House that one sees a consensus view, such as we saw even from the Deputies behind the Minister on this matter. I said that I...

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have escaped.

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: This is done elsewhere. There are models such as the one in Australia where this is done. It is a matter of having the will to do it. We do it here with the funds of suitors and the dormant accounts fund. Under the legislation, we take inactive accounts or funds of suitors, use them for a public good and if somebody subsequently says it is his or her money there is a provision for that....

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 1:In page 4, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(8) Where property is seized and detained under subsection (1) or (2), an application to the Court for an interim order or an interlocutory order in respect of the property shall be made by the bureau officer concerned as soon as he or she has enough evidence to make such an application.”. I...

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Can it?

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The CAB can avail of it.

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have listened with care to the learned counsel and to the Tánaiste. My genuine fear is that if it were accepted, the amendment would have an inadvertent and adverse impact on the effectiveness of what is extremely important anti-gang and anti-criminal legislation. As others have pointed out, the new section 3 lies at the heart of the legislation and it introduces the notion of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I want to get back to the nub of the questions. I thought we had a broad agreement last week on an invitation to an inclusive dialogue without preconditions for people to ask about the implications of this profound change in the status of the United Kingdom for the people on the island of Ireland. We invited people, whether farmers, industrialists, workers or employers, to come and talk to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I though we had a unanimous view which Sinn Féin bought into Government Buildings last week.