Results 7,281-7,300 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Is the current Bill dropped? It had reached Second Stage.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: An Oireachtas committee could do that.
- Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I agree. There has been much talk about ordering business in a different way and the agreement is that we are not going to do it through the old Whip system and that there will be a business committee which will set the agenda for the House. There was no consultation with us in regard to what Bills were to be restored. As a precursor to having the business committee, that would have been...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: With whom?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It certainly did not arrive at my desk. To ensure that we understand, the Ceann Comhairle might explain his ruling to the House as everybody would need to know.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: No, I understand the Ceann Comhairle's ruling for today on a party-----
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: -----but how can a party of seven take precedence over an existing party of seven?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is a very simple question.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The question is very simple
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Brendan Howlin: On a point of procedure, I was not notified that there was to be a change in the order today-----
- Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I move:That Dáil Éireann: affirms that, as economic conditions continue to improve, it will stand up for working people and ensure that employees secure a fair share of growing national prosperity; accordingly calls for a programme of incremental increases to the national minimum wage until it is pegged at 60% of median earnings, and for a living wage of €11.50 per hour to...
- Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: This is Labour's first Private Members' time in the new Dáil and we had no difficulty in choosing the issue we want to prioritise. The previous Government was devoted to cleaning up the economic mess. Now, Ireland is in a strong position to grow again. My party's priorities are all about making sure the benefits of strong growth are fairly shared and about working to improve the...
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: No doubt you would have.
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Ceann Comhairle might start the curtailment when I have finished since he was generous with others. I bring the Taoiseach's attention to the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016. It was the last Act passed by the House on 11 February. It is now 110 days later. In three and a half months we have not passed a single Bill. I cannot recall in my time...
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach provide counselling?
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: What is the date for the Revised Book of Estimates?
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: A second one would be useful.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Acknowledging that employment law and workers' rights merit but two paragraphs in the programme for Government and on the anniversary of the scandalous treatment of Clery's workers, it is imperative that the recommendations of the University of Limerick report, commissioned by former Minister of State, Gerald Nash, be implemented. These are vital issues for low and middle income workers all...
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach have nothing else to say about the University of Limerick report?
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: This is Leaders' Questions.