Results 7,301-7,320 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: This is Leaders' Questions.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is obliged to answer the question-----
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: -----and not say somebody will answer it in due course. That is not an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I will ask again. Is it the Government's intention to legislate-----
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Teachtaí from Fianna Fáil should calm down. Calm down a bit, lads.
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I will do my very best. Is it the Government's intention to legislate on the University of Limerick report proposals that were being advanced by former Minister of State, Gerald Nash? The matters I have talked about are of real concern to low and middle income workers and, in fact, to all workers. The issues are zero-hours contracts, abusive if-and-when contracts, bogus self-employment and...
- Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It is all very interesting but irrelevant to the question.
- Other Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I return to my original question as it is the most germane for those of us here to hold the Government to account. We are halfway through 2016, so what are the implications for this year's Estimates, for public expenditure and for the published revenue of the commitments made in the new programme for Government? Is the Minister saying there is no additional expenditure over what was signed...
- Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The previous Minister touched not a cent of anybody on under €65,000 but facts were never Sinn Féin's strong point. I have two questions. The cost of providing for the Lansdowne Road agreement for 2016 was €300 million. Has the Minister set aside any additional funding for additional public service pay restoration in 2016? In regard to pensioners, would the Minister...
- Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: As I stated, this template was my parting gift to the Minister. It is very useful, not only for fire-fighters. Does the Minister agree it would be useful for getting the TUI over the line and for dealing with the Garda Síochána? Is it his intention that the provisions of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation will be applied to trade unions which are...
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy David Cullinane should note that his question was skipped because the time for Priority Questions was up. The Acting Chairman has moved on to the next question, No. 36. Regarding the moneys from the sale of State assets, particularly the €400 million arising from the sale of BGE, a very sizeable sum, does the Minister have-----
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: We are on Deputy Shane Cassells' question.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: Under the old Standing Orders, if questions were not taken in the allocated time, one moved to Ordinary Questions.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: It will be rectified under Standing Orders this week.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: On the €400 million from the sale of BGE allocated by the previous Government for social housing, will the Minister tell us whether any progress has been made in finding a suitable mechanism for the investment of that money? Will it be deployed in the building of social housing?
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister might do the same on the money for connectivity projects.
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister but surely the Government did not enter into programme for Government commitments without costing them in advance. That would have been foolhardy in the extreme. What are the costs of those commitments over and above the Revised Estimates for 2016? Under the new budgetary process, we will shortly see Estimates. However, discussing the 2017 Estimates would be a...
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister does not know.
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has costed the agreements made with Independent Teachtaí Dála and with Fianna Fáil to maintain the Government; the total costs involved; the impact for the 2016 Estimates of Expenditure; if he envisages alterations in expenditure limits for any Department in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Priority Questions: Programme for Government (31 May 2016)
Brendan Howlin: I wish the Minister every success in his challenging job. I do not know whether it is good news or bad to note that I will not be shadowing him myself into the future. However, I wish him and his Ministers of State well. I have two simple questions for the Minister. While I appreciate the 2021 perspective in his reply, I did not ask about it. I asked two things. The first was about the...