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Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Exactly.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, you are.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: If the House is in a position to take such a proposal, that would be a good thing.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, absolutely.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I agree.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I do not believe it would be useful, were Members not in that position, to go through four, five or six more votes if they were all going to be inconclusive, but the provision should be there. If somebody is in a position to believe he or she would carry it, the facility should be on the Order Paper to do that.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Members have not seen it.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Only Sinn Féin is important.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Very profound questions have been tabled by Deputies and put to the House on the accountability of a Government that does not command a majority in this House. The issue of parliamentary questions has been raised. The solution put forward that we would have policy debates and make policy determinations in the absence of a new Government is fundamentally flawed. We have to have a new...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I listened carefully to everything that was said. I believe that saying that we respect other people's point of view is more than rhetoric. Everybody is entitled to a view on this. This House has a responsibility to elect an accountable Government with all speed. The notion that we can have fundamental policy debates that alter national policy without a Government or without knowing the...

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: That is motion 5a-----

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Subject to it being amended by the Taoiseach.

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, are we clear on who is included under 5a?

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Fine.

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his election. To be Ceann Comhairle of this House is a great honour. I know he will carry out that duty with great distinction, as he has conducted his role as a Deputy over the years. I was not minded to speak in this debate but perhaps my physical proximity to Deputy Ross was the catalyst for me to feel I should speak. The election is over and we...

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Brendan Howlin: That solution will require compromise which is the basic normal course of politics in every elected chamber in the world. There are people here who regard the very notion of having to do that sort of business as beneath them. Even the notion of the centrality of reform is not a one-off issue. Reform is a process that will go on. Before the last Dáil assembled, I was asked by my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (3 Feb 2016)

Brendan Howlin: While I cannot comment on individual cases or circumstances the following sets out the position in relation to the Public Service Sick Leave Scheme and the Critical Illness Protocol.  The Public Service Sick Leave Scheme came into effect on 31 March 2014.  The rationale for the Scheme is to provide support to public servants who become ill while at the same time reduce the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (3 Feb 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 3324 of 27 January on the same matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman Investigations (3 Feb 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am advised that the four Judicial Reviews against the Ombudsman alluded to were withdrawn by agreement between the parties and were not settled in either party's favour.  The Office of the Ombudsman is an independent Office accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas. That said, I am aware that the Ombudsman does afford individuals an opportunity to review decisions reached...