Results 9,701-9,720 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: No, it is perfectly clear.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: Yes.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: Correct.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 54: In page 9, to delete lines 26 to 28 and substitute the following: “ “public service body” means—(a) a Department of State, (b) the Garda Síochána, (c) the Permanent Defence Force, (d) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001, (e) the National Treasury Management Agency, (f) the National Asset...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 57: In page 9, after line 36, to insert the following:“ “Single Public Service Pension Scheme” means the scheme established by Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012;”.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 59: In page 10, line 20, to delete “consider” and substitute “considers”.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 60: In page 10, line 24, to delete “consider” and substitute “considers”.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I understand what the Deputy is saying. Section 10(4) provides that the commission can omit from the register any personal data the commission considers might be misused. This provision meets the requirements of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003. The Act states that personal data means data relating to a living individual who is or can be identified either from the data or from data...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: We consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure it was acceptable.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 63: In page 11, line 36, to delete “a client” and substitute “another person (in this section referred to as a “client”)”.The proposed amendment is necessary consequent to the amendment to section 5. It defines the term "client" within section 12 as this term is no longer used in the proposed new section 5(1). We must insert a...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 64: In page 12, line 2, to delete “public service”.This amendment deletes the words "public service" from section 12(4)(b). Again, it is a technical amendment to ensure the Bill is consistent in its reference to bodies. While initially all designated public officials will be either employed or hold office in public service bodies, it is possible that, as...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 65: In page 12, line 10, after “person” to insert “and”.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: No, bluntly speaking-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: People can speak to one another at any given time. I do not believe serious lobbying takes place at these events. While I have not attended the Davos meeting, I have attended the Asian meeting of the World Economic Forum, which was held in China. A great deal of networking and dialogue takes place, particularly at ministerial level and in my case among finance Ministers. We discuss...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 52: In page 9, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:" "full-time employee" has the meaning given by section 7 of the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001;".
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 53: In page 9, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:" "pre-existing public service pension scheme" means an occupational pension scheme or pension arrangement, by whatever name called, for any part of the public service—(a) provided for by or under—(i) the Superannuation Acts (within the meaning of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: That is correct.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: The matter is somewhat complicated. The bodies listed in the Schedule are excluded for the protection of the exemption. Perhaps that sounds odd.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: As I indicated, we have excluded the normal discussion between public servants. These bodies will not be excluded from that.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (25 Nov 2014)
Brendan Howlin: Unless they are designated by me, they are not exempted.