Results 81-100 of 19,343 for speaker:Brendan Howlin in 'Dáil debates'

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: That is the additionality the Government is talking about. It is 1%. In truth, we are not serious. In this country, we are really good at developing and devising policies. I hear the Tánaiste is going to have another document produced in the next couple of months. We will have had a forum, White Papers, discussion documents and reports. If we are ever invaded, we will have enough...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: We should give a few more minutes to the Opposition.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I tried that. It did not work out well.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: The Labour Party welcomed the establishment of a formal public debate on Ireland's security stance when it was announced by Government. At that time, I called in the House for a proper forum on the model of the citizens' assembly, which has proven so successful in so many areas at teasing out the detail and complexity of difficult issues. The Government chose not to go down that path and...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his indulgence. I wanted to make a few comments on the legislation before the House and the fact that this is the product of a new entity, the Electoral Commission, that we have been long promised and has been long talked about. It is great to actually have it in existence. All other electoral boundaries that were presented, and by...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Sinn Féin Deputies for tabling this motion and allowing us another opportunity to address this issue. This is my third time to speak on the unfolding horror that we are witnessing in Gaza. Last week, I said that the carnage we are witnessing daily is sickening. The only thing that has happened since is that matters have become even worse. The Minister for Further and Higher...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I have only two minutes and then I will adjourn the debate. I have witnessed many electoral commissions presenting their findings to this House over the years. Up to now they have been an ad hoccommittee of disparate individuals with important tasks brought together simply to determine the constituency boundaries for an election. This is the first time we have actually had an Electoral...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: When will the debate resume?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Or there might be another Deputy to speak.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: What is the alternative?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister of State going to answer questions?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I see. I think we are all of one mind that the first imperative, as I said repeatedly in my contribution, is to have a ceasefire to stop the killing right now. I am interested in hearing the Minister of State's view on that. It is clear the Taoiseach's efforts at the European Council to achieve a consensus calling for a ceasefire from the EU 27 have not worked. There are strongly held...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Clearly, one issue dominated the European Council and, indeed, dominates all our thoughts in this House, in this country and in Europe and beyond. The carnage we are witnessing on a daily basis in Gaza is truly sickening. Our first priority must be to halt the killing, to have a ceasefire. This House united in that regard when the vote was put. I welcome the efforts of the Taoiseach to...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Well, pay them.

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I compliment my colleague, Deputy Duncan Smith, on his long advocacy for home care workers and home care support, and for tabling the motion. No Member of this House has not struggled with difficult cases from constituents desperate to continue living at home or families desperate to have loved ones come home from long-term hospital care, only to be told again and again that there is no home...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Income tax was introduced as a temporary measure, for example.

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I suppose if the Minister of State could talk about quad bikes it is all right to talk about Louth in the same motion. This is a simple motion but an important one because it impacts on every community in the country. As the Minister of State outlined, it provides for the continuation of what we all agree is desirable and wanted across the country, that is, the ability to have outdoor dining...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Bacik will take the last two minutes of my time. We have witnessed a level of ongoing savagery and brutality in Israel and Palestine in the past two weeks that has shocked the world. The savage attack on Israeli men, women and children on 7 October and the taking of 250 hostages by Hamas are inexcusable and deplorable. The response by Israel, in the bombardment of Gaza, the levelling...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (18 Oct 2023)

Brendan Howlin: They can be moved later.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Brendan Howlin: There should not be personal comment in the debate.