Results 101-120 of 202 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Brendan Howlin

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...onerous, but it is a burden. Some of these are one-man operations - for example, a local painter and his son seeking to make an approach in respect of a new grants system for household repairs. If people feel the way I have designed it to cover companies employing more than ten people is not tight enough, I will consider some of the suggestions made by perhaps looking at company...

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...records or keep them in a different way because of FOI legislation. The information commissioner responded to the Committee on Finance and the Public Service to this effect: I would certainly feel it would be rash on my part to say, "I better not keep records because of freedom of information." The reverse is true. I think people will want to have on record the policy issues dealt...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...FOI best practice around the globe to ensure Ireland can be an exemplar on this. Some will argue this regime will put too much pressure on an over-burdened administrative system because we have reduced numbers but I feel it is appropriate and I am happy the Government has endorsed my proposals.

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Howlin: There is slight confusion. The measure does not allow the Minister to prescribe new bodies; it is to provide a mechanism for bodies that are automatically captured but who might feel they should not be subject to freedom of information and who wish to dispute the case. Both sections 6(5) and 7(5) provide for the Minister to be the final arbiter in a dispute between the Information...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grievance Procedures (10 Jun 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...every public body to put in place internal procedures for dealing with protected disclosures made by workers who are or were employed by the body. The Office of the Ombudsman examines complaints from members of the public who feel they have been unfairly treated by certain public bodies, for example, government departments, local authorities, the HSE and publicly funded third level...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (4 Jun 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...a civil servant, the appropriate authority should refer the matter to the CMO.  The CMO will arrange for the civil servant to be medically examined and may also arrange for an outside specialist opinion if the CMO feels that this would be of benefit. If the CMO is of the opinion that the civil servant is incapable on medical grounds of regular and effective service and that the...

Other Questions: Regional Development (10 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...2009. However, we need to do an awful lot more, which is why the Taoiseach has designated this year as the year of jobs. Getting people back to work is the most important element in providing the feeling of recovery in every household. We must continue to work at that. In terms of the very valid point Deputy Higgins made, a lot of people have had a lot of money taken out of their...

Other Questions: Regional Development (10 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...recovery, as the Deputy rightly said. It is clear that parts of our main cities are doing very well now but other parts are not and rural areas, small rural towns in particular, have yet to feel the real impact of recovery. That is a work in progress. The Government has proposed a number of initiatives and if Deputy Higgins reads the comprehensive nature of the jobs strategy outlined by...

Other Questions: Haddington Road Agreement Review (10 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...me and they did. It was a very difficult and stressful process for all concerned because we are asking people, who had already made a contribution in our national recovery and who rightly did not feel any responsibility for the calamity that befell the Exchequer, to make a further contribution. However, without exception every trade union did. I do not believe that they rue anything...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...Members, no public moneys can be used for electoral purposes and that would be improper. The moneys can only be expended in the ways set out by law. As I said, I have listened to very long debates in both Houses on these issues. I know Deputies feel very strongly about these matters and some feel very hurt about the mechanism of their own exits from political parties, and I understand...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Brendan Howlin: .... That is what the Bill is about. We have spent the vast bulk of time in the Seanad, on Second and Committee Stages here, and again now on this extraneous matter. I understand that people feel very strongly about it, but it is not the core purpose of the Bill. I thank Deputies for their views. I understand how deeply felt they are and I respect them. I believe the vast majority of...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...activities and the notion that activities supporting parliamentary parties should be conflated with this is bizarre. Nonetheless, I will deal with the issue, about which I have strong feelings. I have had the privilege of holding a ministerial post in three Departments, all of which were challenging. They were in the areas of health, environment and, in the past three years, public...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...against her own party that I will not get into, including that they are being punished at the whim of Government and all the rest. I understand the angst that underscores that and the genuine feeling, but it has nothing to do with the Bill. It is not for the discussion here and it is to be taken up elsewhere. Let me now respond to Deputy Donnelly. How does one determine the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: We have had hours of debate on this issue in both Houses. There were long presentations on Second Stage. As I stated, I fully respect the point of view of every Member who feels that the allowance should be portable, that it should not be determined in the immediate aftermath of the election and apportioned out to support the parliamentary activities as determined by the electorate at a...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...the House. Bullying is pernicious but often people do not see themselves as bullies. People who are convinced of their righteousness and the correctness of their view can even bully people they feel are bullying them. It is a peculiar fact that I have occasionally come across in my workplace. That is not to say that all issues fall into that category but there is need for legislation....

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...a monitoring body at the outset. I have provided, however, for a detailed review of the operation of the Act to be carried out within a five year framework, which, from talking to colleagues abroad, seems to give sufficient time to have a real feeling for the operation of the Bill. Needless to say, if any serious issues emerge regarding the efficacy of the legislation at any stage, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: -----few wanted that title as it had to be common. Let us get off that hook of feeling that if we see it anywhere it is bad per se. I do not believe that. In terms of the procurement issue, it is important that we enable effective and efficient procurement. What we had to date was significantly inefficient procurement where the taxpayer was paying over the odds across the State for a...

Seanad: Standards in Public Office Commission Membership: Motions (22 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...restore confidence in public administration in this country. I listened to Senator MacSharry as he raised an extraneous matter. I understand the passion that many Members of the House genuinely feel about the issue. I have expressed my views on it. I do not doubt we will return to the issue in question.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...on with the fact they worked in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or with the Office of the Attorney General on their CVs and it is important. I simply think the Deputy is wrong in feeling people would be better off being excluded or on a make-work scheme where they do not do valuable stuff because it must be paid so they are given makey-uppy work, unreal work or unuseful...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2013)

Brendan Howlin: A Member could go to the unfair dismissals tribunal in that instance and many a person would feel that he or she ought to do so.