Results 16,361-16,380 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: We are renegotiating.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should listen to the answer.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Pearse Doherty does not like it.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: He does not like the answer.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Exactly.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Pearse Doherty is not on the back of a lorry now. This is serious business.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: It is the "Sitting on the Fence" Bill 2012.
- Leaders' Questions (17 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: That would be great for stability.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce new legislation to protect small building subcontractors that have been denied payments from bigger companies. In this regard, my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is working with Senator Feargal Quinn to develop the Senator's Private Members Construction Contracts Bill into a robust piece of legislation....
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (15 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Since coming into office, the current Government has been working on a range of measures to boost employment and help stimulate economic growth. The first such measure announced by the Government was the Jobs Initiative, launched in May 2011, which comprised a range of taxation and expenditure measures of â¬1.8bn designed to help get people back to work. More recently my colleague, the...
- Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Assessments: Regulatory Impact Assessments (15 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Since the 9 March 2011 my Department has undertaken two Regulatory Impact Assessments. The first regulatory impact assessment was in relation to the proposed Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012. The RIA was carried out at the preparation of the draft Heads or general Scheme of the Bill stage and has not yet been published. The second regulatory impact assessment was in relation to...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In response to the Deputy's question the following appointments were made to bodies under the aegis of my Department. An Post National Lottery Name of Appointee Date Appointed Mr. Donal Connell - Chairman re-appointedFebruary 29th 2012. The position to which Mr. Connell was re-appointed by me as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was not advertised as under the National Lottery Act...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (10 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The total savings to the Exchequer in 2013 arising from a cap of â¬100,000 on public service salaries is estimated at â¬257m. The estimate takes account of the reductions in pay arising from the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009, but does not take account of any offsetting reductions in taxes and levies. As the combined effect of the estimated marginal...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Following the reform of the TLAC terms applying to Secretaries General and heads of Departments, the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government has submitted proposals to my Department regarding new pension and severance terms for City and County Managers. These discussions are continuing and I expect them to conclude shortly.
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Facilities: Telecommunications Facilities (10 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: In general, the Irish public service makes very good use of a wide range of technologies in its inter-agency communications to improve the efficiency of such communications and to minimise costs. These include fixed and mobile telephony, IP-based telephony, VoiceMail, e-mail, Instant Messaging, Video and Audio conferencing, file transfers, desktop or applications sharing, and the...
- Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Analysis: Regulatory Impact Analysis (10 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is a tool used by Departments to assess the costs, benefits and qualitative impacts of regulatory proposals. The use of this tool has been mandatory in relation to proposals for primary legislation as well as significant secondary and EU regulations since 2005, although, in general the practice to date has been that RIAs were only published once a Bill or...
- Written Answers — Property Valuations: Property Valuations (9 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: The work of the Valuation Office is underpinned by The Valuation Act 2001 which provides for the valuation of all commercial and industrial property. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions under the Act and the making of valuations for local authority rating is his sole prerogative. The statute does not accord me, as Minister for Public Expenditure...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (9 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 9 March 2011, the following staff have been appointed to my private office. GRADE SALARY SCALE (per annum) Wholetime Equivalent 1 Private Secretary â¬42,838 - â¬60,224 1.00 1 Executive Officer â¬29,024 - â¬47,379 1.00 3 Clerical Officers (CO â¬23,177 - â¬37,341 1.00 The following staff are assigned to...
- Written Answers — Cloud Computing Strategy: Cloud Computing Strategy (9 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: My Department is working with the Public Service Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council on the development of the Cloud Computing Strategy for the public service. Drafting is under way. It is planned to bring the Strategy to Government in June for approval and publication. Considerable research on Cloud Computing approaches has already been done with ICT companies based in Ireland and it...
- Leaders' Questions (9 May 2012)
Brendan Howlin: Decisive leadership.