Results 17,201-17,220 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: -----and changes to fee and maintenance supports for new postgraduate students and reducing maintenance grants generally, which will deliver savings of â¬12.6 million. Other Areas These three key areas - social protection, health and education - contain measures that will yield savings of over â¬1 billion in 2012.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Most other Departments will also experience reductions and the details are set out in the expenditure report. Selected measures include those taken in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine amounting to savings of â¬105 million; the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport amounting to â¬45 million; and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government...
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Fifth, we will enhance the role of the Oireachtas for those in the Oireachtas who want to engage constructively in this process. All of these reforms support Oireachtas Members, as representatives of the public, in holding Government to account. The Government is also moving to a new whole of year budgetary timetable to allow for Dáil committees to engage earlier and more fully on...
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: We are at the start of a reform process. Today and tomorrow are significant days in that process but our work is ongoing. Our resources are now more scarce but we have choices.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: This Government is choosing to divert those scarce resources, albeit not at levels we previously enjoyed, to the areas of the economy and society where they are most needed. Today, despite the tough decisions we have had to take, we have been able to maintain core social welfare payments, including jobseeker's allowance and State pensions. We have maintained the family income supplement,...
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy wanted them.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Deputy Donnelly explained it on the day.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: What are the cuts the Deputy supports?
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The Deputy did not listen to the speech.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: It is being dealt with.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: We will do that.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: But not any of the details.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Come and explain it to me.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The detail is in it.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: Print the money.
- Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: We have kept it.
- Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (1 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: There are no plans at this time for any early retirement or redundancy schemes in the public or civil service post February 2012.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: The 2009 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) includes an audit of property management under the decentralisation programme. This report identified capital expenditure on the Programme of â¬289.4 million on property and recurring costs (leases) of â¬7 million (as at April 2010). Dublin property disposals were â¬356m and leases with an annual value of â¬10m over the same...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2011)
Brendan Howlin: My Department has just received a report from the Department of Justice on the security costs associated with the State Visits which my officials will be examining in detail. I have also recommended a supplementary Estimate for the Garda Vote to cover the additional cost to the Vote of the State Visits which could not be met from savings elsewhere on the Vote. This Supplementary will go...