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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Procedurally, the orders of the House state that we deal with the Bill seriatim. My problem is that a Deputy might feel that we have taken something out of sequence to which he or she wished to contribute but was deprived by order of the House. The normal procedure is that the Whips would bring an amending order forward. Members will have to indicate to their Whips that this is being...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Brendan Howlin: If matters are related the idea is that we encompass them together rather than waste time in a repetitious debate. I suggest Members allow the grouping to stand and if they feel later there is some further point on an amendment I will allow some flexibility to open a point that had not been raised in this debate. I will ask the Chair at the time to do the same.

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2009)

Brendan Howlin: I know people are very deeply involved in this debate but I ask that Members could be heard without any interruption from the Gallery. I understand how deeply people feel about this matter but it is important that what is being said is heard.

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Brendan Howlin: I do not want, and certainly I cannot facilitate, a debate on the matter now. As I stated this morning, if the Deputy feels strongly about this issue it is open to him to table a motion for the House to consider in proper debate.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy obviously feels strongly about this matter, but we must find another way of dealing with it. I call Deputy Brian Hayes.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Please, Deputy. If the Deputy feels strongly about it, the appropriate approach would be for him to table a motion in that regard.

Child Protection: Motion (Resumed). (27 Jan 2009)

Brendan Howlin: ...who were robbed of their childhoods and endured unimaginable suffering within our community. My heart goes out to them because we cannot restore what was taken from them. The House shares this feeling collectively. That the matter should be fully, comprehensively and swiftly investigated goes without saying. What is at issue is the shape and scope of the investigation. The HSE has...

Morris Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...to eight reports and a catalogue of abuses outlined in most of the thousands of pages in those reports. The abuses by some gardaí are unprecedented in the history of the State. Many will no doubt feel this is ancient history but for the families centrally involved, it was a long, ongoing and living nightmare. I refer to the McBrearty, McConnell, Peoples, Gallagher, Brolly and Shortt...

Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Apr 2008)

Brendan Howlin: I would like to be associated with the expressions that every Member feels when thinking of the Mills family now. We will proceed with the Order of Business and I call Deputy Sheehan.

Environmental Policy. (12 Feb 2008)

Brendan Howlin: ...of resistance in Wexford to the economic sabotage to the future of our town. I hope the Minister of State will bring to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government my strong feelings and those of the thousands in my county agitated by this proposal. I expect a speedy, sympathetic, realistic and logical response.

School Curriculum. (11 Dec 2007)

Brendan Howlin: Why do I feel this might stray beyond the parameters of the question?

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Restoration to Order Paper (31 Oct 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I have a feeling of déjÀ vu, as I propose, in the name of the Labour Party Members, a motion to restore to the Dáil Order Paper the Civil Unions Bill 2006. Members will recall that this Bill was debated last February and at that time, in what I regarded as a cynical exercise, the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform proposed a reasoned amendment. It purported to support the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...Tánaiste understands the point at least and responded to it on a basis of understanding when I argued the point on Committee Stage. I believe he is supportive of the idea behind it but does not feel this to be the appropriate vehicle for it, as far as I understand. If that remains his position I will not delay the House in getting on to the meat of what we must discuss in the remaining...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: I feel a place on the judicial benches coming for the Minister from which he can make judicial announcements.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Report Stage (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...vague in the structure of the Bill. What is the Minister's view on that? We need to address that because if there is a lack of guidance, what impact will that have on their constitutionality? I feel crime prevention orders are good as a mechanism to deal with the situation. We talked about having post-release conditionality on the last occasion we dealt with the legislation. The notion...

Domestic Violence: Motion (Resumed). (28 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...justice to an issue of national importance. We should all be cognisant of the sometimes silent suffering of many thousands of our citizens trapped in abusive relationships, in households were they feel economically vulnerable and cannot reach out. Bolt-holes for such people must be resourced so that in every community refuges are provided to which people — predominantly women, but...

Civil Unions Bill 2006: Second Stage (20 Feb 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...the child throughout his or her life. We set out in some detail the child focused criteria that we proposed should be applied to all adoption cases, including the child's ascertainable wishes and feelings regarding the decision considered in the light of his or her age and capacity to understand their particular needs; the likely effect on the child, throughout his or her life, of having...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: I am not sure we will last eight months. I have a feeling the love of the people will be tested a little sooner than that, given the events of the past few days. God speed the day.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...to have independent oversight of a variety of professions in recent times, not least our own. We have established the Standards in Public Office Commission to act as a port of call for those who feel that the conduct of Members of the Houses is not up to scratch. Similarly, that wind of change has eventually reached other institutions such as the Garda Síochána, and the Garda ombudsman...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...taxpayers and good citizens, but will have no impact on those who break the law and abuse firearms for criminal ends who will be untouched by this provision. The legitimate shooting fraternity feels a great sense of grievance at the Minister's approach and I thought, to ameliorate this, that ensuring the guidelines are published would not be a demanding burden. The Minister thinks it is a...