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Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Again, the legal services Bill is the subject of a commitment in the EU-IMF deal. We are committed to having the legislation published in this session. I know the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has worked very hard on this voluminous legislation which is being crafted and should be brought before the House in this session. As far as ministerial oversight is concerned,...

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: They are both very important Bills dealing wtih complicated issues. They are expected to be brought before the House next year.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: As the Deputy knows, there is a commitment in the programme for Government to establish a holding company called NewERA to get the best value from State assets. There is a parallel commitment to establish a strategic investment fund to ensure we can use some of the proceeds from the sale of State assets to invest in a new generation of jobs. Both matters are being progressed. The NTMA has...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Luach Saothair Breithiúna) 2011: Leasuithe ón Seanad / Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Amendments from the Seanad (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The amendment approved by Seanad Éireann relates to the draft wording of Article 35.3. This is a technical amendment which removes a superfluous expression, namely, "into law", from the first line of the section in order that it now reads "the enactment of this section". The change preserves the norms generally adhered to in the text of the Constitution. The shorter phrase is considered...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Luach Saothair Breithiúna) 2011: Leasuithe ón Seanad / Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Judges' Remuneration) Bill 2011: Amendments from the Seanad (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. He is of the view that this legislation has been somewhat rushed, but it has been carefully considered for a very long period. This is a simple enough amendment to make. The deletion of the phrase is not viewed by the law officers as being damaging to the amendment; it is a better phrasing. When I was crafting the legislation to establish my...

Ráiteas faoi Eolas do Vótálaithe: Tairiscint. / Statement for Information of Voters: Motion. (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Tairgim: GO ndéanfar leis seo, d'ainneoin aon ní sna Buan-Orduithe, Rún an 14 Meán Fómhair 2011 ón Dáil i dtaobh Ráitis mar Fhaisnéis do Vótálaithe i ndáil leis an mBille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Luach Saothair Breithiúna), 2011 a chealú agus go ndéanfar an ráiteas a leagtar amach sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Rún seo a fhorordú mar fhaisnéis do...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Government's position has been stated. It supports an independent, sovereign Palestinian state. That view was reiterated by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the United States as recently as yesterday. The Tánaiste is due to address the United Nations General Assembly on Monday when he will set out a comprehensive statement on Ireland's position on this and...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I join the Deputy in supporting Michael D. Higgins who has-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: -----a principled position on this and many other issues.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: Mr. Higgins has a long-standing tradition in the areas of human rights and international policy. He has informed my party's opinion on these matters for many years. It is from a related position that the Tánaiste, representing Ireland, is at the forefront in seeking to have agreement across all nations on the long-awaited international recognition of an independent and sovereign state of...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I want to address full square the number of questions Deputy Ó Caoláin has posed. Let me start with the last one: what has changed in the past six months. Fundamental things have changed.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: A new Government has been elected and we have moved away from the abyss that faced the two parties on entering Government.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: On the pledge we made, we have begun the renegotiation. I and other Ministers have stated repeatedly that the renegotiation of the bad deal that was struck by our predecessors in Government was not an event, but a process. We have engaged relentlessly since entering Government to renegotiate that deal, with, quite frankly, remarkable success.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: In the first renegotiation-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: They do not want to hear.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It suits some people for the country not to make progress but the Government is determined to make progress.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: In the first renegotiation, we provided €500 million for a jobs initiative that is bearing fruit in the tourism sector.

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: We allowed an additional year, from 2014 to 2015, to reach our fiscal target of 3% debt to GDP ratio. We have begun the negotiations to ensure that any resources that might be leveraged from the sale of State assets can be used for productive purposes, which was implacably opposed by the troika in the beginning and signed off by the previous Administration that it could only be used to...

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It is the economic policy of Deputy Ó Caoláin's party to bankrupt the country, to renege on the sovereign deal done-----

Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2011)

Brendan Howlin: -----and to imagine that of the €18 billion deficit this year made up of €15 billion on current expenditure and €3 billion related to bank recovery, the €15 billion that we need to pay gardaí, teachers, nurses and doctors throughout the country can be generated by magic out of some place. The people are not fools, however, and they understand the fantasy of that.