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Adjournment Debate Matters (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the reason for the delay with the issuing of funding to a GAA Club; (2) Deputy Simon Coveney - to ask the Minister for Transport to update the House on the proposal to toll the Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork and...

Budgetary Outlook (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should allow the Minister to conclude.

Budgetary Outlook (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should not shout down Members of the House.

Budgetary Outlook (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Please, Deputy Noonan, we do not shout down Members of the House. The Deputy should allow the Minister to reply in an orderly fashion to the question put.

Banks Recapitalisation (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should pose a question.

Banks Recapitalisation (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy has put her question.

Banks Recapitalisation (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should put a brief supplementary question. We are well over the time allocated for this question.

Banks Recapitalisation (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should allow the Minister to reply.

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Bannon only has four minutes and I am afraid the time is passing.

Report on Magdalene Laundries (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am afraid that is not possible, as the Deputy well knows.

Report on Magdalene Laundries (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am sure the Deputy can pursue that directly with the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding in respect of a helpline for missing children is under consideration in the forthcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41426/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has received no direct provision payment from a local community welfare officer for the past seven weeks; the steps she will take to restore direct provision payment to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41503/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if the redundancy payments application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is likely to be processed to completion before Christmas 2010 [41504/10]

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: — concerned that the sudden and calamitous change in our economic fortunes, coupled with revelations of waste of public money and resources, has undermined public confidence not alone in the present Government but also in the structures of government; — recognising that fewer and fewer people feel any sense of ownership of their politics and that we need to...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to share my time with my colleagues. I am also glad to move this motion on reform in my name and that of the Labour Party Deputies. Thomas Jefferson wrote: "Government should be judged by how well it meets its legitimate objectives". "Good government" he wrote "is that which most effectively secures the rights of the people and the fruits of their labour, promotes their happiness...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I have seen answers from the Department of Education and Skills, with which Deputy Quinn will be familiar, which advise the relevant Deputy to consult the Department's website.

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: That is not a way to deal with elected Members of Parliament. If the Oireachtas is the constitutional body charged with holding the Government to account, as is our solemn constitutional duty, the Executive must respect this role. Why would it do so if we do not assert these rights? These matters are fundamental to having a functioning Parliament. The Labour Party proposes that where, in...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: It should not be for the Department of Finance to decide on these matters.

Third Level Charges (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Allow the Tánaiste to reply to the question.