Results 341-360 of 29,158 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: You should be Minister.

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Then it should be brought through the normal process. Let anybody who has concerns about it be heard. The bottom line is any impactive legislation suggested by any State agency is processed by a Government Department and promulgated as a Bill. The committee Deputy Lawless chairs would take submissions from anybody who wants and hold hearings from anybody so that all their questions can be...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: It is contemptuous of the Dáil.

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: The case in relation to this amendment has been very well made by learned colleagues. I will speak briefly on the procedural issues involved. In recent years, we have spent a long time changing the way we prepare legislation. We have done so because legislation is so important and impacts on everybody, particularly legislation that impacts on data and people's data which are particularly...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: That is because the public did not see it. Nobody outside the Seanad saw it when it was introduced.

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: That is not the way laws should be made.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak briefly in advance of the upcoming European Council meeting. Clearly, the first and major item that will be discussed in the formal sessions is the awful conflict in Ukraine, and I imagine en margeeven more detailed briefings will be given to members, having regard to the illegal attack on a sovereign state by Russia and the evolving situation there,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mr. Laják for a comprehensive paper and incisive presentation on the questions posed to date. We have a clear understanding. I would like to grapple with the practicalities of delivering the vision. The vision he set out is commonly shared across the political parties in this country, which is that we want a broadening of the European family. We need to do that in a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Dr. Visoka for attending in person and for his paper. He was in attendance for the previous discussion and we are now covering much of the same ground. I am intrigued and I am trying to get to the heart of this issue. Both witnesses have said we must have a swift process of enlargement and allow the western Balkan countries to be members of the European Union or there will be dire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Are these Putin’s dissidents or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I would suggest that one puts all one's objections on the table at the same time, so that one cannot ask people to resolve difficult issues and then, when that has been resolved, to declare that there is another one for them to resolve. If one needs to have an objection, it should all be tabled simultaneously and there is no further go at it.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will set out the grants and other assistance available to owners of new houses who wish to make their homes more energy efficient by installing solar panels; if new homeowners are entitled to grant assistance to install solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by non-EEA health care assistants in acquiring permission from her Department for family reunification for spouses and children (details supplied); her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31517/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Reunification (28 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties being experienced by non-EEA health care assistants in getting permission to have close family members join them in Ireland, and the impact this is having on the recruitment and retention of health care assistants; if he has raised this matter with Government colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Security and Defence Policy: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank both of our guests. Some of the experts we have had before us were sometimes not very direct or clear but I cannot say that is true of both presentations today. Neither of our experts minced their words. They were very direct which is very helpful to us in terms of our interaction. I was interested in Mr. McNamara's comment on experts and our experience with the economic crash....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has finalised the terms of reference for the statutory inquiry into abuse in the Defence Forces; if he has accepted the views put forward by the Women of Honour group; when he expects to present his proposals to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Jun 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the renewal of a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29204/23]