Results 1-20 of 452 for cork speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: ...currently being trained is sufficient to meet the future needs of a growing Irish population; if he supports the building of a new school of dentistry and dental hospital in University College Cork; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Higher and Further Education in relation to the future provision and training of dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...and she tells us we have 370 in training. Her target is not going to be reached. That is a simple fact. We will have a further decline. My colleague, Mr. Peter Horgan, tells me that Garda numbers in Cork city are down 145 since 2020 out of a total strength of 723. To mention some popular tourist areas in my own constituency, which the Minister of State would know, there is now one...

Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...if we start investing now, but we need to invest now. I would like a firm commitment from the Government to championing this cause. Many ports will be required, including those in Foynes and Cork, but right now we need to have the investment in Rosslare to provide infrastructure. Otherwise, it will be Liverpool or Belfast that will serve the first generation of offshore wind.

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...time o put some of the evidence that I have on the record, but I cannot do so in the remaining two minutes available to me. I want to quote one nurse who worked for Médecins Sans Frontières. She is from the Tánaiste's county, Cork. She said that when she was working on a boat off the Libyan coast, on one occasion she witnessed a boat in distress being pushed back by the...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...important matters for thousands of individuals and families. They entail access to the fundamental way of living. I know from talking to the Acting Chairman, Deputy Sherlock, that he has a long list of cases in east Cork. I would say every Deputy in the House has been aware of this issue arising in recent times. Before 2009, a prescriptive easement or profits à prendrewas usually...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...wants to realise right now. Somebody's home is removed in one fell swoop and he or she looks around desperately for an alternative but there is none. I do not represent a big urban area like Dublin, Cork or Galway but in my constituency office in Wexford today, we have six cases of families and individuals in that situation. I would say that is true for every Deputy in this House. These...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: ...note of it. We need to have a very clear understanding of the number of vessels that will be sailing directly from Irish seaports, including what I hope will be a greatly increased number from Rosslare Europort in addition to those leaving the Port of Cork and Dublin Port. These will be direct links to a variety of ports across continental Europe from Spain as far as the Netherlands. I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...time that is required to put things right before the rise in temperature has an impact. For example, as representatives in the area know from talking to the public, the Glashaboy flood relief scheme in Cork city is awaiting sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe. We must not have any complacency or delay in these matters. When will the Government...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...and inadequate conditions, not least for children growing up in the system. One organisation that has extensively examined the issue is Nasc, a migrant and refugee rights organisation based in Cork. One of Nasc’s major complaints is that important recommendations to improve direct provision, which have come from various reports instituted when my party was in government, are...

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the moving of the four by-election writs today. The Labour Party has four excellent candidates in the by-elections: Councillor John Maher in Cork North-Central; Councillor Duncan Smith in Dublin Fingal; Councillor Joanna Tuffy, a former Member of this House, in Dublin Mid-West; and the current Mayor of Wexford, Councillor George Lawlor, in my constituency, Wexford. The four...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...keeps countless other jobs in existence. Rural Ireland needs these quality jobs but the pattern of job creation is that multinational jobs tend to be highly concentrated in the urban areas, particularly Dublin, Cork and Galway. The State needs a vision for the role of Bord na Móna in the future low-carbon Ireland. We need to know that industrial peatlands seep massive quantities...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: .... This is an important issue. Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the extent of deforestation. Some 8,000 sq. km of rainforest were destroyed last year alone. That is an area the size of County Cork. These are fundamental issues if we are serious about climate change. I would like the Government to issue a motion on which the House can reach a determination, rather than Members...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...was Jackie Healy-Rae's acumen in organising campaigns that his skills were lent out by the party to several other Fianna Fáil campaigns in other parts of the country including, I understand, in Limerick, Cork and Galway. He was much in demand. He entered active representational politics himself in 1973 when he was co-opted to serve on Kerry County Council as a Fianna Fáil...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...have the results of the three plebiscites on directly-elected mayors. I note the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, is present. Limerick city voted by a slim majority to accept the proposal, while Cork and Waterford voted by an equally slim majority to reject it. Most of us here see the potential of directly-elected mayors and what they can bring to a reformed and invigorated local...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...was often seen as a tactic to drive a frenzy and allow for further price rises, even in the middle of a sale of a group of houses. Last Friday night and into Saturday morning in Ballincollig, in Cork city, 14 prospective buyers slept in their cars overnight in an effort to buy affordable homes. By the morning, this number had swollen to 100 people queuing to put down a deposit. Our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...year, the Government has confirmed that the plan for the national children's hospital involves the co-location of the Coombe maternity hospital, which is to be moved from its current location on Cork Street. The trilocation with St. James's Hospital would provide for best international practice. However, the Minister for Health has confirmed in recent days that there is no funding this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I met a man in Cork yesterday who is working in that city but cannot afford to pay rent in that city. Does the Minister think this is funny? I do not, and that man did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Mar 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ..., which is an ancient borough with an extraordinarily long tradition. It was a great mistake to abolish that town council. Dr. Aodh Quinlivan is a lecturer in governance in University College Cork, UCC, and an expert on local government matters.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: .... One can imagine going around the country opening schools and dealing with sport. I cannot imagine a greater and more serendipitous combination to have. As Deputy Micheál Martin would say, a Cork native would have revelled in that role. To be selected as chair of one's parliamentary party is also a unique achievement. The skill set involved with that, dealing with various...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I have no confidence that a strategic view has been taken on Ireland’s infrastructural needs in terms of Cork, Shannon and Rosslare. The strategy on Brexit was published on 19 December and stated the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport was engaging with ferry companies to maintain, develop and enhance strategic links to continental Europe. The day before it was published, Irish...