Results 181-200 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I am sorry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: Is Ms McKenna saying we just have to ignore that and swallow it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: My experience generally is people are always in favour of more spending but less taxes. That is how it works.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision in relation to a school (details supplied) which is due to lose a mainstream class teacher from the beginning of the next school year, although its enrolment number has increased by ten since September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26733/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will offer free or subsidised use of the Passage East car ferry connecting County Wexford with County Waterford to free travel pass holders; if she is aware that this service is used by many residents of south County Wexford to access medical services in County Waterford, including University Hospital Waterford; and...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak on this truly important issue. I will make a few general points before I deal with the specifics in the proposal before the House. This is a fundamentally important set of proposals that seeks - I think in an honest way - to address an issue which is of deep concern to the majority of the Irish people. It merits, therefore, the kind of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: It was not reached.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: What about the Dáil?
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 14: In page 28, line 22, after "members" to insert "as provided for by subsection (1)".
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 15: In page 28, lines 23 and 24, to delete "concerning a political matter or matter of Government policy" and substitute "concerning a matter of political controversy".
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 17: In page 28, lines 27 and 28, to delete "concerning a political matter or matter of Government policy" and substitute "concerning a matter of political controversy".
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: It is a very draconian framework.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste is not correct in saying that if my amendment were accepted, it would debar the association of the representative bodies with ICTU. What I am proposing is the deletion of a swath of the restrictions he has included and the substitution of "by the deletion of subsection (3) [of the principal Act]". My concern is only that it is overly prescriptive if management, that is,...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: It is quite clear. The great advance the Tánaiste has included in the Bill is as follows: (3A) The Minister may, notwithstanding subsection (3), authorise in writing an association to be associated with a trade union or any other body outside of the Defence Forces [this is the catch.] in such cases and in such manner and subject to such conditions or restrictions as he or she may...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: Could the Tánaiste just respond to that?
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I would just like to hear the answer.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 9: In page 25, line 27, to delete “other than the Secretary General,”.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 10: In page 27, to delete lines 10 to 38, and in page 28, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “(ii) by the deletion of subsection (3).”. These amendments deal with the prohibition by the Minister of certain actions by the recognised associations. Prima facie, they appear very draconian in the context of the restrictions...
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, to delete lines 34 and 35.
- Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Brendan Howlin: What has that got to do with anything?