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Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (29 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: We are on very shaky ground now.

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (29 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: As the Minister of State told the House, this is the latest in a series of motions. One has passed through this House every six months since 2021. The purpose of the motion is not controversial - to allow for a continuation of the current outdoor seating and drinking regime. Some such regime of some order would and should be an ordinary part of our ordinary regulated life. Until the...

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I will start with a technical matter I raised previously. I have been critical of the Department of Justice in its treatment of this House regarding the transposition or adoption of EU directives. This is a really important matter. Standing Orders require motions to reach the Clerk of the Dáil at least four working days before they are scheduled to be taken. The Business Committee...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: This is an important and timely debate on two issues that matter to the Irish people and I commend People for Profit-Solidarity on tabling the debate. I want to deal with each issue separately, the first of which is the announcement by the Tánaiste, which I have to say was a surprise and I was in the House the time it was made. He stated that it is his intention to alter the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Movement Ireland EU Poll 2024 - Ireland and Northern Ireland: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the witnesses. It is always good to have factual research as opposed to opinions which are often assumed to be facts. This is helpful. I would like to drill into a number of issues, if I may. One of the issues that is very important to us as a committee is the perspective of the Irish people on whether the EU is moving in the right direction. Of course, from my perspective I do...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. The Labour Party welcomes it. There is not a word in it that we would have any reservations about supporting. All the asks set out are reasonable and sensible and I see no reason the Government would not accept and implement it. Housing, as Deputy Bacik has said repeatedly, is the civil rights issue of our time. It affects every family...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Some get a minute-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: -----some get a second.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I said some get an extra minute and some get an extra second.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Command of the Defence Forces 6. The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 17: “Command of the Defence Forces 17. Command of the Defence Forces is exercisable as follows: (a) the supreme command of the Defence Forces vested in the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Tánaiste's commentary. I welcome the fact that he recognises that this is an issue that should be put right. Most people who look at it forensically - I have not done so previously - would see it as a demeaning set of circumstances. That the Minister can direct flag officers of the navy or battalion commanders of our Army in a way the Chief of Staff cannot is a bizarre...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste does not intend to become a general himself and direct the Army.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I talked about.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I am very satisfied with that response from the Tánaiste. I thank him for it. I look forward to the next legislation. On that basis, I will withdraw my amendment.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, lines 10 and 11, to delete “in relation to a political matter or matter of Government policy” and substitute “in relation to a matter of political controversy”. Section 11 relates to section 103 of the principal Act and sets out limitations on the actions of members of the Defence Forces. My amendment deals with the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital investment made over the past ten years in the Naval Service facilities at Haulbowline, County Cork; the specific projects completed at the naval base; the further works he intends to sanction at the base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23333/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (23 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is intended to base the two new inshore patrol vessels acquired for the Naval Service at an east coast port; if so, if a particular port has been selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/24]