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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.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: What about an earlier version of it?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the processing of a passport renewal for a child, who is due to take part in a football tournament in Spain (details supplied), will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met recently with an organisation (details supplied); his view of the proposal to provide for care partners for vulnerable people in hospitals, hospices, care homes and other health settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22625/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Qualifications (21 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 2 May 2024, if it is his intention, in conjunction with the Minister for Health, to develop a strategic plan to provide the optimum number of healthcare professionals, including dentistry, to serve in the health service; if such a strategy would take account of the number of non-Irish students...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I will not be adding to any vitriol but I do want clarity. We have a very proud record of deployment of UN peacekeepers, always under the umbrella of acting in the interest of the world community. A move away from the endorsement of the United Nations to simply domestic endorsement, or endorsement as part of a geopolitical group, would have two consequences. One, it would put our troops in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will set out his proposals to alter the current triple lock mechanism governing the deployment of Irish Defence Forces overseas; when he proposes to introduce amending legislation on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21844/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste set out the specifics of the mechanism he is proposing to deploy Irish Defence Forces overseas when he removes the triple lock? When does he propose to introduce legislation to bring that about?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I am still no wiser about the specifics of the proposal being drafted. Obviously, the Tánaiste has given instructions to his Department and the Office of the Attorney General on what exactly will replace the triple lock. Is it to be a double lock in simply removing the requirement a UN mandate? Is it to be an altered mechanism with some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It is a double lock.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who have joined each branch of the Defence Forces in each of the past two years and in the first quarter of 2024; the number who have retired or left each service branch over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will set out the role and function of the new civil-military branch established within his Department; the structure and management of this branch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish Defence Forces personnel currently deployed on overseas missions; the location of each deployment; the further plans he has, if any, for future deployment overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will personally intervene to assist in an appeal to her Department for a domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) to avoid severe hardship and allow the child to be discharged from hospital and return home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22184/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe of the next intake to begin their training at the Garda College, Templemore; the number of Garda recruits in the next intake; whether there will be further intakes in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in accordance with the implementation plan for the neurorehabilitation strategy, and the commitment given by the HSE CEO that a community neurorehabilitation team would be provided for CHO 5, if funding will be provided for this team in the immediate future; if it is his intention that this service will be in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 248. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure Wexford General Hospital has access to consultant neurology services; the reason Wexford General Hospital is the only model 3 hospital in the south east without outreach neurology clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22161/24]