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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to meet the British Prime Minister to discuss post-Brexit relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom; if he has also met the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland on the same matter; and his plans to meet the Scottish First Minister. [19377/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: They will be strengthened by that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is clear that the ultra-left and the ultra-right stood as one to bring about a disastrous result in Britain as the Trots stood with Farage, Johnson and Gove to do untold damage to our prospects as the people of Ireland, North and South. My focus, however, is not on the plans that those on the ultra-left see, with no amount of chaos being too much for them in order to see themselves...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We have not had a Bill enacted since January.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: British Exit from the European Union (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Everything is going swimmingly.

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: If the European Union is eventually torn apart by the competing pressures to which it is now being subjected, and I sincerely hope that eventuality never comes to pass, it will be as much the fault of its dogmatic supporters as it is of its wilful detractors whose shrill voices we have heard, particularly in the United Kingdom, in recent months. There is pig-headedness in evidence already on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he envisages his strategy following a British withdrawal from the European Union will involve opposition parties; the formal arrangements he will put in place to facilitate this and to work with political groupings across the European Union including the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the Group of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In light of the scale and importance of the decision just made by the British people in respect of Brexit and its implications for the people of Ireland, what formal arrangements does the Minister intend to put in place to ensure that a co-ordinated response to all the issues he has outlined will be generated in this country using all the linkages of all the parties here across the Continent?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am a bit disconcerted by the Minister’s reply. It is almost as if Brexit is a normal European event. He speaks as if we are doing business as usual, saying he will send out an information note and that he will brief us. That is to miss the point. The idea is how, where there are such significant challenges on so many fronts as set out in the contingency framework document that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I do not doubt the sincerity of the Minister’s words but since we met on the day of the result, I have heard nothing from the Taoiseach. I did not know he was going to take an initiative on an all-Ireland forum. I had communication from Sinn Féin about that. There is not a coherent, joined-up, national endeavour that seeks to involve us all but we can do that. Will the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We are not involved.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: None of which involve us.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug detection dogs available to An Garda Síochána; the location of such dogs; and her plans to deploy more drug detection dogs across the country. [19242/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the statutory inquiry into allegations of Garda misconduct made by the former chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association; the timeframe she envisages for this inquiry; the terms of reference for the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of drug detection dogs available to the customs service; the location of such dogs; his plans to deploy more drug detection dogs at the points of entry into this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Meetings (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his plans to establish a process of dialogue with the social partners. [15847/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Social Partnership Meetings (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his plans to establish a process of dialogue with the social partners. [17134/16]

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Government is becoming very unpopular altogether.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Taoiseach explain the rationale that led the Government, yesterday, to approve the gap-funded model for delivering broadband? This will entail a 26-year contract with private providers, at the end of which the networks will be privately owned. The reasons publicly given for the decision were that this would be cheaper than direct State funding and would be off balance sheet so as to...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Nobody would dispute for a second the essential nature of rolling out broadband. That is why it features so heavily in the capital plan the previous Government adopted. The issue is the ownership of the network. A briefing document on ownership was distributed by the Department yesterday. It was a net decision on ownership. The Taoiseach says it will not be another Eircom. I believe it...