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Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I apologise for being late. The Taoiseach was briefing group leaders on Brexit. A month ago I raised the issue of the task force for the north inner city. While there was a focus on it across the House, public attention moves on. We must ensure we keep our focus. I was promised that I would have the details of the terms of reference and the membership of the task force....

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Is it intended to do it before the Dáil rises for the summer?

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am very happy to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. With one or two caveats, my party and I strongly support the Bill and will vote for it. We agree with the proposal to reduce the threshold value of property subject to removal from €13,000 to €5,000. We also agree with the new short-term administrative power of seizure and detention at CAB officer level envisaged....

Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is the Merrion Street way. The notion of hypothecated taxes, as they call them, is anathema to them. When I was Minister for the Environment 20 years ago I wanted to ring-fence a particular income source for local government. I had to do a side deal with former Deputy Ruairí Quinn and bring it directly to the Cabinet without going through consultation, given that bureaucracy would...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Today is the day on which the Low Pay Commission is required by law to report. I gather from media reports that this report was considered by Government today and will be published this afternoon. The media reports made clear that the Low Pay Commission has recommended an increase of 10 cent per hour to the minimum wage. It is fair to say that this is a disappointing recommendation for the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have a very direct question for the Taoiseach. Does he believe that a raise of 10 cent per hour, or a 1% increase in the minimum wage, is adequate? Does he accept that it will be impossible to meet the programme for Government commitment of a minimum rate of €10.50 per hour in five years if progress is made at that pace? To achieve even the €10.50 per hour rate, as opposed...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It would be 2029.

Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Bastille Day commemorates a transformative moment in modern history. Each year, the French people remember that true citizenship was not always automatic and that France is now a united country. Last week, the peaceful celebration of national unity and identity was torn apart in the city of Nice. Eighty-four people, including children, died on a day that should have contained only joy....

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have raised twice with the Taoiseach and once with the Tánaiste the consensus in the House on the establishment of a north inner city task force. The view across the House was that the task force should be up and running before the House goes into recess. Now that a date has been set for the recess, when will the membership of the north inner city task force and its terms of...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will we have an opportunity to discuss this issue before the Dáil goes into recess?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on justice reform was last convened. [19812/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Taoiseach set out the membership of the committee? In respect of the committee's terms of reference, the former committee looked in particular at the two reform proposals from the Garda Síochána Inspectorate which were not only very comprehensive but very critical of the current structure of An Garda Síochána. They looked at the way the force was deployed, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order and the way questions are grouped, this was a question about discussions between the Taoiseach and the Scottish First Minister which interacted with a raft of further questions. Given these are really significant issues on which we would all like to contribute, could we look at how questions are grouped?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to the request of the Garda Commissioner in her press statement of 25 May 2016 and pursuant to her powers under the Garda Síochána Acts, she has referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, for the purpose of an investigation in the public interest, the matter of whether two senior Garda officers had...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (19 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 444. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an elected member of a local authority, who is currently in receipt of jobseeker's assistance, qualifies to take up employment through the Jobs Plus scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22379/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach is aware, the last Government published the heads of the adoption Bill that included vital provisions relating to information and tracing. The point of those provisions was to provide a legal basis for people to trace their natural parents where possible. There is a growing consensus in the House that it is the right thing to do. The Taoiseach will remember that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and the First Minister of Scotland on the British exit from the EU. [21101/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the discussions he has had on the Border issue with the British Prime Minister and the First and Deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland since the decision on Brexit by the British people, and if there will be some mechanism for political parties across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to participate in developing Ireland's strategy for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have two.

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Agreed.