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Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has sought bilateral meetings with the First Minister for Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, and the leader of the UUP, Mike Nesbitt, regarding Brexit and the all island civic dialogue. [33516/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. Everybody who attended the all-Ireland civic dialogue was aware of the absence of the Unionists, from both the DUP and the UUP. It was also clear that if we are to have a consensus approach it is important that their input is facilitated in whatever way we need to devise to ensure they are comfortable to bring those influences into a dialogue or a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I think so.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulation of Lobbying (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the procedures her Department has put in place to ensure compliance with the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33856/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Appointments (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the process which will be followed in appointing the chairperson of the Irish fiscal advisory council; the date on which this position fell vacant; the date on which he expected the appointment to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33769/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the implementation to date of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; the mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with the Act; if he proposes any further public initiatives to draw public attention to the details of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 358. To ask the Minister for Health if the eye medication MacuShield has been withdrawn from medical card patients; the reason for its withdrawal; and if a substitute medication will be made available to medical card patients. [33581/16]

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: For weeks, I and others have been raising questions with the Taoiseach about his Government's preparedness to handle the escalating industrial unrest in the public sector. It took a last minute breakthrough at the Labour Court a week ago to prevent the first all-out strike by An Garda Síochána in our nation's history. The cost of the deal that was done to keep An Garda...

Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I think the Taoiseach will acknowledge that the Haddington Road agreement was negotiated in the worst of times and the Lansdowne Road agreement in better times as the economy improved. However, the commitment to the public sector unions was always that as the economy improved the legislation which had formed basis on which public sector pay had been cut - the FEMPI legislation - would have...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The tragedy - indeed the horror story - that is the Grace case in the south east of our country is known to all Deputies and has been raised by several Deputies across the House. When will the unpublished reports within the purview of the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, be published? When will legislation to establish a commission of inquiry into the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: May I ask two short questions of the Taoiseach, a Cheann Comhairle?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I add my voice of concern to that of those who spoke on the draft motion. Rather than having a division on the floor of the House, could we sit down to try to reach consensus? There was a huge degree of consensus last week on this issue. I believe the Government was party to that consensus, although it may not have been well expressed by those on the Government benches. Let us try to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I would like everyone to be provided with a weekly update on Brexit.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to her letter of 6 October 2016, if the terms of reference for the five inquiries to be established under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 have been settled; when these inquiries will proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34008/16]

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: There is an old adage that candidates campaign in poetry and govern in prose. In his poetry the President-elect Trump always sought to go low. In his prose we can only hope he occasionally reaches high. That said, all of us as democrats accept and respect the decision made by the American people. They voted for a man who they believe will change things. They voted because they are...

Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Like the rest of us, the Tánaiste has some awareness of the anxiety of the 50,000 undocumented Irish, many of whom are calling our offices to see what can be and what is to be done to address their precarious situation. We need to have a strategy and a discussion about it. We can do something. Migrant Rights Centre Ireland estimates that there are between 20,000 and 26,000...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (10 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: A commitment was made last week in regard to the GRA and the AGSI. When will we see legislation to provide both those bodies with access to the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission? Will the legislation extend the same access to trade union representatives in the Defence Forces?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (15 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for the recommended referenda arising from the Constitutional Convention. [34746/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (15 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí that will be trained in 2017; the number of new entrants planned per class in 2017; if there has been any changes to her previous announced plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (15 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the areas from which in her annual budget she proposes to find the proposed cost of the Labour Court decision on Garda pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34747/16]