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Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We would like the Dáil to be treated with some respect. We would like to see it before the Minister sends people out to present it in the media. The bottom line is we have a real crisis in terms of sustaining people in their houses. Would the Taoiseach accept that the Bill to come before us on Thursday merits at least being passed on Second Stage so that we can debate it on Committee...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: And an all-party committee.

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I would love to see it.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Sorry, I did not hear the Minister of State. Are there amendments from today's announcement and will they be amendments to the planning Bill? Is that what the Minister of State is telling us?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: When will we see them?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We cannot deal with an important issue like that.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Just-----

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I want to speak on Thursday's business.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: No, Sir. I said, "No."

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I know we are in a rush but we are not in that much.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The bottom line is we need to know. Maybe Deputy Micheál Martin has sight of the proposals. I do not know.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Okay, that is fine.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is not.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am simply seeking clarity. I do not know how well briefed Deputy Micheál Martin is but I have not been briefed at all in relation to an announcement made publicly at 1.15 p.m., when Leaders' Questions were at 2 o'clock, on what we regard as one of the most fundamental issues facing us, which is housing, in particular, the rental sector. We are now told it will be dealt with by way of...

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Sorry, I cannot-----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Over the past ten days we have all been shocked by the actions of a substantially profitable company proposing to eviscerate the pension rights of those working for that company. I understand the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, has indicated he is considering an intervention in this matter. The Labour Party has drafted a Bill that would amend the Pensions Act 1990 and is consulting the trade...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It would include others though.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I share other Deputies' surprise that the person who vacated this role has not been replaced. I know how pivotal the former economic adviser was to Government policy formation in the past five years. When the 2011 Government was formed, the economy was at the heart of everything we did and we established the Economic Management Council as a core vehicle for the analysis of economic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Unpredictability.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Obviously, all e-mails generated within the official systems within Departments sent to any e-mail address whatsoever are retained on the central servers and are amenable to being accessed for freedom of information purposes or any other purpose. There have always been concerns over the vulnerability of communications. Back 20 or 25 years ago the concerns would have related to telephones,...