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Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I know the Leas-Cheann Comhairle did not intend to disenfranchise the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Nobody intended to make the mistake. Ninety-eight years ago today, the Democratic Programme for the First Dáil was published. Written by the Labour Party leader, Tom Johnson, it set out an ambitious set of proposals to make Ireland an equal and prosperous nation. That programme declared the right of every citizen to an adequate share of the produce of the nation's labour....

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Getting people back to work is an overarching priority but getting people back to work is not the full story. People in work have to be afforded a decent standard of living and work must pay. I am aware of the mandate of the Low Pay Commission but that mandate can be changed by the Government. We have proposed that the terms of reference of the Low Pay Commission should be amended by...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We would have indicated if we had known the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was changing the rules in the middle of the day.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The programme for Government includes a commitment to include family consent and an opt out register for organ donations to be enacted before the end of this year. As the Tánaiste is aware, this important legislation will greatly increase the availability of life-saving organs for transplantation. It is extraordinary that there is no mention of it in the programme. I ask the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That was the previous Government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: In 2012 the then Government agreed the heads of the mediation Bill, the purpose of which is to promote mediation as a viable alternative to court proceedings. It should be a priority to minimise the costs for individuals and the cluttering up of our courts system with cases that could be settled in a much more amicable way through mediation. When will the mediation Bill come before the House?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Does the justice reform committee include in its purview the issue of security at airports? Is that part of the justice brief or is that left to the Cabinet sub-committee on transport? In respect of the deeply worrying events that have come to light in the past couple of days, which obviously will raise very serious concerns for most people interested not only in people trafficking but in...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I would like to return to the two questions I raised earlier. In light of recent events at Dublin Airport, does the Taoiseach agree that there is no point in having sophisticated security systems if the mere fact of being employed in the airport by any of the companies that has an operation there is enough to exclude people from any scrutiny? Does he agree that we need to have some...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Exactly.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Indentured.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and positions agreed on Brexit negotiations at the EU27 meeting at the European Council in December 2016. [1989/17]

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We have spent some time for the past six or eight months analysing and settling Ireland's position and what is in the interests of Ireland. We have been looking to ascertain what exactly the UK position will be and that has become clearer. It is a much harder position than anybody in the House would have wished for and some of us hoped for. I am interested in the shaping of the position of...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: -----to oppose or tell the troika to take a hike and ruin the country? We could all look backwards but I am interested in looking forward in the interests of our people. What is the EU negotiating position on the hard Frontex border? Will it be the position of the 27 states to oppose the imposition of a hard Frontex border on the island of Ireland? Will the 27 EU member states support and...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What is Michel Barnier's position?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is Michel Barnier going to present a position?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When is the position of the 27 member states going to be decided?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When will that happen?

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When are they going to take a position?