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Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What is the capital sum involved?

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Are we talking about €2.5 billion or more?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Cabinet committee prepared any position papers on the impact of Brexit on Ireland. If so, will those papers be shared with us in this House? Has the Taoiseach read the comments by Peter Navarro, the top trade adviser to President Trump, where he attacked Germany and accused it of using a grossly undervalued euro to exploit the US? Does the Taoiseach have a view on that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the cost of his visit. [4128/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I have never been to Davos either, although I have made presentations to the World Economic Forum on behalf of the State in other locations. The RTE report from Davos stated papers are being prepared on ways to minimise customs checks on the Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic as a result of Brexit. Will the Taoiseach share these papers with us? The Taoiseach listed a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when the next meeting is planned. [4269/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I want to focus on the promise to deliver rapid-build housing. The Government promised that 300 modular or rapid-build houses would be completed or under construction by the end of last year but none had started by this time. What action will the Taoiseach take to make sure this happens? I agree with Deputy Adams that it is a matter of funding but it is not exclusively so. There have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Bodies (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if he has raised Ireland's bid to secure the European Medicines Agency with his EU counterparts in bilateral meetings. [2781/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 152. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has met since October 2016; and when it is planned to meet next. [4273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the regulations requiring persons to wear life jackets at all times while on board pleasure craft; his views on whether age restrictions should apply or not; his further views on whether it should be mandatory to undertake water safety courses in advance of taking to inland or sea waters; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Individual harrowing tales set before us last night by the "RTE Investigates" programme revealed a deep malaise at the heart of our national health service. The idea that Governments going back to 2002 were misled about the state of our waiting list is troubling. I echo the call made by my colleague, Deputy Alan Kelly, who wanted and is calling for an independent probe into how these lists...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is shocking.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I had hoped that the days when vitally important infrastructure was left lying idle were in the past, but apparently not. Is that not shocking? Why is that happening? Who is accountable for it? We have major infrastructural projects to be built in this country. Will the Taoiseach agree to the suggestion by my colleague, Deputy Burton, that the additional costings should be referred to...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We need the answer to that question.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Somebody has to be accountable.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I do not think set-piece speeches will advance our knowledge of these matters. I put it to the Business Committee that there should be some sort of interaction in the course of the proposed debate so that we can pose questions and get responses to those questions.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: In November of last year I tabled the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016. The Bill was designed to tackle the issue of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies. The Bill passed Second Stage and I was assured that it would be a priority piece of work for the Government. At this stage, three months later, I have received no further detailed report of its progress. However,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs last met; and when it is planned to meet next. [4272/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: All those measures are already enacted.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am looking forward to it.