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Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We would have the right to re-submit, obviously.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: They overlap, unfortunately.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: One hour.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: On the same matter, procedurally this is something about which we need to be clear. I had to find the terms of reference on the Department of Health's website. They were not available or attached to the order of the House. We were asked, within a one-hour timeframe, to amend a motion without having sight of the terms of reference to which it referred. Procedurally, the Ceann Comhairle's...

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: A meeting has been called for 2.10 p.m. in the office of the Minister of State, Deputy McGrath.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Do I not get to raise an issue because I have raised-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to include items, or if he has sought the inclusion of items, on the agenda of the next European Council meeting of the EU Heads of State or Government; and if he will report on his plans for this meeting. [11756/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to engage with the political parties in Northern Ireland following the Assembly elections. [12046/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Government is committed to provide Garda representative bodies with access to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court, as the Tánaiste will recall. Is it intended to provide similar access to PDFORRA and the representatives of the Defence Forces in the legislation? Can the Tánaiste indicate when the adjudicator's payment of €15 per day, to be paid to...

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters) (Revised): Motion (9 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: As I indicated on Tuesday evening, this has been an extraordinary uphill struggle, particularly for the two whistleblowers, who are articulate, able, committed women who saw a terrible wrong and were determined to have it fully ventilated and investigated. However, achieving a commission of investigation is not an end in itself. The terms of reference are critically important, as we have...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I send my sympathy and condolences and those of the Labour Party to the family of the late Captain Dara Fitzpatrick and the crew of Rescue 116, and wish Godspeed to all those engaged now in the important work of recovery for those families. I also send my condolences and those of my party to the family of Derry City captain, Ryan McBride. We will have an opportunity later to have a fuller...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach mentioned European Investment Bank money. The Taoiseach knows that the issue is not access to money. Money is cheap and accessible to this country. It is the ability under the Stability and Growth Pact rules to spend it which is the issue. I asked if the Taoiseach has done anything to alter the rules to allow the vital infrastructure spend that we need to be made. We have...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is the very point I am making.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach knows that the Department of Finance has worked for three years trying to find that.

Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Like many in this House, I was saddened when I turned on RTE radio this morning to hear of the death of Martin McGuinness. As on all such occasions, our first thoughts are with his wife, Bernie, his children and grandchildren and his extended family, which, as others have said, were the first centre of his life. I also think of the Sinn Féin Deputies who knew Martin as a friend and...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Technological Universities Bill was published by my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and reached Report Stage prior to the election last year. Last May I asked the Taoiseach about progress on the legislation and he gave me an assurance at that point that it would proceed, yet we have seen very little progress in the full year that has elapsed since the election. The Taoiseach is...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What about the timeline?

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is this about legislation?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department in 2016; the number of staff working in the relevant section; the number of requests that have been refused; and the number appealed. [11759/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for providing the House with details of the FOI requests his Department has received. It is certainly a substantial number at 275. I ask the Taoiseach about the Open Government Partnership, which, he will recall, I signed Ireland up to on behalf of the Government. It is an initiative of 70 countries which aims to secure concrete commitments from governments on...