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Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: How long is that to take?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There is no point in starting if there are seven Deputies on the next question, is there?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That question was put to the Commissioner at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Her response was that she subsequently called for a committee to be put in place and the Department of Justice and Equality was represented on the committee and as far as she was concerned, that addressed her legal obligations. I do not think anybody could accept that. The senior legal adviser to An...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What is the point in selecting an external person to be chairman of the audit committee if they are not giving any access to information as it arises? These are fundamental issues. We do not want to have a parallel process here but if our primary job is to restore confidence in the administration of An Garda Síochána, it is not good enough that after the arrival of one momentous...

Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann: Sitting in Joint Committee - Exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator of the Taskforce for the Preparation and Conduct of Negotiations with the United Kingdom (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am standing very close to our guest. I add my welcome and that of my Labour Party colleagues to Monsieur Barnier. Although my speaking time is very brief, I will use my proximity to him to emphasise the points I want to make. Mr. Barnier and I met many years ago. We were both environment Ministers. I know his commitment to the ideals of Europe. I also know he appreciates that the...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste is satisfied.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I find the Tánaiste's strident response to the critical issues raised by other Deputies depressing. That there is a growing level of crisis in and about An Garda Síochána is undeniable. It is not conjecture or fanciful thought. Perhaps the most concerning development of recent days is the clear division opening up between senior civilian members and other members of An Garda...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That was not the question.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Every crisis, scandal and issue is carefully boxed off to an inquiry by GSOC or the Committee of Public Accounts - somewhere, anywhere - and things carry on. Every Member can clearly see that the best interests of An Garda Síochána are not served by the status quo. That the Tánaiste cannot see this is a matter of great concern. She and I have known each other for a long time...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The question of resources is never an excuse for not doing a proper-----

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Let us do it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Private Rented Accommodation (11 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the working group on tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers; the number of times the group has met; the sectorial inputs it has received or requested, other than the public consultation; the timeline for the group to produce a final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: He has tabled it as a Topical Issue for discussion later today.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I share the Deputy's concerns about what is an allegation at this stage. The Taoiseach will recall I raised it with him last week in Leaders' Questions. It fits into wider concerns Members of the House have about An Garda Síochána, as Deputy Shortall has rightly laid out. I understood the Taoiseach agreed last week the Tánaiste would make herself available to answer...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We know the details.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Yesterday we heard that the Minister for Education and Skills intended to legislate to ban cheating services at third level. While legislation to strengthen Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, is welcome, it is hardly the most pressing matter in the education system. A year after his appointment we still have not seen the Minister's response to the Labour Party's Equal Status...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: As I am only allowed to refer to one, I thought I would reference the other two.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When will the Bill progress?

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I have never heard of legislation being held up pending the outcome of a trade union ballot.

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: He is very busy.