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Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The elect Leo campaign.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Over the past year the Taoiseach has shown significant interest in the north inner city and to his credit he has spent a good a good deal of time there. He tasked Kieran Mulvey with producing a report, which most of the stakeholders in the community believe charts a route forward that will be very beneficial. Last week, I visited the north inner city with my former Dáil colleague, Joe...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Does that mean Paschal is going to be a candidate?

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When will that happen?

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: They are now getting concerned.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Or the annual review of FEMPI, which is also due next month.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health last met; and when it next plans to meet. [23047/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Somebody had to.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I also sat on the Cabinet sub-committee on health for five years. The drive to abolish the HSE has left us in a completely invidious position. The health Vote rests with the Department of Health which is accountable for the money but the HSE is responsible for the spending of the money with no accountability. The Taoiseach has given various figures and made reference to them being...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will it be this year?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht last met. [23048/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Níl teorann ar bith i gceist nuair atá Teachtaí ag labhairt as Gaeilge.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Do I get extra time if I speak as Gaeilge?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I want to follow up on Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett's questions about the arts. Last week my colleague, Deputy Joan Burton, asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs about the row between Aosdána and the Arts Council about the cnuas stipend paid to members of Aosdána. It appears that a time and motion...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Arts Council has conducted a value for money study in conjunction with Mr. John O'Hagan, a professor of economics at Trinity College Dublin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Successive Governments have been happy to embrace the arts when Ireland is being presented for branding purposes. That was certainly the case when the arts invariably formed the centrepiece of last year's commemorative events, but it now appears that supports for artists do not feature in the Government's plans. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett referred to the Creative Ireland document which was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will the number of words written, the number of square inches painted or the number of plays produced be counted? How can this be done in the arts?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Would it not be good to look at a practical support base for some of the people who are least paid in communities and who often produce enormous good?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Never mind the quality, feel the width.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach can circulate it.