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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Negotiations (31 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 102. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the engagements between officials in his Department and sherpas in the governments of other EU member states on Brexit. [25624/17]

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: On my own behalf and on that of the Labour Party, I wish the Taoiseach well and every success in his retirement. I have no doubt that others will use the opportunity provided by this short debate to attack him and his legacy. I will not do that, but neither will I embarrass either of us by presenting a hagiography of him. We served together in two Governments. In the 1990s, during the...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to share time with Deputy Burton.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: On a personal level, I wish Deputy Varadkar well today, particularly as we worked together in government. While my party cannot support his election as Taoiseach on the basis of the existing programme for Government, it is a very proud day for him personally. Equally, I know it will be a very happy day for his partner, Matthew, his parents Ashok and Miriam and all his friends and family,...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Deputy show that record to the House?

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Great expectations.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I propose to share time with Deputies Penrose, Sherlock and Jan O'Sullivan. On my own behalf and that of the Labour Party, I offer my congratulations to each of the new appointees. Some have had the honour of serving in government and others are experiencing that honour for the first time. I call it an honour because that is what it is. Collectively, they are now required to act...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Last week the Taoiseach unveiled his new Cabinet. It included an unprecedented number of Ministers of State with the right to attend at Cabinet. Within 24 hours, it emerged that one of these four Ministers of State could not receive the corresponding allowance without a change in the law. The Labour Party made it clear that we would oppose any such legislation and others likewise, and it...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will find that I am right.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Act is crystal clear. An allowance is payable to party Whips, but such an allowance is not payable - it is crystal clear in the Act - to someone who is a Minister or Minister of State. An allowance was payable to a Minister of State who may attend Cabinet separately, and two such allowances can be paid under separate legislation, but the Taoiseach has four Ministers of State attending...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Under the law.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When two were paid an allowance. There is a law-----

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: One of the pieces of business scheduled for tonight is the renewal for another year of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. Under the legislation, it is required that the Government bring a report on the operation of that Act. I do not want to take up too much time on this. In essence, that report amounts to four pages, double spaced, which, in fact, tells us no case was sent forward...

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I raised this issue last year. I know there was a different Minister for Justice and Equality at the time. There is a legal requirement on the Act because this is a fundamental constitutional shift. I know it is due to be taken today but I am saying it should not be taken today. We need some debate in this House. Under the Act, a report is to be presented but it is not a report. A...

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: On the same issue, the Taoiseach will be aware of the genuine consternation in the entire south east, not only in the Waterford constituency but also mine, that a man lost his life over the weekend in Waterford because of the lack of a cath lab facility. It was our understanding that, pending the conclusion of the second review, a second mobile lab would be in place by the first quarter of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the status of proposals to be published by his Department to address the economic and trade implications of Brexit. [27241/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Taoiseach to his first Taoiseach's questions. The issue of Brexit will loom very large in our discussions in the coming weeks and months. Yesterday, the Taoiseach met Prime Minister May and we heard yet again the commitment to the maintenance of the common travel area and to a North-South Border that is as frictionless as possible. However, we also heard a reaffirmation that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Some people call it the Vaseline Border, it is so frictionless.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: How is that to be achieved outside the customs union?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Keir Starmer put forward a very interesting position yesterday.