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Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will it be before the recess?

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is shocking.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is an outrageous argument.

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Last September, I published a Bill to propose the regulation of crisis pregnancy counselling in Ireland. The need for legislation in this regard is clear to all by now. As I have said repeatedly, women in crisis pregnancy situations are being abused by charlatans who lie to them. Those rogue agencies are still operating in this city although they have been condemned by those on all sides...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jun 2017)

Brendan Howlin: When will it happen?

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Six months ago RTE first broadcast the "We Need to Talk about Dad" programme and it was aired again last night. Anybody who watched RTE would have been struck by Mr. Brendan Courtney's struggle to care for his dad, Frank, after he was left paralysed by a stroke. The family had to battle to try to get the resources needed to allow him stay in his own home. I and others raised this when the...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: He is a very busy man.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to focus on two areas, the first being broadband. Most people outside the major cities were profoundly worried about the impact of the delay in the rolling out of broadband. Obviously, I was directly involved in the previous Administration in examining this issue and setting out clearly what would be commercially available and the areas in which the State had to step in. We had...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I did not want to sound parochial.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for constitutional reform. [29974/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I also welcome the clear commitment to have a referendum on the eighth amendment during the course of 2018. I do not want to rehearse or repeat matters that have already been raised by my colleague with which I strongly agree. However, I wish to get some clarification from the Taoiseach. I do not think anybody on any side of the House believes that this Dáil will last a full five-year...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The visit yesterday of the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Trudeau, was an important one. While socks and jogging might have captured the headlines, it seems clear from Prime Minister Trudeau's comments that he was here for one specific reason, building support for the free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, CETA. Like most Members of this House, I understand the benefits...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Most people in this House and in most arms of the community - labour, employers, agriculture workers and so on - support the concept of free trade. However, when there are issues to be addressed, we as an elected assembly have a responsibility to address them ensure we have as much support for trade agreements that are beneficial to an open economy like ours. That means having a proper...

Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It has been over a year since the House passed a Labour Party motion to increase incrementally the national minimum wage until it is pegged at 60% of median earnings. Despite that commitment and the commitment outlined by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald in the programme for Government, so far the Government has only managed to increase the national minimum wage by 10 cent. It has refused to amend...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to update his Department's statement of strategy. [29971/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The current Department of the Taoiseach strategy statement was only published in February. The Taoiseach indicated the areas which are encompassed by it. What I would like to know now is what changes, in general terms, he intends to bring about in advance of the publication of the formal document. The Taoiseach has indicated a number of changes that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversation with President Trump on 27 June 2017. [31182/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I want to explore further the specifics of the role Deputy John Deasy has been given in order that we might understand it. Did the Taoiseach discuss his role with President Trump during their conversation and what specifically his role will be? I am unaware of any Member of this House having been appointed a Government envoy who was not a member of the Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will Deputy John Deasy report back to the Taoiseach? Will he be supported by staff at our embassy in Washington or in the Taoiseach's Department? What will be his status in interactions? Will he speak authoritatively for the Government? How will it work and how will he co-ordinate his role with the formal role of our ambassador to Washington which we have always understood? Mr. Dan...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: How would it work within our legal framework?