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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (4 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for Seanad reform. [41721/17]

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: My first knowledge of Liam Cosgrave came from my political mentor, the former Labour leader Brendan Corish. Although they came from very different political traditions, they became very firm friends. They worked together on the basis of trust and honour. Brendan often told me of the many difficult and challenging issues, including the economy and national security, which were dealt with by...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: No wonder the Deputy ended up as he is.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: To be fair, that was only the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Well done.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Intangible Assets (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The budget has to add up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Wexford will be made available to support persons with diabetes; if his attention has been drawn to the recent data released which indicates that County Wexford has the largest year on year increase in the incidence of diabetes related foot ulcers and amputations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I would like to convey my condolences and the condolences of all my colleagues in the Labour Party to the families of Clare O'Neill, Michael Pyke and Fintan Goss. When Met Éireann warned of a risk to life, we all hoped that it might not prove to be the case. Unfortunately, it clearly was. The three families most involved have our sympathy and condolences and those of everyone in the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It will not happen too often.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Taoiseach's commitment to having a full and proper debate on the climate mitigation plan. We might agree that we will do that in the next week or two and certainly well in advance of any final decisions being made with regard to the capital plan because it is important that we put money into an area that we are talking about and are now convinced about. My second question...

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Tomorrow, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission are due to agree the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights. This is an important development, another move to codify social rights at the heart of the European project. I am concerned at some of what I have been hearing regarding Ireland's role in this process. I have been told from European...

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is there somebody briefing the Taoiseach on it?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will somebody tell me what is in it?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Taoiseach answer the question I asked?

Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Taoiseach a question and he answered a previous question. It is important that this House has some input into Ireland's position. It is not good enough for the Taoiseach simply to say that he does not know and he will not tell me what our position is. Can he ask the Minister with responsibility for social protection, if she is the lead person negotiating this, to discuss what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will recall that in the Government of which both he and I were members there were ten Cabinet sub-committees which were very effective at pursuing the reform agenda in each area of operation, with direct accountability to the Taoiseach, which was good. If there was any criticism of them, it was probably that there were too many people attending each of them, but that was a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We need to have real debate about these issues now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I would not start to train the dogs just yet.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: This House voted by majority to have special economic status for Northern Ireland and to maintain the customs union on the island of Ireland. The Government voted against it. I have done everything I can to explain the consequences of not having both parts of the island in the same customs union, certainly to my colleagues in the British Labour Party. We need reports such as the one...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is a fact. All of us in this House have to face up to this. In the words of Mr. Michel Barnier, the clock is ticking. If we continue as we are, with Britain saying there will be a soft or seamless border and us saying there will be no border, what will happen when, suddenly in March 2019, we will be in different customs unions? What will physically happen then? Rather than talking...