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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met; and when it will next meet. [48129/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I note the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government - and we all know who attended because of the tweet - attended the security meeting. It came a month after Storm Ophelia caused such devastation in our country. The Taoiseach will recall the day after the storm I raised with him in this House the matter of clear guidelines for employers on what they should do in the event of a...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What Deputy Connolly says is completely untrue.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy's final comment was viciously bitter.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I will respond to the debate on behalf of the Labour Party. I commend my colleague Deputy Jan O'Sullivan on introducing this legislation. The Minister of State, Deputy English, is right that our job here is to find solutions. That is why people send Deputies to the House. We have tried to find solutions and I welcome the support of every Deputy who spoke. One or two Deputies who...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to number of post offices that might close or are in danger of closing; if a list of such post offices has been complied by his Department or furnished to him; if so, if the list will be provided to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48289/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service. Most of us anticipated that the Government would adopt a coherent structured approach to public sector pay. I expressed concern when a much hiked salary was rumoured for the next Garda Commissioner. I am even more concerned at reports that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It has been six years in preparation.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the parties in Northern Ireland on re-establishing the Executive. [44550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Documents (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations within his Department for a hard Brexit and reports or analyses conducted in this regard. [44893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the libraries that will benefit from the €3.75 million investment announced on 9 November 2017; the amount provided to each library; the purpose for each grant award, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the libraries that have benefitted from the €2.7 million investment provided to date in 2017; the amount provided to each library; the purpose for each grant award, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48476/17]

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste quoted from it.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It is an unfortunate fact that over recent weeks, the Taoiseach has given inaccurate information to this House twice. Both occasions related to the Department of Justice and Equality and both now require explanations from the Taoiseach. The first occasion related to the staffing of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The Taoiseach told the House in September on the advice...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I will deal with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement issue on another occasion because I have only one minute now. The Tánaiste said on radio, and the Taoiseach repeated, that she cannot recall the email. She says she does not remember it because the email said that no action was required of her. Surely the very fact that an official of a Department informed her of...

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Three.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: They are not all of equal value either.

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste will answer "in due course"?

Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste will answer "in due course".