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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met; and when it will next meet. [16661/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Brexit stakeholders forum meets periodically is of very great use and is an important innovation to continue. I want to ask the Taoiseach about what I discern to be a slight difference of opinion between himself and the Tánaiste on the timetabling of critical decisions. The Tánaiste has repeatedly made it clear that June really is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Easter Rising Commemorations (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in the annual 1916 commemoration. [16664/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Easter Rising Commemorations (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He said his Department co-ordinates the 1916 commemoration. I think we can all agree that we had a wonderful centenary in 2016, but in a general sense the annual event needs more focus. Will the Taoiseach review the nature of it? I noted that the Taoiseach had Rahm Emanuel as a guest. Is there an official guest list? That might be a good idea and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Easter Rising Commemorations (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It was a hotbed of Bolshevism.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the status of improvements being made on the Dublin inner city forum. [17616/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: This is a broad canvas. Quite frankly, an awful lot of good has been done. I want to acknowledge that and the initiatives taken by the Taoiseach's predecessor. There is some transformative work being done. I just want to concentrate on one little aspect of that broad canvas, namely, the area of the national drugs strategy and its implications. I do not think we can actually tackle the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That is shocking; it is not true. The Taoiseach knows that Deputy Jan O'Sullivan did remarkable work.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: This is incredibly partisan.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Why is the Taoiseach being so deliberately bitter?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18223/18]

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: She actually abolished it.

Tributes on Retirement of Member of Staff (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I am truly delighted to have the opportunity to say a few words about Marie. She has looked after Labour Party tables for many years. There used to be Labour Party tables, plural. Those who are around as long as I am will remember that Marie's late mum, Peg, and Peg's close associate Isabelle, overlapped Marie's sterling service here. Marie knows more State secrets and Members' foibles...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Apr 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Other Deputies have already raised the disturbing and shocking case involving CervicalCheck and Mrs. Vicky Phelan. The HPV vaccine protects young girls from developing cervical cancer. The vaccine also protects boys against HPV-related cancers later in life. This House discussed a Labour Party motion on these matters some two weeks ago. That motion was passed. One of the elements of the...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Across Ireland today there are many thousands of women who are terrified following the revelations about the CervicalCheck screening programme. Following an audit of women diagnosed with cervical cancer, we know that 208 women should have been told and had earlier interventions. It beggars belief that 162 of these women were not told, and, from what has been said today, may not yet have...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach does not know.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I have a second question. I have re-read the Act that established HIQA. It is very constraining in terms of what the authority can do. It refers to how HIQA must ensure that an investigation does not interfere or conflict with the functions of any other statutory body. HIQA can appoint an approved person with the approval of the Minister. It has limited power to demand production of...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: What about the women who do not know they are affected?

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I take what the Deputy says and it is important that everybody has an opportunity to air his or her view. The most important element however is that we hear from the Minister today. The rapporteur said the Minister would have ten minutes but I do not see how it could be possible for the Minister to answer all the questions in ten minutes.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I would like as much time as is required to be provided to the Minister. How long approximately does the Minister intend to speak for?