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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with faith leaders; and his plans for future engagements. [27720/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I also think this is a useful interaction. Faith groups are an important part of our social infrastructure and a greater variety of faith groups have established themselves on the island of Ireland in recent times. The growth of the Muslim community and its increased visibility is one example. For that reason, we must address some matters. As I have said in the past, the role of churches...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Structured Dialogue Process (27 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: It is unacceptable.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: This will mark the Taoiseach's fifth EU Council meeting. It will also mark two years since the UK citizenry voted to leave the European Union. Unfortunately, little progress has been made on addressing Ireland’s core concerns to date. The bulletproof backstop that was agreed last December has clearly now not been translated into an agreed legal text. Talks on the future...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I welcome our young guests to the Gallery. Ireland has one of the world's most open economies but it also has one of the world's most open societies. One in eight people living in this country was not born here. Many vibrant cultures and ethnic communities make valuable contributions right across the island. Membership of the European Union has widened the horizons of many people in...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: There were only two.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Tánaiste's views in respect of the big idea, that is, a major initiative for Europe's neighbourhood, particularly on a new Marshall plan for Africa. This is really good and we should be leading on the issue. We should also be willing to contribute significantly to it. Our moral authority to argue on any of these issues is greatly diminished as long as we have patently...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: We do not have such a system. People have been waiting years for decisions.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The debate on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 continued last night until just after 10 p.m. Three other Bills at Final Stage were scheduled for debate which were not reached, one of which was the Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016 from Deputy Alan Kelly, which would allow distilleries and microbreweries, in particular, to sell their wares. We are in the height...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Other Bills, such as the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 which would regulate and reform banded hours contracts that are important for workers, were also due to be discussed. Some Members might have an interest in that legislation. These matters, along with the Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016, were listed last week and again this week. While this...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I ask that those Bills be scheduled before Bills that might be likely to attract a lot of debate.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Can the legislation be prioritised? I was told it was.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Put it in early next week.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Let us try to do that.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Finance's policies on the budget and the economy are not common sense. He has argued that it is common sense for Ireland to not spend as much money as is available to us and is permitted under the very strict European rules that we helped put in place. I said previously that we do need to manage and reduce the national debt. The most sensible way to do that is to expand...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: Where is the rainy day fund being put?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I asked about the rainy day fund.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The country has money aside. Under the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, there is €20 billion of directed and undirected funds available to the Minister for Finance. My question is directly about the rainy day fund. The Minister for Finance has indicated that the forthcoming budget will involve the State borrowing to run a deficit of 0.1% of GDP. That is what he told the House last...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: I am asking for the Government's logic.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2018)
Brendan Howlin: The logic of that is that the Government should not borrow the money and instead have a balanced budget.