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Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There were one or two others as well.

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Indeed it should. I speak as the person who drew up the national plan.

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We can read the rest of it ourselves.

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: This is a most timely motion, as the clock is ticking down to March next year, when the UK leaves the EU. It is one thing to talk about the overall volume of goods and services traded between Ireland and the UK, and the possibility of Ireland finding new markets for some of its goods, but when we discuss the nature of the goods we export to Britain and the conditions of our ports and other...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on the future use of the former Garda station at Roche's Road, Wexford town; his views on whether it should be made available for community purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31608/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There is some speculation as to whether the polling day for the upcoming referenda and presidential election will be either 25 October or 26 October this year. I also understand there are many potential candidates deeply exercised about the timeframe they have to be nominated. The Dáil is due to return on 18 September. Has the Government given any thought to making an order for...

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It was.

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome that at last we have a written position paper by the British Government setting out its vision of the future EU-UK relationship. It has taken more than two years to get to this stage and only months remain before March 2019 when the UK leaves the EU. I also welcome that Theresa May refers to commitments to Northern Ireland and to Ireland in her foreword to the White Paper. ...

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We know there is an inquiry into it. Having listened carefully to the Sinn Féin leader's speech, I know this issue was not mentioned, even as the precursor of the collapse of the institutions. I do not say that as a criticism. I am pointing out the reality that a range of new issues, including marriage equality and the Irish language Act, are being referenced even though they were not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: One of the critical judgments to be made of the Taoiseach's Government is on how badly Ireland will be impacted by Brexit. It is clear that Brexit risks doing incalculable damage to our country. Everybody in this House knows it. We have discussed it in and out. Tens of thousands of jobs are at risk, as is social cohesion on both sides of the Border. For those of us who have had the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Time is running out or to use the phrase of Michel Barnier, "the clock is ticking". We had hoped to have the Irish issues settled, separate from the withdrawal agreement, in June. Then it was October. Now it is to be November. The Taoiseach referred to some of the English newspapers. Bloomberg reported today that the EU will make support for Ireland's Brexit position conditional on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: What does the Taoiseach make of it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach should tell the Minister that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The UK Supreme Court ruled at the end of August that the exclusion of cohabitees from claiming widowed parent's allowance was discriminatory on the basis of marital or birth status. Siobhan McLaughlin and her partner whom she never married lived together for 23 years and had four children together. The widowed parent's allowance in Northern Ireland is payable to widowed men and women with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C. European Union, including Brexit, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [37751/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Other Deputies have raised issues that are very important. I am deeply concerned there will be a lot of quickly moving parts in a very short period of time, and that we might be blindsided by some of the decisions that are happening. On the domestic front, it was announced a year ago as a key Brexit support measure that there would be a €300 million Brexit loan fund. It was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with IMF managing director, Ms Christine Lagarde. [29004/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, at the Council of the European Union. [30645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the difficulties faced by primary schools in hiring qualified substitute teachers to cover teacher absences as expressed by parents, teachers and school management bodies; the steps he is taking to deal with the difficulties; his plans to establish a number of panels of substitute teachers...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be reached on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37271/18]