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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Tánaiste whether it was appropriate for the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to have two meetings with the lead bidder in the most significant contract being overseen by his Department? It is a simple and straightforward question. I have had engagements with procurement officers in the context of the protocols for this area, which I drew up during my time as Minister for Public...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Why do these protocols not apply in this case?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Not with the lead bidder in the final stages of a contract.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There was at this stage. The Minister went to New York to meet him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There is somebody in the Deputy's office going through it right now-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste circulate a note to the Members?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Finance announced in May that the Government had approved the drafting of the so-called rainy day fund Bill. The budget allocated €500 million to that fund and another €1.5 billion is to be transferred to it from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF. The national surplus (reserve fund for exceptional contingencies) Bill - not an elegant title - was...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: In circumstances where there is no Minister available to answer questions, I suggest that the debate be adjourned.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We came in here to ask a series of questions, primarily on the future of the national broadband plan, which is the most important piece of national infrastructure that has yet to be put in place for rural Ireland. It has been many years in gestation. Like others, I believe that it was a mistake to allow 300,000 premises to be taken out of the package to be provided under the plan. This...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Can we amend the order?

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Sure the Taoiseach sacked him.

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Politics is a human endeavour and on a personal basis this is a difficult day for Deputy Denis Naughten and his friends and family. After the mire of controversy more than 20 years ago that led to the Moriarty tribunal, we repeatedly set out strict codes of conduct for how to handle any contract of the State and certainly any major procurement, right down to individual projects. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As well as the national broadband Bill the Government has also promised a communications management agency Bill. Apparently, the purpose of the Bill is to create a single entity to manage the State's commercial communications contracts, including the national broadband contract, and to act as a centre of expertise in the State's commercial activities. It is a pity that agency was not in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Will it take a few weeks?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: He is already a member of the Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Electoral Reform (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first report of the interdepartmental group on security of Ireland’s electoral process and disinformation. [39906/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Electoral Reform (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I too welcome the publication of the report in July. While it finds that there is a low risk of cyberattacks or disinformation online in this jurisdiction, we cannot be complacent and must put measures in place when we face elections. While I understand a reluctance to proceed very overtly in the course of a presidential election, I ask the Taoiseach if he intends to follow the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Electoral Reform (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: With fine results.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met; and when it will next meet. [39904/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the report on the future of policing. In his initial reply he has given us the sequencing as he sees it. There is a divergence in the views taken by some members of the commission on the internal governance remit, which some members, including Mr. Eddie Molloy, with whom many of us are familiar and have worked for many years, believe must be separate from...