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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach put it diplomatically but Salzburg was a diplomatic disaster. The expected breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations simply did not happen. There was a heightened expectation in the days running up to the summit that progress would be made. Since then no further progress has been made on the legal framework being put into place at the October summit. In effect, two critically...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: People should know where we stand.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) last met; and when it will next meet. [39448/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The issue of defective schools was raised on Leaders' Questions and I ask the Taoiseach to reflect on it. It is extremely worrying that this involves major contracts and that up to 40 schools could be affected and we do not know whether the same designs and construction techniques were used in other public works. We must reflect on how public works and public building contracts are awarded....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the British Prime Minister in Salzburg with regard to Brexit. [42205/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach indicated to the House that he met the British Prime Minister in Salzburg and Brussels. Throughout this period, it seems clear that Ms May is seeking to transfer the risks associated with Brexit to Ireland and has contorted the position we thought was fixed and clear last December. She is doing complex manoeuvres that seem designed to disguise the fact that she is walking...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is safe to say that the October European Council was an anti-climax. If we had hoped for any new proposals on Brexit, or any breakthrough in the negotiations, I believe we were all disappointed. This is a classic negotiation tactic. If one does not want to give more ground, or is unable to give more ground, one plays for time. What we saw at the October summit was incredible. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Broin showed an uncharacteristic lack of generosity by not acknowledging the work of Senator Humphreys on short-term lettings over many years. We are now entering the winter period and the days are getting colder, as evidenced by the weather forecast for next weekend. As we speak, 391 people are lying on hospital trolleys throughout the country and if recent winters are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [42207/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Unfortunately, I missed Leaders' Questions earlier as I was attending meetings, along with colleagues, with the British Labour Party shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Tony Lloyd. It was to keep in touch with what is happening. As such, I may cover ground that has already been covered. I will first make a general point. I have made it crystal clear in all my...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That sounds like American football.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic division of his Department. [43432/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: One of the greatest risks facing us in terms of our revenue sources is, as the Taoiseach acknowledged, our overdependence on corporation tax from multinationals. A small number of companies are producing a very significant chunk of the corporation tax collected, which also represents an increasingly large chunk of the overall tax take. Has the economic division looked at this issue? Do we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [43433/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Taoiseach to give information to the House about the specific public service reform measures being led by the social policy and public service reform division. Are there discrete units of reform that the Taoiseach has prioritised and the division is on top of? In particular, has it oversight of the reforms of An Garda Síochána? Previously all the work suggested by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to support farmers facing difficulty with fodder supply over the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the correct amount for the period of certified illness will be restored in respect of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45220/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 1084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the correct amount for the period of certified illness will be restored in respect of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied). [45221/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: He did not say that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: After 39 years, the Taoiseach made the startling discovery yesterday that Christmas comes every December. There may indeed be scope to change rostering at Christmas time, but the Taoiseach should not blame hospital staff, as he did, whatever the Minister says. He mentioned staff taking their annual entitlement to leave. Rostering and ensuring the presence of sufficient staff, as the...