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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: When will the report be delivered?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (8 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the renewal of a working family payment claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46158/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Perhaps the Minister for Justice and Equality will come to the House either later today or tomorrow to tease out those matters in some detail. I want to raise a different issue, namely, the gap between the earnings of men and women, which worsened from 12% in 2002 to 14% according to the most recent figures from the Central Statistics Office, CSO. That means women are working for more...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That the gap in other countries is worse is, the Taoiseach says, no excuse and yet he uses it as an excuse. We have a vehicle in the Bill passed by the Seanad. We can pass it here readily. The notion that we will start a new Bill with pre-legislative scrutiny in a couple of weeks' time with no prospect of enactment in the current calendar year makes a nonsense of new politics. If the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We can change that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: To change the Title of the Bill is a big barrier.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Pre-legislative scrutiny is not the normal starting point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: In the third interim report of the disclosures tribunal, Mr. Justice Peter Charleton states Sergeant Maurice McCabe was "repulsively denigrated" for being no more than a good citizen and police officer. In those circumstances, the people are rightly angry and frustrated by the idea that the people's money would be used to fund former Commissioner Callinan's legal defence. When this matter...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Spin central.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is well over her time.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The controls are not working.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Brussels on 4 October 2018; the meetings he held; and if he has met with Mr. Michel Barnier. [43840/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: In the normal course of events, EU policy decisions are taken at EU level and member states get significant time to digest and implement them locally. Unfortunately, in these negotiations we have moved into classic brinkmanship mode, with all the hard decisions being left to the final hours. We have heard that negotiators are up until 3 a.m. and resume their meetings at dawn, negotiating in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Hopefully, the interpretation will be the same.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It should be there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: They are all factual questions. Getting factual answers is the problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committees he has attended since June 2018. [41075/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Factual answers are important. In the previous Administration, much work was done through Cabinet sub-committees which usually met for a full day. I know it is the Taoiseach's practice that more work is done at full Cabinet meetings rather than at Cabinet sub-committee meetings. However, that means one has long agendas. Does the infrastructure committee deal with the national broadband...