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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the national broadband plan. We have all been concerned since the resignation of the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, about where we are going. We understood there was to be a three week process to be led by Mr. Peter Smyth to evaluate whether the existing tendering process was sufficiently robust or if we needed to go back to scratch. We understand Mr....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister intend to visit on this occasion?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [44955/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach rightly said, NESC is an important forum where workers' representatives, through their trade unions, meet employers' groups and Government. Over the years it has done an amount of important background research work that informs national policy on areas like public housing and so on. The set of priorities the Taoiseach has indicated for NESC into the future includes, as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach has just taken seven minutes to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report on A Programme for Partnership Government will be published. [44887/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Although the Government last weekend seemed more interested in needling Fianna Fáil about renewing the confidence and supply arrangements that support the Government, it is important at this juncture for the Taoiseach to set out, as committed to, what in the programme for Government has been achieved, especially in the areas of housing and health. The programme pledges to "reduce the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will retire in 12 years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: How many minutes do we have left?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Is there any direct communication from Government on that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I am talking about now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of special advisers in his Department. [42206/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key outcomes from the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and the prospects for the restoration of a power-sharing Executive in Northern Ireland. [48202/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the war in Yemen and the famine it has caused with the Saudi Arabian Government; if Ireland will condemn the ongoing war there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have contacted his Pakistani counterpart in relation to the treatment of a person (details supplied) and the refusal to allow them to leave Pakistan until the verdict is reviewed; if he has considered offering asylum to the person and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48122/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought action either here or at EU level against Saudi Arabia following the killing of a person (details supplied). [48123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies and consulates that have been opened in the past year; and the number planned for 2019. [48125/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional level of expenditure allocated to Irish Aid in 2019 under budget 2019; the areas in which the additional moneys will be allocated; and the locations in which the extra spending will be committed by programme. [48126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes it has implemented; the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and other consultancy or production costs for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Data (20 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by his Department; the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and other consultancy or production costs for each of the past five years; and if he will...