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Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: December 1918 was a time of great change in Ireland and across the world. The Great War had just ended. A total of 19 million were dead and many more were injured. There had never before been warfare on that scale, or with such brutality. The price paid in blood accelerated the already legitimate claim by working people for political equality, and as others have said, they secured the...

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

Brendan Howlin: The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is a strategy to transform policing in Ireland.

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

Brendan Howlin: I will wait until there is order.

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

Brendan Howlin: I take it we will start the clock again.

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

Brendan Howlin: The report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is a strategy to transform policing in Ireland. The report rightly notes that many people have very good relations with An Garda Síochána. We want to preserve everything that is right with An Garda Síochána. There is, equally, a need for large-scale, once in a generation reform and change in how the force...

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

Brendan Howlin: I warmly welcome the bulk of recommendations and I welcomed the process when it was inaugurated. It really is a transforming moment for which we have waited a long time. There is one net issue, however. The report stated that the right mix of skills can be achieved by giving the Garda Commissioner the freedom to design his own team. It cannot be right for whoever is at the apex of the...

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

Brendan Howlin: I have spoken to Kathleen O’Toole too.

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

Brendan Howlin: There also has to be external people.

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

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach said yesterday that there were plans to pass 45 emergency Bills next year in the event of a hard Brexit coming to pass. I have raised this matter with him a number of times and he indicated we would be briefed on it. In the new year, there will be 29 scheduled sitting days between the time the House comes back and 29 March. Is it envisaged that we would pass 45 Bills, sight...

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

Brendan Howlin: Can I just say that I raised this last week-----

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

Brendan Howlin: All of which would have to be scrutinised here.

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

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, this is not good enough. These are the same answers I got from the Taoiseach when he said he would give a briefing to the stakeholders' forum. The stakeholders' forum is not Parliament. These are parliamentary issues.

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

Brendan Howlin: I have asked specifically for a briefing on the legislation, whether it is one Bill or 45 Bills-----

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

Brendan Howlin: -----so that we are prepared when we come back after the Christmas recess.

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

Brendan Howlin: Can we have one in Parliament too?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Protected Disclosures (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The protected disclosures legislation was ground-breaking. It was modelled on best international practice at the time and very much in line with the open government initiative to which Ireland had signed up while the Labour Party was in government. The idea behind it was that it would allow disclosures to be made to the level of manager closest to the issue which had arisen. In other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Orange Order. [52099/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53249/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: On behalf of the Labour Party, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his stewardship of the House during the year. I thank all of the staff of the Houses - the clerks, catering staff, ushers and everybody who makes our task doable. I also record the Labour Party's appreciation of the work of the media. In a world where the media are under stress in many places, the fair presentation of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I know something about it, yes.