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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Labour Party does not talk to the representatives you are sending to the Business Committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach informed the House earlier that the Government has reduced the number of priority Bills in this session to six. May I suggest a seventh? I do not know if the Taoiseach had the opportunity to listen to the "This Week" programme last Sunday on which Jackie Fox, a mother, spoke with compassion and eloquence about the pressing need to tackle the issue of cyberbullying. She spoke...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the commission of investigation into IBRC; and the projected costs in this regard. [1292/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach's response concerning dialogue with the commission of investigation is unclear. The whole idea behind commissions of investigation is to make inquiries quicker and more efficient. We have had five interim reports from the IBRC commission of investigation and it would be reasonable to say that none of them contains anything of great substance. The reports simply provide a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it next plans to meet. [52101/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I return to the issue of the overrun on the cost of the national children's hospital, which the Taoiseach answered in general terms earlier. He said he thinks the current estimate, that is, on 15 January, is the same as it was before Christmas, but in the past number of weeks there has been further speculation that it has risen from the staggering €1.4 billion, which he indicated to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach could answer the question we asked him.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Another structure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is the fifth.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is a very expensive sprinkler system.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister has statutory responsibility for the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in 2018 by grade and gender; and the way in which it compares with 2017. [53035/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I have three questions regarding staff deployment in his Department. First, what happened to the staff who were hired or assigned initially to the strategic communications unit, SCU? Were they assigned elsewhere in the Department or where are they now? Second, in regard to the six staff allocated to the Brexit advisory group, are they civil servants...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) is not receiving responses from his Department or an embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54424/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided on medical grounds to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied) has ceased; when payment will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54096/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive arrears of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (15 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of wheelchair users as opposed to persons with physical disabilities that are on the waiting list for social housing by local authority; the number that were on the waiting list five years ago; the number that were housed in the past five years; the number of mainstream social housing units that are planned over...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: One of the main objectives and goals of the Government, and of this House, in the past year, in respect of Brexit has been to ensure the rights and privileges enjoyed currently by Irish citizens who have made their lives in Britain are maintained into the future. We had a briefing last night and the Tánaiste then made utterances in the press. It is interesting that he had cautioned us...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met; and when it will next meet. [53036/18]