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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was sanctioned by the previous Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Did the Cabinet approve an amount of €1.4 billion?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I saw it live. He was asked by the interviewer what that road would look like after Brexit.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations with the United Kingdom relating to the preservation of the benefits of the common travel area in terms of residency, right to work, access to public services and the right to vote; if the necessary preparations will be in place by the end of March 2019; if Irish citizens resident in the UK need to take action...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What is the status of negotiations with the United Kingdom relating to the preservation of the benefits of the common travel area in terms of residency, right to work, access to public services and the right to vote? Will necessary preparations be in place by the March deadline? Do Irish citizens in the UK need to take any action prior to that?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I am grateful for the number of briefings we have had from the Tánaiste. The understanding I had was that a high-level memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the UK existed and was just waiting to be signed the appropriate time. When will that signing happen? Due to the fact that this is of fundamental importance to the 800,000 Irish citizens in the UK and for the many tens...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This is the Parliament.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was before Christmas.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As the Tánaiste knows, the common travel area has existed since the 1920s. It has never been codified in law, so the specific entitlements have never been set out and, therefore, could never be tested. It is a cause of concern that we will now have to do that for the first time. It is a reassurance that it will be a support for people, but it might have implications. For example,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Travel Area (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It effectively meant joint citizenship.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the provisions of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 will be applied to supervisors of community employment schemes and other activation and community programmes funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment scheme supervisors who have sought permission to stay in employment beyond the age of 66 years of age as provided for other public servants under the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3909/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment scheme supervisors who are aged 65 years of age or over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (29 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants on community employment schemes over 60 years of age by year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3911/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We have moved from the speculation phase into the planning and preparation phase for a hard Brexit. The Taoiseach told the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, last night that the State had already informed the European Commission that an application for emergency European funding for aid will be made in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit. Back in 2016, one of the clear proposals made by both...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the DUP on Brexit over the past six months. [2546/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met. [3861/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [3862/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to hold referendums in 2019. [4260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (30 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department operates a national roster for international election observation; the way in which the roster is drawn up; his plans to observe elections in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4523/19]