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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committee meetings held since January 2019. [9514/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I have already raised the issue of food supplements. I have raised it at least three times and, notwithstanding what he stated earlier, I ask the Taoiseach to reflect on this matter further. Fundamental tax policy should not be made by Revenue as if it was not the purview of the Government or this House. I ask the Taoiseach to reflect on that again. I wish to ask a specific question about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What about officials?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There are no officials to interrogate ideas.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was an economic crisis. They were different times.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It stopped us from learning about policy in The Sunday Business Post.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This is important technical legislation necessary to ensure our laws are not punched full of holes as a result of the United Kingdom changing status to become a third country outside the European Union. I am not sure I can ever recall debating a Bill, introduced by the Government, that everybody in the House wants to ensure never actually comes into effect. We are all hoping for an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a facility for persons with a disability to act as election observers; if the competition run by his Department to select observers encompasses persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Biofuel Availability (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the European Commission is controlling the importation of biofuels specifically biodiesel from Argentina; if Irish and other EU manufacturers of biofuels are at a competitive disadvantage due to EU levies on domestic biodiesel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9131/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 301. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a home care package by a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to drug task forces and community drugs projects in 2019, by project; if an emerging needs fund will be established; the additional funding available in 2019 for same; the additional funding made available to implement the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9249/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus to alleviate customer congestion on bus services from Bray and Greystones to Dublin city along the N11 corridor; if the NTA and Dublin Bus will provide additional bus services on the 84x route; if an additional three buses will be provided on the service in the morning during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9133/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The remarks made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, yesterday in respect of Scouting Ireland have caused a great deal of anxiety and concern, particularly among scouting families. It is not clear whether she was informing us of a new problem or simply opening a window into a process of review and improvement within Scouting Ireland of which we are aware and which...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There is nothing new.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I was asking a question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I asked, "Is there nothing new?"

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste will be aware that there are thousands of parents whose children will be going on camps, some of them this weekend. I seek clarity on the knowledge of the Government and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in regard to these matters. The Tánaiste stated that the Government is directing Scouting Ireland to co-operate with Tusla. Is he saying that it is not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I have asked the question. The Tánaiste can answer it in due course. Did Tusla meet the board of Scouting Ireland last Monday - subsequent to the letter - but did not raise any of the issues in the letter at that meeting? My understanding from an announcement on the 1 o'clock news is that Scouting Ireland is going ahead with its camps this weekend. Is it the view of the Department of...