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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The question of Ministers being in attendance in the Chamber is a decent one.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is still answering.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Citizens Assembly (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for a citizens' assembly on gender equality. [11858/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Citizens Assembly (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I apologise because I nipped out to say hello to the wonderful Special Olympians for a minute and I missed the Taoiseach's response. I raised this issue of the citizen's assembly on gender equality with the Taoiseach in October last. At that stage, the Taoiseach stated he would bring forward proposals. I presume the Taoiseach is still saying he will bring forward proposals. We need to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Council meeting held on 21 and 22 March 2019. [15022/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Socialist Workers Party.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Like other Deputies, I, too, welcome the final reach-out beyond the narrow confines of the hard-line Brexiteers in the DUP to a broader consensus in the British Parliament. Had this been done two years ago, I think there would have been a greater likelihood of a successful, clear majority favouring a softer Brexit. I hope to be in a position to meet Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday with other...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We should give the Taoiseach the remaining time.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: A counter-smuggling operation, I hope.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: For the second time in six months, Irish soldiers have been let down by the Government. After a six-month tour of duty on a UN mission to the Golan Heights, 130 soldiers were due home today, as the Tánaiste knows. Once again, however, the Government has failed to secure all the necessary clearances for them to travel home to their families. This happened in October, and that was a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Families naturally want to be reunited after a six-month absence. Children have travelled to Dublin today to meet their parents again and some family members have booked holidays for tomorrow and the day after. For the second time, all of those plans have been put awry. What explanation can the Government give for a second monumental failure of this sort?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: After what happened in October, surely it should have ensured that nothing like it could happen again. When will these soldiers be repatriated?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We should take responsibility for our own troops.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, it is.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The applications are not being processed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Data (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received an application under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) to provide funding to facilitate special needs pupils attending the school; if the application will be assessed and sanction issued to the school authorities as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I met a man in Cork yesterday who is working in that city but cannot afford to pay rent in that city. Does the Minister think this is funny? I do not, and that man did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That man is commuting daily from Dunmanway, which is 54 km each way. It is hilarious, is it not? That man cannot rent in the city in which he works. His story is typical of many people who have been failed by Fine Gael's strategy for the rental sector, the policy that introduced rent-pressure zones. The effect of those zones is "to limit rent increases, both within existing tenancies and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Of course, the issue needs to be cured and the cure is to increase supply. There is a way of doing that quickly. We have public land and the Government should use public money to build public houses on public land. In the meanwhile, before we actually implement the cure, we need to treat the symptoms. People are in pain and that pain needs to be addressed and alleviated. We suggested the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The issue is the rate increase.