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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America and his meeting with President Donald Trump and representatives of Congress; and the other meetings he held. [13954/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: On the same issue, the people of Israel went to the polls last week and the incumbent, Mr. Netanyahu, was again elected as Prime Minister of Israel. President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu are close friends and allies. In fact, President Trump called Prime Minister Netanyahu a great ally and friend and said there was a much greater chance of peace if he was elected. Did the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [15023/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: SIPTU has begun to ballot 17,000 hospital support staff over the implementation of pay rises following the evaluation of individual roles. A firm commitment was made to SIPTU, which has abided by the terms of the Lansdowne Road agreement, negotiated freely in 2015. The roles of those members of staff were to be evaluated and that has occurred. My understanding is that the Department of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Oversight is mentioned.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Unless it states "Leo Varadkar", he does not see it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What is the alternative?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We will move onto the next question or what?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: He has spent six minutes-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: He is six minutes over time on his reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Six minutes over time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I am trying to get my head around the actual attitude of the Taoiseach and whether he is completely oblivious to the real crisis in our health system. I spent a chunk of yesterday in Wexford General Hospital talking to staff. People who had been evaluated expect the deals they do with the Government to be delivered upon, given that they stuck with those deals through the hard times. Giving...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We are going back to Ardnacrusha.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in preparing for visits to Ireland by heads of state; and the role it will have in planning for a visit by the President of the United States of America. [15464/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There was a subsequent memorandum by the former Minister, Mr. Alex White, mapping out all the intervention area.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The nationalist far right surged in the recent general election in Finland. The tactic of those involved was to promote a whole new level of misinformation and outright lies about climate change and the necessary policies to tackle it. Greenpeace and others have dubbed it Finland's climate election. There has been similar climate scepticism as part of US President Donald Trump's call for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Our view is that everything gathered from carbon taxes should be used to assist those will be impacted by it - not by giving everybody a cheque in the post but by ensuring that the most vulnerable are completely protected. We can do that by ensuring their houses are insulated and they have alternative fuels but that is for another day. On Monday, the International Energy Agency urged the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The notion of giving everybody the same is not right.