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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Government abandoned-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This is just unbelievable.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Was the Taoiseach on the Opposition benches?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: He does not get it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I was listening to the Minister saying everything he is doing is to protect the tenant. He stated in Saturday's Irish Independentthat he would act to protect tenancies of indefinite duration later this year. He was quoted in theIrish Independentas saying, "Currently, a landlord can evict a tenant after six years without reason. That will change". He has been told that for a very long time....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Why not?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: When is the Government going to do it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to set down the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in 2018 and to date in 2019. [21784/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He will recall that the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act was one of a suite of transparency reform measures introduced, and it is very important. Other measures included the Freedom of Information Act, the Protected Disclosures Act, which was to protect whistleblowers, and the Regulation of Lobbying Act, so that we know who is lobbying the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a new covenant between church and State. [21783/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This is an important subject and it is not straightforward. I very much welcome the dialogue promised by the Taoiseach but I am not sure what the new covenant means. It sounds good but I do not know what will come out of it. It is an ambition worth exploring. Most of us who have been in the House a long time will recall the two previous referenda on divorce. If we contrast those with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy Implementation (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy being led by his Department. [16482/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy Implementation (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The roll-out of high-speed rural broadband is key to the national digital strategy. The Labour Party and everyone in the House wants to see high-speed rural broadband delivered as soon as possible, but the Labour Party believes that Ireland must maintain public ownership if we are to avoid the disastrous mistakes that followed the Telecom Éireann sell-off. Last week, the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy Implementation (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Why did the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, believe it was off-balance sheet?

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy Implementation (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The former Minister said it was all off-balance sheet.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Digital Strategy Implementation (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We pay for it and then we buy it back.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of briefings by phone or in writing given by officials of his Department to a person (details supplied); the content of those briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21382/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (21 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21632/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: He was abandoned.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Tetrad.