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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee (28 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will receive the interdepartmental working group report on television licence fee reform; when he will publish same; when he will act on the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Waiting Times (28 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22291/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (29 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the informal European Council meeting in Sibiu, Romania on 9 May 2019. [21852/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is clear to all of us from talking to people on the doorsteps in recent weeks that they want more ambition from all of us in the context of climate change. We have to reduce our carbon emissions by half by 2030, from 60 million tonnes to 33 million tonnes. Not all parts of the economy will transform at the same speed. Some changes are easier to achieve, and for us to envisage. Wind...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As a former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I know that it will be about having an enormous pot of money, if we are to make these transitions. We are going to have to change the national development plan to ensure the enormous sums we are going to spend in the capital plan will be lockstep with our ambitions to reduce carbon, which we must acknowledge. My questions are...

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

Brendan Howlin: Unusually, my question is not exclusively for the Government. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle might help with the answer. The Government has the largest bloc of Deputies in the House. I am wondering if it has given any consideration to the judgment of the Supreme Court yesterday in the Kerins case, its implications for the operation of this House and how we are going to deal with it. I do not...

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

Brendan Howlin: Where are the matters to be addressed?

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

Brendan Howlin: What matters will the working group be examining?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: So, Wexford County Council should take the initiative.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Labour Party strongly supports the holding of a debate on this matter. The responses given by the Taoiseach do not meet the concerns that all Members are hearing in their constituencies and from organisations lobbying for carers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: How long will be allocated for the debate?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I join others in congratulating Deputies Clare Daly, Fitzgerald, Kelleher and Wallace on their election to the European Parliament. I return to the matter raised earlier of the ban on smoky coal because I am really concerned about the answer the Taoiseach gave to the House. I will not rehearse again the impact on my constituency of Wexford, particularly the town of Enniscorthy, of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Is it a threat to challenge or a challenge?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is unacceptable.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We are back to the position-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Would they be indemnified?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister should do it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for visits abroad over the next six months. [22696/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As Deputy Micheál Martin has said, this is an eclectic grouping. My question is about the Taoiseach's intended meetings for the next six months. I regard the next six months as being potentially crucial ones for Ireland's foreign policy. There will be a new British Prime Minister, who could be and most likely will be a harder Brexiteer than the current one. As a result, there is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is the largest party at any rate.