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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I do not intend to go into the case any further than that, other than to refer to the conclusions we need to draw from it as a Parliament. It is up to professionals to assess the impact of such material on impressionable children but we can clearly and unambiguously say that this material should not be accessible to children. The United Kingdom has introduced a new law, taking effect...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Taoiseach's response. There are two separate items of legislation. I hope the online safety Bill announced by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in March will I hope give rise to a digital safety commissioner. The Taoiseach might confirm that is the intention of the Government. The second item of legislation is the Labour Party's Harassment,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It has been done.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yesterday, in response to questions put to him, the Minister for Finance warned of a significant risk of health spending overruns. There are claims and reports that spending in this regard has escalated out of control. It is the third week of June and there has been a recruitment embargo in place for several weeks. The Exchequer returns in May showed that current health spending was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is under profile, as I understand it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the leader of the UK Labour Party, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [24098/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: After their meeting, the Taoiseach and Jeremy Corbyn expressed serious concern about the possibility of a no-deal scenario and the danger that it may happen by default. Those concerns are not shared by members and prospective leaders of the Conservative Party. Boris Johnson described anxiety expressed by citizens, businesses and farmers as "pure millennium bug stuff". A poll of Tory...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the annual strategy update report for his Department. [24992/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach has outlined in his response, a broad range of issues is captured by his Department's strategy statement and the report published recently but I wish to focus on two specific issues. In the Taoiseach's message in the preamble to the Department's 2018 annual report, one of the commitments he makes is to establish a policing reform office in his Department to drive the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was a public event.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What is the point of doing that? We have had five minutes of the Taoiseach broadcasting-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: -----fiscal policy without answering any of the questions raised.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Scott Morrison. [24993/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I read the Taoiseach's tweet after his conversation with the Australian Prime Minister in which he stated that he congratulated the Prime Minister that morning on his election and had a good call discussing Brexit, bilateral relations, Bougainville and the EU-Australia free trade agreement. I would like to get details on exactly what was discussed. The Taoiseach stated that there was a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: They did not have to go anywhere.

Pre-European Council: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The European Council meeting on Thursday will bring together the Heads of Government from across Europe to agree a shared vision for what is a crucial period in the history of post-war Europe. It is no exaggeration to say that national leaders are facing major threats to our economic prosperity and our way of life. In 2014, the Council agreed five priorities for the period 2014-2019, and a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: To mark the 100th anniversary of the democratic programme of the First Dáil, the Children's Rights Alliance is running a campaign to ensure that the values of that important programme are upheld, No Child 2020. The idea is that no child be left behind. We do not have to tolerate the extent of child poverty that exists in our country. One in 11 children is living in conditions of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: As the Tánaiste knows, the Children’s Rights Alliance is a broad amalgamation of organisations and bodies which are interested in the welfare of children. It has looked at all the issues that face children in this State and asked for just five focused aims to be achieved. I am asking the Tánaiste if we can just address these five items as a priority in this House? Can we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: There is widespread concern about the low income thresholds now required to be accepted on council housing waiting lists. These thresholds, as the Tánaiste knows, have not moved in several years and are, therefore, lowering in real terms because they are not linked to inflation. The threshold for a single person can be as low as €25,000, rising to a maximum of €35,000....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The work is done. Has the Minister not asked about it?