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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [38481/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We have had no briefing either.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Last week, the Government, with the support of Fianna Fáil, passed what has been rightly characterised as a regressive budget. The Taoiseach used the Brexit issue as a cover for a decision to reduce in real terms next year the income of a whole range of people dependent on social welfare. That was a wrong choice. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, on Monday rubbished any notion...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: GNI*.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Taoiseach got that analysis?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach's proposal was regressive in that it gave pensioners nothing, not even an extra €5.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment last met. [41978/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (15 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Supplementary Estimates required for 2019 by Department, Vote and expenditure programme in which the additional expenditure is required; if the details of these additional Estimates is outlined in the budget documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42052/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, last met. [41979/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens Assembly (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress towards a citizens' assembly on a directly elected mayor for Dublin. [38490/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the UN General Assembly and UN Climate Action Summit. [39284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018, as it relates to thalidomide survivors and unacknowledged thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42489/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (16 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence has been received from a pharmacist (details supplied) regarding the abuse of codeine products; if he has considered the contents of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in each of the hospitals in the south-east area (details supplied); the criteria determining the numbers in each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42696/19]

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

Brendan Howlin: A conspiracy.

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

Brendan Howlin: He was an engineer.

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

Brendan Howlin: I also welcome the Ceann Comhairle's statement on the voting controversy in the House last Thursday. I, too, regard it as a most serious matter that deserves to be addressed urgently and resolved. The Government recently announced plans to extend free GP care to children aged seven and eight years. As the Taoiseach will know, the previous Government provided GP care for all children up...

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

Brendan Howlin: If the Minister of State reflected on what the Taoiseach has just said, he would be shocked. He basically said that he does not want GPs' surgeries to be overwhelmed so he will put a brake on them, namely, cost. The Government will continue to charge and that will be the brake. If people can afford to go, off they will go. The Government will monitor and reduce the numbers by keeping a...

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

Brendan Howlin: What happened?