Results 27,441-27,460 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of increasing the budget for the emigrant support programme by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24578/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated amount it would cost if ECCE capitation rates increased by 3% with effect from September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 60 of the Coroners Act 1962 since the provision was inserted by the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (details supplied); the supports or guidelines available to family members wishing to apply under this provision; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda protective services unit for the Wexford division will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24576/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the time frame he envisages in implementing the Mackinnon Report on the forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24488/20]

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I too congratulate the new Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, my constituency colleague, Deputy Browne, and I wish him every success in his appointment. It is a demanding role and a demanding Department. I was spokesman in the area in the past and one spends a lot of time in this Chamber because half of the legislation that comes though these Houses comes from the...

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I am very proud to support the Labour Party's Bill. I believe that sick pay is a moral imperative. It was a moral imperative before Covid-19 but it is absolutely one now. While we can look back to say, "Why was this not done earlier?", we can do it now. We are not reinventing the wheel. Despite the Tánaiste's comments in The Irish Timestoday, as long as these provisions are not...

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: We are adding statutory sick pay.

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Tell the truth.

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle was right about the time.

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Is there a script available?

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: The introduction by the UK of the internal market Bill seems, to most sensible observers, the final act of madness in the bizarre handling of the withdrawal negotiations by the Johnson Government. To admit openly the intention of a sovereign government to break an international agreement in the midst of trying to negotiate a new agreement, for most of us, simply beggars belief. The unified...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) to provide transport to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 761. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include the acid reducer drug Major Famotidine on the list of drugs covered under the general medical scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (30 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of section 60 of the Coroners Act 1962 (as amended) and applications by family members to coroners under the section (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (30 Sep 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of section 60 of the Coroners Act 1962 (as amended) and the need for procedures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (1 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a mechanism to address a person's situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an offer has been made to the Greek authorities to accept a significant number of asylum seekers impacted by the disastrous fire in the Moria refugee camp; his contacts to date with the Greek authorities on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28215/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Engagement with the Minister for Justice (6 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for her presentation and her written submission. I have four brief questions. The first relates to the extradition issue, which those of us who remember the time before the European arrest warrant would be fearful of. The new arrangement under the amendment to section 23 of the 1965 Act would provide for applications to be sent directly to the Minister for Justice and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Engagement with the Minister for Justice (6 Oct 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Is that a done deal?