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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act is a broad instrument.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: In response to the point raised by Deputy Bríd Smith, I believe holding a recording would also be captured by this.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: What about the issue of putting in a saver clause? The presumption that needs to be rebutted is that the natural and probable consequences can be adduced in court. In other words, if somebody is genuinely seriously harmed, it must be accepted that this was the intent of the perpetrator.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: We might look at it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: It seeks to preserve something that I put in the original-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: Okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 31: In each place where "section 4 or 5" appears, to substitute "section 4 or 5 or section 10 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997". The Minister has addressed the issue at stake, which we have discussed at some length. This section deals with providing anonymity to victims of offences under the various sections. The Minister has...

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: In the short time available to me, I will concentrate my remarks on Brexit, although the Council meeting will cover a very wide agenda. This morning's briefings from Michel Barnier are not such as to give us great heart. Speaking yesterday to members of the European affairs committees of national parliaments, President von der Leyen reiterated the EU position that the continued access to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a UK driver licence for a person (details supplied) cannot be exchanged for an Irish licence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that similar licences held by other family members have been exchanged for Irish licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41134/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (8 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reimburse local authorities for the significant loss in parking revenues during the Covid-19 pandemic; the losses incurred by each local authority in car parking revenue for the past nine months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Telecommunications Services (8 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if efforts by her Department have secured broadband provision for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41115/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Brexit Issues: Members of the House of Commons (9 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I wish Mr. Benn a good morning. It is good to talk to him again. The last time I shared a Brexit platform with Mr. Kinnock was in the incongruous setting of the Beatles museum in Liverpool. It brought a surreal dimension to a serious debate. We need to see the detail of what was worked out by the Gove-Sefcovic negotiations yesterday. Until I see the document, my authority is Mr. Tony...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set out the change in policing that has occurred since Ireland moved from level 5 to 3 of the Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the comments of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane Treatment in regard to the treatment of persons with mental illness in prisons here; the specific plan she has to address the issue of the mental health of prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies that exist at present in each branch of the judiciary; the mechanism she plans to use to fill such vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41280/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases of Covid-19 detected in Irish prisons since March 2020; the number of prison officers, prisoners or other staff diagnosed with Covid-19 in each prison; the number of tests carried out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41282/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parole Boards (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the implementation of the Parole Act 2019; when she plans to have a new statutory parole board in operation; if she has appointed a CEO for this board; the number of staff she plans to appoint to service the board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41281/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 199. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the grant assistance or supports that are being made available to places of worship to enable Covid-19 protocols to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 200. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if there are additional Covid-19 supports available for companies in the position of a company (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42564/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding and status of a person (details supplied) who is still being detained in China; if he has made further contact directly or through Irish diplomatic missions with the Chinese authorities on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42543/20]