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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Committee Stage (20 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The Central Fund.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 840. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had a conversation with the new administration in the United States of America in relation to ongoing US sanctions against Cuba; if the ban on contributions to Cuba via third countries has been discussed; his views on this ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the funding mechanism for the local employment services from a cost met model to a cost bid model; the implication of this change on guidance counsellor mediation services provided by local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18360/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request from a centre (details supplied) for a waiver of the QQ1 regarding the engagement fee based on section 80 of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012; his views on this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19115/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); if she will arrange to have a fresh medical examination in this case; if consideration has been made as to whether this person could serve again as a garda under the pensions order of 1925; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 1634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2315. To ask the Minister for Health when a public MRI facility will be provided on a permanent basis at Wexford General Hospital as was announced in the 2019 Health Capital Plan; if he will publish the terms of agreement between the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) for the private facility currently in place there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2317. To ask the Minister for Health when the announced capital works for a 75-bed unit at Wexford General Hospital will commence; the allocated funding for this unit for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2318. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to provide acute psychiatric beds at Wexford General Hospital; the arrangements for acute psychiatric treatment currently available for the persons in each area of County Wexford; if these arrangements are in acceptance with the A Vision for Change plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when under-18 pony and equestrian competitions can recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the approximate tonnage of CO2 sequestered per hectare of afforestation over its lifetime at 70% conifer and 30% broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of carbon monoxide his Department has failed to capture due to missing afforestation targets in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for their statements. It is helpful to have specific detail. I also acknowledge how difficult the vaccine roll-out is, coupled with uncertainty and changing delivery schedules. I understand how logistically that is an extraordinary strain. I commend all involved in grappling with an ever-changing situation. I want to focus on one vaccine and...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for the commitment to go back and re-present the issue of the 12-week gap and the understanding of it. My second question is on the clarity about supply of the 840,000 doses which will be required for this group. In the event of the date of 3 May not being reached what is the Minister's contingency plan? He should remember that everybody in the age group will have...

Ireland's participation in MARSUR III: Motion (22 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Under the Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, we are obliged to approve formally any European Defence Agency, EDA, projects and that is why we are debating this motion. I am not a member of the select committee, but I read the report of the debate on Committee Stage. Some of the issues just raised were not raised at that time, certainly not in those terms. My understanding is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Protocol on Northern Ireland-Ireland: Engagement with the Minister for Foreign Affairs (27 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I will confine myself to two questions on that basis. I thank the Minister for his very detailed first set of responses. This committee has been very actively engaged in looking at the outworking of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement since it was published. Rather than focusing on minutia, I would like a broader perspective from the Minister on the tone of the commentary coming both from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Protocol on Northern Ireland-Ireland: Engagement with the Minister for Foreign Affairs (27 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Does it need veterinary certificates? That is the question.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to signal the Labour Party's support for this short but important item of legislation. The Supreme Court delivered its judgment in Ellis v. the Minister for Justice on 15 May 2019. According to the Supreme Court: [The case raised an] important and difficult question of the constitutional boundary between the respective roles of the Oireachtas and the Courts in deciding what is the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 980. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for a pregnant Irish citizen working in Dubai who plans to travel from Dubai in June 2021 and has been advised by their medical team not to have a vaccine to avoid the mandatory hotel quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21667/21]

European Union Regulation: Motion (29 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Whenever we see words such as "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794" on the Order Paper, we wonder what exactly we will be discussing. In this instance, we are dealing with a very important issue and a proposal I am happy to support. Ireland has the power to opt in and out of regulations on the matters to which the motion...