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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill is important and ground-breaking legislation and a significant achievement for the Green Party in government. It will set the framework and the parameters within which our economy and our society will develop from this year on but we must accept what we mean by setting these targets and the implications they have for all of us...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Tá súil agam go mbeidh misneach ag an Rialtas agus ag an Aire Stáit le gníomh atá romhainn uilig. The issue of autism demands the attention of this House. That has been made abundantly clear by the contribution of every Member who has spoken. I am very grateful to all who have spoken in support of the Labour Party...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received a letter from a company (details supplied) in relation to changes to the SEAI communities grant scheme; if the issues set out in same will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that Ireland and the European Union have taken regarding Ethiopia in the view of the activities of the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces in the province of Tigray in which many have lost their lives or in the case of women have been sexually assaulted; it the matter has impacted on trade or aid programmes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remaining sections of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 will be commenced; when section 23 in particular will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when section 34 of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 will be commenced; if he will ensure that a waiver scheme for fees is introduced for those providers required to engage with QQI on a process to re-establish quality assurance and programme validation given the impact of the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Jury Service (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the Working Group on Jury Service; when this work is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the relative accepted efficacy rate of the authorised vaccines for Ireland (details supplied); the understood effectiveness of each of these vaccines for new variants of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22688/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the recommended time interval between first and second doses as advised by the vaccine manufacturers for vaccines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 527. To ask the Minister for Health further to his response during a debate in Dáil Éireann on 22 April 2021, if he has re-examined the time interval between doses of a vaccine (details supplied); his views on whether it is contrary to health policy to have less vulnerable groups fully vaccinated before more vulnerable cohorts; his plans to ensure that persons are vaccinated with...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy to support the Bill. I welcome it, notwithstanding it is a slightly belated response to a situation which caused real disquiet in communities across the country. The specifics of what happened in North Frederick Street in 2018, which were replicated in other places across the country, caused many of our constituents to reach out to us with a real sense of concern. One of the...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am delighted to have the opportunity for a short few minutes to speak on the issue of Europe Day. Europe, the political and economic vision of close co-operation and significant integration, has been the major post-Second World War project for most European democracies. Through the steps of the European Common Market and the European Economic Community, EEC, we have achieved a European...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in the area Sheikh Jarrah used to resettle expelled Palestinian refugees in 1956, that 28 Palestinian families long promised legal titles to their homes are now the target of eviction proceedings by the Israeli authorities and new settlers there; the action he has taken at EU and UN level to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: How are the Minister and the Government addressing the completely unacceptable situation in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, where mass evictions and dispossession of Palestinians is ongoing contrary to international law? Since I tabled the question, of course, matters have taken a most dangerous and appalling course, making the Minister's response all the more urgent.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We are now witnessing the worst unrest in years. It is escalating further with the Israeli Prime Minister threatening ongoing and deepening air raids in Gaza and scores of rockets been now been launched by Hamas on Jerusalem itself, both shocking and appalling actions. There is a root cause, however. I listened to the Israeli ambassador to Britain last night being unable to say that her...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for the reply. We really need to be proactive on this because the Irish people have very clear views. Stun grenades in the Al-Aqsa mosque were a provocation that was obviously going to have a reaction. There must be a consequence to all this, however. Repeatedly, violations of human rights, suppression of rights and the killing of children seem to have nothing other...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date on the proposal for a three-year pilot scheme of a universal income for artists, writers and musicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed removal of a teacher from a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this school serves a very disadvantaged community including a large number of students of whom 21% are from the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the allocation of special education teaching hours at a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation has remained unchanged for the past six years despite the growth in pupil numbers in the school; if she will discuss the allocation with the NCSE; and if she will make a statement...