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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a dental practice (details supplied) is withdrawing its service for medical card holders from June 2021; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that other practices are taking the same action; the way he plans to provide a dental service for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: To remind Deputies of my initial comments last week, I welcome the Bill. It is a response to a situation that caused disquiet among many people, namely, the actions of certain individuals in North Frederick Street in 2018. By any stretch of the imagination, those individuals acted in an unacceptable fashion. As such, there was a requirement to deal with the issue that arose in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Interparliamentary Relations after Brexit: Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office (12 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the members of the Committee for the Executive Office for making themselves available. This committee, no more than the Committee for the Executive Office, has been looking in some great detail at the outworking of the withdrawal agreement and, more particularly in recent times, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. An array of logistical and practical issues need to be...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: This Bill, as the Minister has indicated, provides urgent amendments to the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, which was originally designed to make it easier for insolvent persons to legally resolve their indebtedness. It was designed at the height of the housing market collapse when people who never envisaged they would be in debt found themselves in it. The objective of the Bill was to give a...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The coroner Mrs. Justice Keegan reported after the longest running inquiry to date in Northern Ireland. Her findings could not have been clearer or more stark that over three shocking days in August of 1971, the ten victims who were shot and killed in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast were entirely innocent and their killings were unjustified. Unjustified was as far as the coroner could...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of bus routes serving Wexford town by Bus Éireann is being reduced; the number of services still operating between Wexford town and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recently amended visa requirements for visitors previously visa exempt and the restrictions imposed on the making of visa applications other than priority, emergency applications will be reversed; if visa applications from family members of Irish residents including spouses, partners and dependent children are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any Coillte felling licences approved since January 2021 lack any information or are below the standard required in private sector licence applications for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25620/21]

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I commend Deputy Fitzpatrick on tabling the amendment. I awaited with interest the response from the Minister of State. Having worked in government in recent times, I was not a bit surprised. There is an extraordinary caution - I use that word advisedly - regarding anything that tramples on so-called property rights. The Constitution is a permanent shield often against the public good. ...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: These are technical amendments and I am sure no one will have a difficulty with them.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The only amendments tabled are technical amendments and I do not think Members will have difficulties with them.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I take it that the issue addressed by the amendment is the insertion of a comma. I do not see any difference apart from the comma.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The only change I see resulting from amendment No. 3 is the insertion of a comma. Is that the amendment?

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: That is fine.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: What is the reason for the line being deleted?

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The amendment proposes the deletion of line 3 on page 25. I ask the Minister of State to explain the reason for that deletion.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Minister of State to speak to the amendment.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The moneys involved are very small but, and I asked this in my contribution on Second Stage, where that money comes from now. This is to bring the money from the central fund to cover the cost of counterfeiting. I assumed it was always from the Central Fund, or was it defrayed by the Central Bank? If the Minister of State does not have the answer, it is only a technical point.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: That is fine.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver theory tests remain suspended; if appointments for tests in the coming weeks are being cancelled; if these cancelled appointment slots are being made available for others to book and pay for; when he envisages that theory tests will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/21]