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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (30 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the current draft CAP strategic plan satisfies all of the EU climate action strategies in a forestry context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We have had a broad tapestry presented by the witnesses. I will depart from some of my colleagues in that I will not speak from a parochial perspective because I am very glad to say we have a very fine courthouse in Wexford. From an architectural and aesthetic perspective, it arose from the merging of an old schoolhouse that was then a county building into a very modern building. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Should we not have the best assessment and that debate? I am heartened by some of the responses Ms Denning has given. It always struck me as an extraordinary waste of resources for prisoners to be transported around the country for momentary appearances in court. Ms Denning is saying that practice has been substantially reduced during Covid. Is that to be a permanent feature now? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Ms Denning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: With the national development plan to be launched on Monday, it strikes me that it would be impossible to have a capital plan if the Courts Service has not done the base assessment of the optimum. The service has spent €500 million in its first 20 years of its existence. Is that the optimum use of that sum? Will we continue on that basis until the overall analysis has been done of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to an Irish company that has been refused by the two largest banking companies in Ireland to open a business bank account; if his Department or any other State agency offers assistance in such cases to new companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47599/21]

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I strongly welcome the opportunity to speak on the youth justice strategy. I pay tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, who addressed the House earlier. I also pay tribute to the early and ground-breaking commitment of Deputy Stanton when he was a Minister of State. As a former teacher, I know that early intervention is...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I have a technical question for the Minister of State. He is proposing the deletion of section 6(b). How stands then the lettering of the other sections 6(a), (c) and (d)? Will they be renumbered or relettered? How does that work?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Is that the way it works?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We do not need any further amendments on that section.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: What exactly is the import of the decision of the Supreme Court in terms of the existing law?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: There must be uniform application

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister of State have any idea of the number of people on which this will impact? Are there any cases or is this just ar eagla na heagla, a belt-and-braces approach, in case there are some people caught in this because we cannot know if there are people who have committed an offence and have not been charged yet.

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: For clarity, this affects retrospectively anyone who has committed an offence before the date of the enactment of this legislation, which is, I presume, the date on which the Minister commences the Act. The retrospection relates to people who have committed the offences relevant to the section prior to that date. Is that what the Minister of State is saying?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Does that include those who are at the point of being sentenced now?

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Will there be much more debate on the Refreshment Houses Act? It sounds like one of the more pleasant things that we could do in this place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Dr. Soares for a helpful and balanced response. I will follow the same route as Deputy Richmond in acknowledging the centre's long work in developing co-operation North-South. I am looking for advice in terms of the actions of politicians in the South from the centre's perspective both in terms of tone and language. Everyone recognises that there are real and practical issues to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Agriculture Industry (12 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allocate revenue generated from the carbon tax to farmers; the timeline he envisages for this distribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49124/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the matter subsequent to her Department’s analysis of issues and supports needed for victims of crime post court hearings including follow-up and psychological support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49194/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Last night, a commentator described this budget as a "scoreless draw" in which there was no significant advance for anyone but no goals let in either. That is now the strategy in regard to budget-making. As there are too many vocal lobbies to satisfy, the goal must be to give something to as many as possible, minimise criticism and if the budget is out of the news cycle in 48 hours, it is...