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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, or tax changes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Oh yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I meant to take the opportunity on my first contribution to sympathise with the family of the late Mr. Noel Treacy, with whom I had the privilege of working in this House. The Taoiseach is right. I have served in government in the past and this is a difficult decision. It is not an easy decision but the fact that an all-party committee looked at this and came up with solutions that are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It recommends tax increases and some increases in PRSI. It recommends, for example, reducing the tax threshold for high earners and their very large pension pots

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I raise with the Taoiseach legislation the House passed on Second Stage last December, in its final act of the previous session, namely, the Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020. I introduced the Bill which is what is known as a Magnitsky Act. It is designed to be able to react against people who are gross abusers of human rights internationally. In the context of what...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach come back to me on that?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to expand the embassy network in Africa in the context of the Global Ireland Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the new Ireland House Irish Embassy to open in Tokyo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Professor Ó Beacháin. We will open the floor for discussion after we hear from Professor Tonra, whom I now invite to deliver his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Professor Tonra. I will open the discussion to members. There is a rich array of issues to discuss. I will take members in the order they indicated. Deputy Richmond is first. He will be followed by Deputy Calleary.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (3 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for spouse of an Irish citizen status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5582/22]

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We are finally, as a whole of society, shining a light into the very structure of our society and, in particular, on the role of women and how women are treated here. Decades of campaigning for equality, during which incremental hard-won steps were made on that journey, still leave us a long way to travel. This House reflected the shared outrage of the Irish people at the brutal murder...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail to encourage more passengers onto the rail system in the context of the Climate Action Plan; if he has discussed with Irish Rail its plans to increase the frequency of trains operating between Rosslare Europort and Connolly Station, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the third party adjudicator for the Permanent Defence Force conciliation and arbitration scheme will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6575/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the arrangement made with the Chinese Government in relation to the return to Ireland of a person (details supplied); if commitments or undertakings, financial or otherwise, were made by the Government to secure the return of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has recently reviewed the resources available to provide legal aid in each of the law centres here; if her attention has been drawn to staff shortages which have resulted in delayed legal proceedings; the action she proposes to take to ensure that sufficient solicitors are available in each law centre; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (9 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the position of IDA Regional Director for the South East to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 394. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the proposed once-off €1,000 bonus payment for frontline health workers to frontline workers employed by section 39 disability service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 391. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) which was due at the end of 2021 will be processed urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7432/22]