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Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There is merit in the amendment. When we saw the judgment of the High Court, there was a need to move speedily to resolve that issue. The Minister's actions are to be commended in that regard, but it gives us the opportunity to see who is actually presenting cases. Many summary decisions are being made in a court of first instance but experience is important in presenting a case. I had...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 542. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that passport applications by persons (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28835/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 650. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport application of a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport is provided for a child (details supplied) and a number of school colleagues; if she accepts that there is significant demand for the provision of this service for the upcoming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30116/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 1481. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 11 May 2022, in relation to the filling of vacant occupational therapist posts and speech and language therapist posts in the four children’s disability network teams in County Wexford, if he has instructed the HSE to advertise internationally for these posts and in the interim the specific plans he has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application of a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 528. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport applications of persons (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32780/22]

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Like others, I welcome everyone in the Gallery. It reinforces that we are not talking in a vacuum. We are actually listening and, I hope, reflecting the views of people who are affected by this issue. It is one that is understood by most people and all contributors across the House. I also commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, not alone on his work in preparing and...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There is a certain feeling of déjà vuabout this particular annual process when you could really print out last year's scripts and recycle them into the record of the House. That is never a good situation. Let us start from first principles and ask what we have been asked to do today. We have been asked to continue in force certain provisions of the Offences against the State...

European Council Decision: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I support this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. Russia's action in Ukraine is not just a gross violation of human rights but also an ongoing assault on the territory and people of Ukraine. It is also much more than that. It threatens the peace and stability of our Continent and, ultimately, all of our well-being. We are focused on human rights violations across the globe, but there...

European Council Decision: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: And the girls, too.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It was never intended that the entire judicial appointments commission would interview every applicant. Is a panel of three sufficient? One has to be a member of the Judiciary and one a lay member. Is there a reason three is the required number? All panels could be panels of three then under this legislation to make the determination and do the interviews. The Minister does not want...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I was interested in what the Minister's response would be. My experience is that senior practitioners of the law are appointed as Attorney General. They play a pivotal role in advising Government and they are the chief legal adviser to the Government. It gives an extraordinary experience to somebody, no matter how senior he or she is in practising law at the Bar, to actually sit around the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (28 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current situation in relation to Córas Iompair Éireann Superannuation Scheme, 1951 (Amendment) Scheme (Confirmation) Order, 2000; if the scheme currently meets the minimum funding standard set out in the Pension Act 1990; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the scheme have not received a pension...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application of a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33802/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 548. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department given that it has exceeded its estimated date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34493/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the ambassador. The Senator has covered a very broad agenda, one probably well beyond the scope we have asked the ambassador here to discuss. I am probably going to add to that. I have three questions. My first builds on the initial commentary by Deputy Calleary. He talked about a sense of a lack of cohesion, if you like, on the day France took over, though it was not France's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: No, the EU itself was seen to be riven by internal strife. We were all looking at the Conference on the Future of Europe debate in the context of whether the fundamental principles of Europe were being abided by and whether we could do something about that. Then, suddenly, we were almost in lockstep on the critical issues, which was heartening for us all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (15 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank everyone for attending. I believe this may be the largest delegation we have ever had at a meeting of the Joint Committee on European Affairs. Maybe some of the online meetings during lockdown were bigger but they were different. It is important to have this dialogue. I thank the president of the European Committee of the Regions, Mr. Tzitzikostas, for his presentation and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in receipt of special leave with pay who are suffering from long-Covid; if it is intended to cease this payment for frontline staff who have contracted Covid while carrying out their duties; the supports he intends to offer such staff who continue to suffer long-term effects from Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....