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Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: As the Minister rightly stated, we have rehearsed this previously. The position is that something that is self-evident does not need to be stated and that if it is stated, it needs to be replicated everywhere. I am not sure I agree with that. In a Bill as fundamentally important as this, to state that members will act "independently, impartially and in accordance with law" is obviously a...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 15: In page 42, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(3) Where a person fails or refuses to comply with, or disobeys, a summons to attend or other direction under subsection (1), the High Court may, on application by the appointed judge concerned and on notice to the person— (a) order the person to comply with the direction or, in the...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I have rechecked this point because the then Minister, Deputy Harris, made that argument on Committee Stage to my colleague. I am empathically advised that because someone is a High Court judge does not mean that he or she has contempt of court powers unless he or she is sitting as a judge in a court with a court registrar in front of him or her. If the judge is sitting in a tribunal of...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister. For clarity, I take it that she does not envisage that such an inquiry would be a judicial inquiry, in other words, like a court in and of itself. It would change my perception if the Minister was saying that it would be a legal proceeding as a court and the judge was sitting as a judge in a court when determining these matters.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: If the judge is not sitting as a judge and does not have a court registrar in front of him or her, my clear advice is that the judge does not have compellability powers. However, the Minister can check that and revert to us.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: On the basis that the Minister will recheck the matter, I will withdraw the amendment.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to hear it.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Follow that.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the renewal of a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34335/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diplomatic Representation (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the number of officers at the Embassy of the Russian Federation who have been notified to his Department under Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, and any changes in the number notified in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34626/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diplomatic Representation (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish diplomatic and support staff assigned to the Irish Embassy in Moscow; if there have been any changes in this number in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34628/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Overseas Development Aid (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget for overseas development assistance in 2022, and the expected amount in 2023; the proportion of GNI that has been committed; if he will provide a breakdown of the various programmes under which ODA is spent; the amount assigned to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current annual training capacity for the Defence Forces; how many new entrants were trained in each year since 2016, broken down by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment strength of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many personnel left the Defence Forces in each year since 2016, in tabular form, broken down by officers and other ranks; how many have left in 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current annual training capacity for the Defence Forces; how many new entrants were trained in each year since 2016, broken down by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment strength of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence how many personnel left the Defence Forces in each year since 2016, in tabular form, broken down by officers and other ranks; how many have left in 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of housing units available within the Defence Forces; the capacity of the existing housing quarters; how many are unoccupied; how many are deemed unsuitable; how many will be renovated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current allowances for security and other defence duties; the value of each; when those were last increased; the value of the increase; the number of recipients of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34639/23]