Results 29,021-29,040 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I have one further supplementary question regarding the two-state solution. The Israeli Government, as currently composed, has set its face against the latter. Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that something that, had somebody from the Palestinian side said it, would be a criminal offence in Britain. He said that there must be one state from the Jordan to the sea, meaning the...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the establishment of a tribunal of inquiry. It has been a long time coming. It comes due to the tireless and courageous work of the Women of Honour group, who have campaigned relentlessly and effectively to have this statutory inquiry put into place and who have been since joined by others, whom those of us who attended the briefing in the AV room yesterday heard. A tribunal of...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It is accepted.

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: We can indicate to them------

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Yes. It is important that they be formally represented from the beginning by counsel without fear of residual legal costs. Regarding the status of the Defence Forces, it is important that the House acknowledge the pride we all have in our Defence Forces. As a member of the Government during the decade of commemoration, we were proud of the way our Defence Forces represented the nation...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: We know the answer to that: they were not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Those are important.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he expects an agreement to be reached at the EU Council on the Special Fund for Ukraine; the discussions he has had with other EU Foreign Ministers on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3131/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: My question concerns support for Ukraine. The ongoing onslaught on Ukraine by Russia is a daily occurrence. There are so many terrible events happening in the world that sometimes our focus on Ukraine is diminished. However, it will need the support of the EU just to maintain normal functioning as a state. I am interested to hear his view on whether that will come about.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It is crystal clear that we cannot simply have a situation where one country, Hungary with Viktor Orbán, is simply blackmailing the rest of the European Union first for his own ends in terms of his unhidden support for Putin, but also to leverage other matters within the European Union so that there would be no sanctions against Hungary on the rule of law issues. What specifically will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I think most of us would agree that the objections of Hungary are contrived. The specifics regarding Ukraine are not real. It is a twofold attempt, first, to publicly manifest support for Russia and, second, to blackmail the rest of the EU Council into easing sanctions against Hungary over rule-of-law issues. I would be interested to hear the Tánaiste's view on that. I am also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: What about the Fico discussions?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the contact he has had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State since the beginning of the year; the efforts made by him to encourage a restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I begin by condemning utterly the threats that were made against Jeffrey Donaldson and that he spoke about in the House of Commons yesterday. There is no room on any part of this island or anywhere else for threats of physical violence against any political person. Does the Tánaiste agree with me that the Northern Ireland governance framework which was so hard-won over so many years...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: What will happen on 8 February?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Tánaiste agree that the fundamental problem with the DUP and Sinn Féin in the build-up to a settlement is that neither will move on something fundamental and important if they feel that there is any segment of their own party who will not move with them? Others, particularly in Northern Ireland, took risks to move matters along, but those parties in particular seem...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Is Question No. 75 not included in the grouping?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It is on the same issue of the legal case against Israel by South Africa in the International Court of Justice.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Is it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Thank you.