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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 1209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the current waiting list for service assessment for CAMHS services in County Wexford; the number of children and adolescents currently receiving services from CAMHS in the county; the number of professionals set out by professional discipline currently working in CAMHS services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated in 2024 to address the ongoing serious coast erosion in Rosslare, County Wexford, and other coastal areas of the county; his plans to protect the coastline in these areas and the total funding allocated to this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17154/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the application of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for an increase in special education teaching hours has been denied; if the needs of pupils in this school, contained in a 34-page document submitted to the National Council for Special Education, were fully considered; the reasons the case made failed to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed the requirements for family reunification and the granting of stamp 1G visas for spouses and-or dependants of eligible permit holders employed as healthcare assistants in the health service; if she is aware that the refusal of permission to have close family members join such workers in Ireland is having...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It is the first step.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 18 April 2024, and in view of the timelines set out by him for the development of an appropriate coastal and flooding protection scheme for Rosslare, County Wexford, if he will ensure that progress of this scheme is accelerated, having regard to the impact of climate change on the coastline...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists that will be trained in Ireland in 2024; the capacity of the existing schools of dentistry; his views on whether the number of dentists currently being trained is sufficient to meet the future needs of a growing Irish population; if he supports the building of a new school of dentistry and dental hospital in University College Cork;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress to date of the strategic taskforce on general practice; when he expects the taskforce to publish its conclusions; to set out the groups and individuals contacted to date in the work of the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 330. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of single-person GP practices, by county, registered with the GMS; the number of two-person GP practices, by county, registered with the GMS; the number of larger GP practices, by county, registered with the GMS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a central register of locum GPs available for general practice in the State; the number of locum GPs paid from the GMS in 2023; if he is satisfied that there is adequate locum GP cover available to meet requirements in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18606/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Even though the people-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It depends who is in charge.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has examined legislation introduced in France to address the issue of fast fashion; his views on whether this issue should be addressed in Ireland; if he plans to introduce such legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18747/24]

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Legislation on the Defence Forces, in general, being debated in this House is a rare occurrence. I cannot recall many occasions when the time of the House has been occupied by this issue, and maybe that will give us an indication it is an area of public policy that has not been focused on enough over the years. It goes to the heart of why the Defence Forces are so undermanned at the moment....

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I would say it will be something that will be repeated daily by everybody. This new entity is to be responsible for overseeing and monitoring the human resources of the Defence Forces and reporting to the Minister, as the body deems appropriate. Its duties are set out in the new section 322 on page 14 of the Bill. This includes "the recruitment of members of the Defence Forces", which is a...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Deacair go leor.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Níl sé deacair dóibh siúd a bhfuil an Ghaeilge go líofa acu.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Mar Leas-Cheann Comhairle, tá Gaeilge líofa agat ach níl an caighdeán sin ag formhór na ndaoine-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank both witnesses for their contributions. I welcome Barry Andrews, an acknowledged champion of this area, to the committee. I think we have all committed to achieve the SDGs set out. Although Mr. Donoghue's is more optimistic in setting out the structures of the reporting mechanisms, both presentations we have received report very modest advances on any of them. Mr. Donoghue says...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: He just disowned the entire United Nations.