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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (3 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the operations of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, as required under section 6 of that Act, will be completed and submitted to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39511/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (3 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what is preventing his Department from funding preparatory, preliminary and actual works to dredge Dungarvan Harbour sufficiently to facilitate access to and from Cé Heilbhic in Gaeltacht na nDéise; if he is aware that the indigenous fishing industry is under threat because of silting in the harbour, which is reducing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union-United Kingdom Trade: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their written presentations, which were helpful. Brexit has been an unprecedented disruptor. I know it is the job of the witnesses to be positive but the best we have been doing in recent years, both with the trade and co-operation agreement and in negotiating the Windsor Framework, has been to mitigate as far as we can the negative impacts of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union-United Kingdom Trade: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: That is good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union-United Kingdom Trade: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Dr. Mathieson might send me an email on that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Recently, the French President nominated Michel Barnier and the Assemblée nationale has confirmed him as the new Prime Minister of France. Michel Barnier is very well briefed with affairs in Ireland and is a good friend of Ireland. Has the Tánaiste reached out to him since his appointment to deepen direct contacts between France and Ireland?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. Although there are very good links between Ireland and France, there is capacity for even greater links in a post-Brexit environment. One of the perverse positive outcomes of Brexit was the growth in direct connectivity between Ireland and France, with direct sailings from Rosslare to France, and indeed to Belgium, rising from six per week to 46 per...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Visits (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: In recent times France has appointed a number of honorary consuls across the regions of Ireland, including one in Wexford. Does the Tánaiste have any plans to appoint honorary French consuls to represent Ireland in the regions of France to deepen that new connectivity? Nick Thomas-Symonds is the British Cabinet Office minister who last week briefed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: They are sovereign countries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I have a brief supplementary. I thank the Tánaiste for his responses. Many of us have a concern, before we even start reconstructing Ukraine and Moldova, regarding the survival of the democratic structures of Moldova, which is currently being undermined by Russia. I would be interested to hear the Tánaiste's view on what we are doing to support democratic structures in Moldova...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I seek clarification on the ability of carers employed by the HSE or by private companies to administer medication to their clients. I am talking about medically prescribed medication that needs to be taken by those being cared for. Many people who require care have complex health needs and require daily medication. Carers help by reminding patients and clients of the need for the...

South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I am very pleased to have an opportunity to make a short contribution on what I regard as a very important motion. It is part of a long process in which we in these Houses have been involved for some time. The Minister of State described it as a landmark proposal, and it is. Spatial planning for our marine environment is a relatively new concept. In the past, it was almost a free-for-all...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: It means family members have to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to date to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36389/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the contacts he has had with UN and EU Member States concerning the urgent need to have a ceasefire in Gaza, in particular his contacts with US, Egyptian and Qatari representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to mobilise international opposition to the huge increase in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is working with like-minded colleagues in the European Union to develop a strategy to combat the rise of far-right actors across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36394/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the regulations under the warmer homes scheme to allow works to be grant aided to households that are in particular hardship, but are slightly outside the age of homes which qualify under existing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (10 Oct 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport he is aware of the lack of EV charging points in the Rosslare Europort and Rosslare Strand tourist area; the plans to address this obvious deficit in one of our main gateway ports and tourist areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/24]