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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I will sue the Taoiseach if he bans it in Enniscorthy but not in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was reported earlier that up to 12 content moderators intend to take legal action against Facebook because of the awfulness of the content to which they have been exposed. This awfulness is directed at users of Facebook. We have had many debates in the House about how to protect people from online abuse. It has now been two and half years since I introduced the Harassment, Harmful...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is why we said we would have it done by the summer.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is reported that-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I will sit down again.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disablement Benefit (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment date for a medical examination for their disablement benefit claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50683/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (5 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50878/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [48733/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the 33rd British-Irish Council. [48539/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation Expenditure (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the projected costs of the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC. [47365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (4 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the policy of not including general purpose and physical education rooms in existing schools in the capital plan; his views on whether physical education is an essential part of the school curriculum; his further views on whether the challenge of childhood obesity is one of the most significant health challenges being faced;...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely wrong. Did the Minister not read this document?

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Stop with the insults.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Thanks very much.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the EU and Northern Ireland affairs section of his Department. [48732/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Biotechnology Industry (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in implementing the bio-economy framework. [50047/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That would be an ecumenical matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: According to the latest labour force survey, there are, thankfully, more than 2.3 million people employed in the country, but also some 128,000 unemployed people. Alongside that measure of unemployment, nearly 1.5 million people of working age are not in the labour force. Our employment rate is less than 60%, compared with more than 70% in many developed European countries. Part of that...

Freagra ar Eascairí - Return of Writs: Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford - Introduction of New Members (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: On my own behalf and on behalf of the Labour Party I most sincerely welcome the four newly elected, newly minted Deputies to the elected assembly of the people of Ireland. It is an extraordinary privilege. I remember a few years ago walking onto the plinth for the first time on the way in here. I remember also going into the Dáil bar for the first time and being told it was only for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Dec 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the school building project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49936/19]