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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yesterday I expressed my frustration that none of my three questions had been answered. I will, therefore, put one of them again as the opportunity to do so has been afforded to me. It has been reported that the Minister for Health is to tell the Cabinet this week that eliminating the practise of private medicine in public hospitals would free up 2,000 beds across the country and reduce...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It stated there would be a single tier.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I agree with Deputy Micheál Martin's comment that, because there is now a full-blown general election campaign in Britain, the UK Prime Minister is focusing exclusively on a domestic audience, but we have to be careful about the implications for us of what he is saying. I want to examine this further so we can be clear in this House about the Taoiseach's understanding of the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the UK Prime Minister since 29 October 2019. [46450/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: In responding to Deputy Broughan on a most serious issue, the Taoiseach referred to the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017. The Bill was supposed to have been enacted last summer. I note the Department of Justice and Equality had brought a group of Bills to enactment last year but this was not one of them. More than half of Deputies who responded to a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We need to enact this legislation. Can I have timeframe?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress on the Climate Action Plan 2019; and the role of his Department in the delivery of same. [45465/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (13 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 84. To ask the Taoiseach the projected costs in regard to the Commission of Investigation into IBRC. [46455/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I think the Deputy doth protest too much.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Then discuss the date.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is a record. None of my three questions was answered during Taoiseach's questions today.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach was a member of that Government, with Deputy Shortall.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach should embrace collective responsibility before he starts handing it out.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Tell him first.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report on the Programme for a Partnership Government will be published. [46449/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is over three years since a Programme for a Partnership Government was agreed. It set out what most of us in this House believed would be a temporary arrangement, which has now survived three years. The document, as set out, was based on an ambition for a fairer Ireland. We will argue about that on the hustings in a few months. There is nothing fair about the record of the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Security will next meet. [45466/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It has emerged that key figures in the campaign of violence against executives in Quinn Industrial Holdings, which culminated in the horrific attack on Kevin Lunney are heavily involved in criminality activity and smuggling and are connected to dissident paramilitaries. I welcome the Taoiseach's recent visit to the area to meet QIH directors. I agree with the Minister of State, Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: In fairness, five questions were asked and one question takes up to three minutes to answer. There must be some discipline in answering too.