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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister should stick to the question I asked.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Government going to sign a contract in those circumstances?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: After much delay, and at six times the original cost, it is reported that the Government is preparing to sign off on the national broadband plan, NBP, shortly. It is 20 years since a Fianna Fáil-led Government sold off the Telecom Éireann network, which we now all agree was a mistake. It still has consequences today because the State, through the NBP, will now have to pay to lease...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I am talking about the cost.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I am enjoying this history lesson.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (6 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of school transport is under consideration for a person (details supplied); if so, when the outcome will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45668/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure last met. [43183/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was reported at the weekend that the Government plans to finally sign off on the national broadband plan next week after much delay and at six times the original cost. In response to a recent question in this House, the Taoiseach stated that the delay was due to a challenge by another broadband provider which has apparently contested the maps. The company in question, Imagine, recently...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What are we voting on if there is no motion down for Private Member's business?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We need to know. Can I suggest the Ceann Comhairle defer-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We cannot vote on-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Can we defer a decision on Wednesday's business until later?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I welcomed the indication that there was to be a motion on this issue. It is a frustration for everybody in this House. The notion that this is a new type of Dáil with new politics, that resolutions, motions and legislation from the Opposition benches would be welcomed and that everybody would be treated in like manner has not been the fact. I am a member of the Sub-Committee on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: People are-----

Death of Mr. Gay Byrne: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Like hundreds of thousands of Irish people at home and abroad, I stopped in my tracks when I heard the news of the passing of Gay Byrne while I was in my constituency office yesterday afternoon. I wondered why it affected all of us to hear that. It is almost like a bereavement in any family. I was trying to think of a precedent and I could not. I thought of the words of the then French...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seanad Reform (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group and progress on implementing the recommendations. [43187/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected yield from increasing VAT on food supplements from 0% to 13.5%; the reason this policy change was not announced or included on the documentation published on budget day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44509/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if his decision to apply VAT to food supplements will be irreversible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44510/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures included in the Finance Bill 2019 that will result in additional revenue for the Exchequer in 2020 that were not announced on budget day, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for a school (details supplied); the status of the issues in relation to the tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/19]