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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with an intellectual disability in County Wexford that are on the waiting list for residential care; the average waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44567/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 522. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funds will be made available to an organisation in order that it can provide full-time residential care to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44568/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Charges (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 930. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the recommendation by the Commission for Aviation Regulation to reduce the passenger levy at Dublin Airport by 20%; the estimated lesser amount would the levy recoup in the period 2020 to 2024 compared to retaining the current level of passenger levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44876/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether there is a staffing crisis in the childcare sector; the steps she is taking to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45132/19]

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Report of the Committee on Procedure on the Review by the Clerk of Dáil Éireann of Electronic Voting in Dáil Éireann on Thursday 17 October 2019 laid before the House today. I thank the Ceann Comhairle and all of those involved for their speedy conclusions and presentation of those facts. The report clearly and methodically sets out clear facts. It tells...

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The bottom line is that the Minister said, "Present". He did not say, "and voting". One does not only have to be present, one has to vote.

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is the truth, Simon. From the highest level, both parties went on the offensive, selectively picking issues to throw at one another. Let me be crystal clear for the Minister for Health. The Constitution does not say that one can parse and analyse the present and voting elements.

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The report presented to the House sets the record straight. The Minister may not have had a chance to read it. Paragraph 8 on page 26 states: During the voting block, Members take the opportunity to speak to Ministers and other colleagues, and are therefore not always in their designated seats when the vote is taking place. As a result, the practice of Members voting on behalf of their...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: All week the House has been convulsed by voting irregularities. There has also been plenty of speculation about the date of the general election. It is nearly a year since the regulatory impact assessment was made of the electoral commission Bill. For some time we have been promised an electoral commission which is to be established by the Government. It is the subject of a commitment in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Wiill it be introduced in time for the next general election?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We agreed in this House that the core issue - and Deputies from all of the benches gave incredible solidarity to the Government - was maintaining a borderless island. As the Tánaiste indicated, all trade, including animal trade, between North and South is protected. That does not, however, include east-west trade, which is the bulk of our trade. That is, or should be, a core issue for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We all agree on that. I was referring to the future of east-west relations.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: A Cheann Comhairle, I welcome the strength and earnestness of your comments on voting in this House. We know we now need to act to address the genuine concerns of the general public. There is near unanimity in this House that from an Irish perspective, there is no such thing as a good Brexit. However, there are bad Brexits and worse Brexits. In recent weeks, there was a genuine fear...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 163. To ask the Minister for Health if resources will be provided to the oncology unit in Wexford General Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43879/19]

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It certainly is.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Or privatising Eircom.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is rubbish.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister accept the competition collapsed as a result?