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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Will we be given the same resources to prepare them as the Government?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Enormous resources are given to the Opposition there.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on cybersecurity policy in his Department. [29288/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee A, economy, has met to date in 2019. [28111/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This week, the European Union's second highest court will hear the Government appeal over the €14.3 billion in Apple tax. I accept it is necessary to insert our tax sovereignty and demonstrate the impartiality of our own Revenue Commissioners. What is occurring, however, does outline that Ireland has become completely overdependent on multinationals for tax income. We are now in a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I join with others in congratulating all successful all-Ireland teams this year, in particular the five-in-a-row Dublin team that finally eclipsed Wexford's four in a row. It was said that that was done in the First World War so it is quite a while since Wexford hurlers were that successful. I wish to ask the Taoiseach about legislation. It was reported this morning that the Cabinet...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Dáil Éireann has not been prorogued so we will be asking questions and, unlike some of what has happened across the water, we expect to get very clear and accurate answers. All of us in this House, and certainly those workers and employers across the country, understand that the preparations for a no-deal Brexit is not a normal annual budgetary issue. We need to know what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: With Brexit on the horizon and the possibility of a no-deal exit by the UK from the European Union in a little over six weeks' time, it is vital that the public finances are strong enough to support the emergency measures that may be needed to preserve jobs in this economy. Last year, the Government moved €1 billion from the strategic investment fund to the reserve fund for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in supporting the special envoy to the US Congress on the undocumented; and the resources available to the envoy. [28113/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 381. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the growing waiting lists and the pressures upon families, hospitals and community care nationally due to delays in accessing fair deal and transitional care funding support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37194/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Wexford will be made available to support persons with diabetes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one senior podiatrist based in St. John’s Hospital that is servicing the whole of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position with regard to the digitisation of Land Registry maps; if all maps have been digitised; when it is expected that the process will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37212/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That is just the 2019 plan

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: On my own behalf and that of the Labour Party, I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Ceann Comhairle and his office, all the officers and staff of the House, ushers and everybody who contributes to make this place function. It functions reasonably well, despite everything, and I hope all of us enjoy some rest and reflective time because the next Dáil session will be challenging. ...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is plainly obvious that the overruns in the spend for the national children's hospital, which are still not nailed down and fully quantified, are having impacts on other announced and expected health projects. What is the reason for this extraordinary delay? When exactly will the plan be published? When published, will the plan tell us which projects have been euphemistically...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Might we see the plan before the end of the year?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I heard what the Tánaiste said about the necessity to support Bord na Móna in what is an extraordinary major transformation, but I did not hear the detail of what the support is to be. Bord na Móna is not to be abandoned as a company that must make such massive changes in the services and work it offers. We must have a national plan in sync with a just transition to a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is a precursor to what will happen.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: On behalf of the Labour Party and my own behalf I would like to be associated with the expressions of sympathy on the sudden passing of two giants of public life in our land. Brendan Grace brought boundless joy to millions of Irish people at home and abroad and indeed beyond the Irish family. He was a talented actor, singer and comedian and he will be sorely missed. I was shocked to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Climate Action Plan (10 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What about the smoky coal ban?