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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It was surprising that the issue of Rockall was not raised during the recent meeting between the Taoiseach and the First Minister of Scotland. Was the Taoiseach briefed on this issue in advance? Was he aware of the Scottish position on Rockall and their efforts to raise it with the Government in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum? We know that there were extensive discussions on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Scottish First Minister, Ms Nicola Sturgeon. [24100/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was not on the same issue as Deputy Brassil's question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I seek an update from the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Department has been working with me on the online harassment, cyberbulling and related offences Bill. There has been more discussion about the Bill because other cases of online harassment have come to light. There is certainly agreement on the urgency of getting it enacted. It was our common objective to have the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will accept that I know something about the Lansdowne Road agreement. The re-evaluation process was to be held before the economic crisis. By agreement, those matters were put into abeyance until such time as we again had the capacity to pay. With the forbearance and agreement of the unions and the workers in the health service, there was a clear understanding that once the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It would be about a week's overrun in the context of the capital budget.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Honouring an agreement is not a breach of anything.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: But the Government is not doing it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I want to return to the strike by health support workers. Some 10,000 health support workers are due to take industrial action next Thursday. Their trade union, SIPTU, has worked patiently for years through the industrial relations machinery of the State, as the Taoiseach has said. The workers' employer is the HSE, which willingly took part in the public service stability agreement and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Chinese Government on the proposed extradition law being introduced in Hong Kong; his views on the way in which this may damage democratic rule in the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Data (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the volume of imports and exports likely to be disrupted by a disorderly Brexit on 31 October 2019; and the projection of the likely effect of same on economic output and employment. [25218/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); her views on the opinion expressed that the childcare industry is at breaking point; her further views on the points set out in the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25249/19]

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

Brendan Howlin: Mr. Barry White of The Sunday Business Postreported that the head of IBEC has been lobbying the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, for more employer involvement in appointments to the Labour Court and the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. Apparently, the aim is to ensure that the changing nature of work is reflected in those bodies. Specifically, it would...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It should be well worked now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: How much is that in numbers?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24636/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (12 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It would cost €1 billion.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (12 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Even the Tories are criticising Boris for that view.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (12 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic division of his Department. [23186/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Functions (12 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: This is an economic question. The Taoiseach attacked the Opposition without discernment, I notice. Everything good is done by the Government and everything bad by the Opposition. I will take no lectures from the Taoiseach on economic management. Mine was the only party that opposed and voted against the ruinous bank guarantee that led us into incredible difficulties, which were borne by...