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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Paris and his meeting with the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron on 2 April 2019. [15750/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Brexit has occupied our focus here for nearly three years. As the Taoiseach will recall, when the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union, a bid was made to have two UK-based agencies, the European Medicines Agency, EMA, and the European Banking Authority, EBA, relocated to Ireland, but we lost out narrowly to Paris in a tied vote on the relocation of the EBA. It is not too often...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: In a tied vote.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Some houses would be helpful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The issue is the rate increase.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Where did the Government get the 4% figure?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Of course, the issue needs to be cured and the cure is to increase supply. There is a way of doing that quickly. We have public land and the Government should use public money to build public houses on public land. In the meanwhile, before we actually implement the cure, we need to treat the symptoms. People are in pain and that pain needs to be addressed and alleviated. We suggested the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I met a man in Cork yesterday who is working in that city but cannot afford to pay rent in that city. Does the Minister think this is funny? I do not, and that man did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That man is commuting daily from Dunmanway, which is 54 km each way. It is hilarious, is it not? That man cannot rent in the city in which he works. His story is typical of many people who have been failed by Fine Gael's strategy for the rental sector, the policy that introduced rent-pressure zones. The effect of those zones is "to limit rent increases, both within existing tenancies and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with his UK counterpart the need for a summit-level British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [16385/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Transactions Tax (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of Ireland with regard to the financial transaction tax proposed by France and Germany as a measure to bridge the EU budget gap due to Brexit and to provide for a specific eurozone budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16170/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Transactions Tax (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield that would arise from a financial transaction tax based on the French model on Irish transactions levied at a rate of 0.1% on share and bond transactions and 0.01% on derivative products; the way in which the French proposal differs from the Irish stamp duty regime that applies only to share transactions on Irish incorporated companies; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the rheumatology services available for persons in County Wexford; if he is satisfied that there is adequate community rheumatology cover to deal with the demand in the county; his views on whether there is a threat to the rheumatology services being provided for the county at Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16310/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 453. To ask the Minister for Health the staff complement sanctioned for Slaney House, County Wexford; if the full staff complement is in place; the hours of operation of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radio Broadcasting (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy towards public broadcasting on longwave radio; if he has raised with RTÉ the service provided to emigrants in the UK that utilises the longwave radio service; his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16169/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an illness benefit payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16206/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (9 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has raised with the National Museum of Ireland the need for a permanent stand-alone exhibition to the Great Famine; the series of events planned for 2019 to mark the Great Famine; the funding allocated for same; her plans to mark the Great Famine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16168/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The applications are not being processed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: For the second time in six months, Irish soldiers have been let down by the Government. After a six-month tour of duty on a UN mission to the Golan Heights, 130 soldiers were due home today, as the Tánaiste knows. Once again, however, the Government has failed to secure all the necessary clearances for them to travel home to their families. This happened in October, and that was a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Families naturally want to be reunited after a six-month absence. Children have travelled to Dublin today to meet their parents again and some family members have booked holidays for tomorrow and the day after. For the second time, all of those plans have been put awry. What explanation can the Government give for a second monumental failure of this sort?