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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I am sure people will be delighted with the Taoiseach's empathy for their difficulties. The two projects that he instanced as successes, namely the Luas Cross City and the Phoenix Park tunnel, were carried out by the previous Government, as the Taoiseach will recall.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, the two projects that the Taoiseach is responsible for are the ones I have asked him about. Where stands MetroLink now? Will it be the original plan or the modified plan? What is happening with it? We seem to always be planning but never delivering. On BusConnects, it is lovely that the Taoiseach is interested and that the Government is not a Soviet dictatorship but what does...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is this Government I am more concerned about. I acknowledge the success of the previous Government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What about your own?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: We have returned to the usual heavy traffic congestion following last week's mid-term break. Dublin has been ranked the third worst city in the world, in of a survey of 200 cities, when it comes to the time normal people spend in traffic. Dublin commuters lose an average of nearly five hours every week sitting in traffic jams. There is a pressing need for a grand plan for public transport,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a facility for persons with a disability to act as election observers; if the competition run by his Department to select observers encompasses persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Biofuel Availability (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the European Commission is controlling the importation of biofuels specifically biodiesel from Argentina; if Irish and other EU manufacturers of biofuels are at a competitive disadvantage due to EU levies on domestic biodiesel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9131/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 301. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a home care package by a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to drug task forces and community drugs projects in 2019, by project; if an emerging needs fund will be established; the additional funding available in 2019 for same; the additional funding made available to implement the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9249/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans of the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus to alleviate customer congestion on bus services from Bray and Greystones to Dublin city along the N11 corridor; if the NTA and Dublin Bus will provide additional bus services on the 84x route; if an additional three buses will be provided on the service in the morning during...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9133/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Last week, I raised with the Tánaiste the failure to extend the retirement age of community employment supervisors. On Monday, community employment supervisors were on strike due to the failure of the Government to engage in discussions on a pension scheme for those who supervise community employment schemes. This relates back to a Labour Court recommendation of 2008. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The template was there and the money was put in place.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: That was always the argument and it was never valid.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: And there will be no cuts.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, met on 31 January 2019. [8225/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I will take up the same theme. In light of the children's hospital debacle, have all major capital programmes been reprofiled so that we can have a real, verifiable costing for the major projects, some of which have been outlined by my colleague, Deputy Burton? They have all been set out to be done. Will these be delivered and can we afford to continue with all of them? I will make one...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with church leaders. [6510/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Regarding the Taoiseach's meeting with church leaders, a swastika was recently painted outside the synagogue in Terenure. Has the Taoiseach met representatives of the Jewish community in recent times? I think we are all concerned about a very significant rise in anti-Semitism across Europe, very noticeably in France and other European countries. Should we be alert to this in this...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.