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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: That occurred on the day the Dáil adjourned.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Without all the officials present.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of politically appointed staff in his Department. [2740/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: To be clear, the figure of 21 is excluding the drivers and including everybody else the Taoiseach has listed. Has the Taoiseach given instructions to Ministers to hire journalists as political advisers? There have been some raised eyebrows at the number of journalists who have now been hired to work for Ministers. Is it something the Taoiseach recommends? He has eight special advisers...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the priorities of his Department in 2019. [2738/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach has rightly acknowledged that, strategically, one of the most important issues within the purview of his Department right now is Brexit preparedness. His analysis at the beginning was right. It is correct to front-load the issue of the unique situation on the Border in Ireland and have it agreed to in advance of future trade talks. One of the proposals which seems to be...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I agree with Deputy Martin's proposal with one caveat. I am opposed to the removal of questions to the Minister for Health. Deputies have a range of health issues and are waiting for answers to them. I ask the Business Committee not to alter the parliamentary questions and to fit the health debate into another slot.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is difficult to agree until we have the new business from the Business Committee.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Subject to the Business Committee.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It took him three months.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Whatever it was - €100 million, €200 million.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Four months ago.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: It is not legally true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: So the cost is irrelevant.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: We know all of this information.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Who said it should be?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: I asked a question. I did not mention a suspension.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Nothing from-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Once upon a time Fine Gael was concerned about fiscal prudence and proper public financial management, but, clearly, no more. We all know the history and value of the project. We do not need to be lectured on it. The Taoiseach needs to address the questions put to him. He is not talking to someone who does not understand budgets. The notion that the Minister for Health was aware of a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2019)
Brendan Howlin: Meanwhile, there was a "battle" going on in the national media about current expenditure overruns. An overrun of €600 million on the current side was a matter of "battles", but no one mentioned that, by the way, there was a €400 million or €500 million overrun on the capital side also. That no one even looked at this for months is not credible. The net point is that...