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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: National inquiries are sometimes necessary to get to the bottom of wrongdoing. As well as being painfully slow, they can be cold processes as they plough through mountains of documentation and testimonies. The original Tuam babies inquiry was meant to last three years. Then it was four. Now we understand it will take five years to complete. Those affected by the scandal are frustrated...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I always do.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to date incurred by Transport Infrastructure Ireland on maintaining and providing security for the services station on the M11 in County Wexford; when it is envisaged this service station will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/19]

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Is pribhléid dom, mar cheannaire Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, labhairt anseo inniu. Ireland is one of only a handful of countries that have sustained a democratically elected Parliament, uninterrupted, for a century. I am proud of the role that Labour has played to improve the lives of working people, from the very outset of the First Dáil through to the present day. The...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What about the British House of Commons?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: What about the common travel area, CTA?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Tánaiste what his views are.

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Are the other 27 content with that?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I have questions on three issues. We have all danced around political sensitivity but I hope there will be direct answers because we need them at this stage. What will the Government do to secure the Single Market at the Border in the event of a no-deal Brexit, when the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland will be in separate customs territories? There must be some discussions about...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The 19 December document has no detail.

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Do we have the drivers?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: I have no confidence that a strategic view has been taken on Ireland’s infrastructural needs in terms of Cork, Shannon and Rosslare. The strategy on Brexit was published on 19 December and stated the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport was engaging with ferry companies to maintain, develop and enhance strategic links to continental Europe. The day before it was published, Irish...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: When the national development plan-----

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Members can ask questions afterwards. When the national development plan was launched last year, I asked why there was not a cent for Rosslare Europort. There was no mention of it. The Taoiseach said in the Dáil that Irish Rail did not ask for investment, and therefore the matter was not taken any further. If one wants to take that particular issue, when we were in government we...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The British Parliament has voted overwhelmingly against the withdrawal agreement. We are now in a period of acute uncertainty. Many of the possible options require time to develop, time that we do not have. There is little over two months to go until the end of March. It is not possible for Westminster to legislate and prepare for a second referendum in that time. It is not plausible for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Prioritise next time.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: Go on, tell us the real version.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: The programme for Government commits to a just and fair society and a more inclusive prosperity. Today, the Fórsa trade union is launching its Support Our Secretaries campaign, calling for respect and fair conditions for all school secretaries. The vast majority of salaries at primary school level, as the Tánaiste knows, are paid through the ancillary services grant, leaving those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (17 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a review of means in relation to an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2232/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Communications (16 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: No he was not.