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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [42207/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Unfortunately, I missed Leaders' Questions earlier as I was attending meetings, along with colleagues, with the British Labour Party shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Tony Lloyd. It was to keep in touch with what is happening. As such, I may cover ground that has already been covered. I will first make a general point. I have made it crystal clear in all my...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to support farmers facing difficulty with fodder supply over the winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 1083. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the correct amount for the period of certified illness will be restored in respect of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45220/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 1084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the correct amount for the period of certified illness will be restored in respect of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied). [45221/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Ó Broin showed an uncharacteristic lack of generosity by not acknowledging the work of Senator Humphreys on short-term lettings over many years. We are now entering the winter period and the days are getting colder, as evidenced by the weather forecast for next weekend. As we speak, 391 people are lying on hospital trolleys throughout the country and if recent winters are...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is safe to say that the October European Council was an anti-climax. If we had hoped for any new proposals on Brexit, or any breakthrough in the negotiations, I believe we were all disappointed. This is a classic negotiation tactic. If one does not want to give more ground, or is unable to give more ground, one plays for time. What we saw at the October summit was incredible. The...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach indicated to the House that he met the British Prime Minister in Salzburg and Brussels. Throughout this period, it seems clear that Ms May is seeking to transfer the risks associated with Brexit to Ireland and has contorted the position we thought was fixed and clear last December. She is doing complex manoeuvres that seem designed to disguise the fact that she is walking...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the British Prime Minister in Salzburg with regard to Brexit. [42205/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) last met; and when it will next meet. [39448/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The issue of defective schools was raised on Leaders' Questions and I ask the Taoiseach to reflect on it. It is extremely worrying that this involves major contracts and that up to 40 schools could be affected and we do not know whether the same designs and construction techniques were used in other public works. We must reflect on how public works and public building contracts are awarded....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: People should know where we stand.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the informal summit of EU leaders in Salzburg; the leaders he met with; and the issues discussed. [38627/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach put it diplomatically but Salzburg was a diplomatic disaster. The expected breakthrough in the Brexit negotiations simply did not happen. There was a heightened expectation in the days running up to the summit that progress would be made. Since then no further progress has been made on the legal framework being put into place at the October summit. In effect, two critically...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: At the weekend, theSunday Times reported that 22 cases of pregnant women being sacked or discriminated against by employers heard before the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, so far this year. Those 22 cases are only the ones that have made it to the WRC. In one case, the adjudicating officer of the WRC expressed frustration at not being able to award a substantial sum to the woman who...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: On Friday, the people will be asked to remove the offence of blasphemy from the Constitution as recommended by the Constitutional Convention. We should remove blasphemy from the Constitution. We should also strengthen the legislation to prohibit religious hatred. The Labour Party introduced the original equality legislation that outlawed discrimination on the basis of religion. We have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Everybody in the House recognises the importance of religious freedom. Everybody should have freedom of conscience to believe what they want and to express views on it as long as it does not incite hatred. We have laws about incitement to hatred, which can be strengthened, but we need to take the dated concept of blasphemy out of our fundamental law...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [41076/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (23 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in the Government Information Service. [41074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to alter the VAT regime on health supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/18]