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Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That is just shocking.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for reconvening a Citizens' Assembly. [38646/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Gender Equality (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is beginning to sound like Donald Trump.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: My question is about engagement, not Brexit or Northern Ireland.

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to review and extend A Programme for a Partnership Government. [38644/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: There was a very public exchange of letters between the Taoiseach and the leader of Fianna Fáil over the summer about extending the existing confidence and supply arrangements between their parties. The Taoiseach lost a Deputy this week. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have a threshold agreed between them for maintaining the Government. The Taoiseach has also lost a member of the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Micheál Martin is right that it is a monumental disaster that the voices of the majority in Northern Ireland on Brexit have no forum in which to contribute. The only forum for Northern Ireland representatives only includes those who are virulently pro-Brexit. Most of us were dismayed by the statement yesterday of the leader of the DUP. It is becoming increasingly clear that the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáíl) - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with political leaders in Northern Ireland. [38645/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is the Minister for Defence, and the programme for Government commits the Government to the improvement of the welfare of our military. Today, 119 members of the 57th Infantry Group who were due to arrive home in Dublin today are stuck in Syria. They have worked on the Golan Heights for the past six months and have their own tales to tell about their equipment and so on....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: How did it happen?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: That assembly will deal with local government in Dublin only.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I am anxious to give the Taoiseach some time to respond but I want to ask two questions. I am very strongly in support of the point made in respect of the Tuam mother and baby home. I understand that an initial document was handed to the Pope by the Minister, Deputy Zappone, on his visit and that a second letter, a more comprehensive statement of fact, was submitted to the Vatican. I would...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Over lunch.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Pope Francis. [38629/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (economy) last met. [38628/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The ESRI has doubled its projection for the year to 8.9% of GDP. Has the Government considered exactly what the impact will be on the deficit projected for the year? Presumably, it will close it. Has the Government considered the impact on the fiscal space? Overspending in the HSE to the end of June was projected to be at a figure of €300 million. It is now projected that it will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I saw a picture of it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I begin by congratulating the Taoiseach on organising a series of bilateral meetings through the summer and beyond. It is an important ongoing process and the right thing to do. I spent the weekend before last at the British Labour Party conference. I met a variety of different groupings, including small firms' representatives and the representatives of very large businesses. Without...

Prohibition of Fur Farming Bill 2018: First Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I do not wish to interrupt the Deputy, but is it not normal for a Minister to be in attendance in the House during the presentation of a Bill? Is that not a requirement?

Prohibition of Fur Farming Bill 2018: First Stage (2 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It is shocking. A Minister should be here.