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Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: It was moved this morning.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I was surprised to get the revised schedule and to be advised just before I came in that the statements that I assumed would be taken today were to be put back to tomorrow. There is a general concern across the country that the appalling events of yesterday should be reflected in statements in this House. Indeed, I hope we will have more than statements and that there will be a formula for...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: He cannot ignore a question.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the contingency plans prepared by his Department in the event of a hard Brexit. [17881/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with leaders of political parties in Northern Ireland. [17879/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of Northern Ireland affairs. [21023/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the supports provided by his Department to Independent Ministers and supporters of the Government. [21243/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the circumstances in which the Office of the Attorney General in defending cases taken against the State or public bodies will seek to negotiate a confidentiality clause in settlement agreements; the extent to which consideration of the public interest in free access to information regarding the administration of public services in the State are taken into account by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20809/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Data (15 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awarded a full contributory pension based on having no more than the minimum ten qualifying years and 520 paid social insurance contributions in each of the years 2012 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/18]

Future of the European Union: Statements (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As we mark Europe Day we celebrate the most successful peace process in our continental history. Since Ireland joined what was then the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973 our country has literally been transformed. The events of the last decade, however, have challenged the institutions which decades of work have assembled and have led to fresh questions about the future of our...

Future of the European Union: Statements (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: As Jean Monnet once argued:Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe. When visionary leaders such as Monnet spoke about a Europe of the future, they spoke about an idea of tremendous power. The social Europe we created allowed nations to take risks on other nations knowing that the power of the idea of membership of a common European project was such that it could be used...

Future of the European Union: Statements (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We all do.

Message from Select Committee (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Excellent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will be glad to hear that I will be very brief. I wish to ask just three questions of the Taoiseach, if I may. The Taoiseach has been hearing a more pessimistic tone coming from me in respect of what is happening with Brexit. For my own information as much as anything, he might indicate with some clarity the structure of the Brexit team. As I understand it,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach might need a second opinion on occasion.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: We need a strategic view of what doubling Ireland's global footprint by 2025 actually means. Is it specifically looking at regions we need to invest in, beefing up existing embassies and-or establishing the embassies which have been announced? As Deputy McDonald said, the Taoiseach announced new embassies for Wellington in New Zealand, Santiago in Chile, Bogota in Colombia and Oman in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: A big dictatorship.

Business of Dáil (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: Can I make a point of order before we start Taoiseach's Questions? It is one addressed to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle or the Ceann Comhairle. It arises out of the data protection legislation that was referenced during the course of questions. We had a briefing for all the individual Members and staff in the House on the implications for Members of the House of the new data protection regime....

Business of Dáil (9 May 2018)

Brendan Howlin: I believe it should be the commission that organises it.