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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the parties in Northern Ireland on re-establishing the Executive. [44550/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It has been six years in preparation.

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The programme for Government includes a commitment to establish a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service. Most of us anticipated that the Government would adopt a coherent structured approach to public sector pay. I expressed concern when a much hiked salary was rumoured for the next Garda Commissioner. I am even more concerned at reports that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Documents (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the preparations within his Department for a hard Brexit and reports or analyses conducted in this regard. [44893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the libraries that will benefit from the €3.75 million investment announced on 9 November 2017; the amount provided to each library; the purpose for each grant award, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the libraries that have benefitted from the €2.7 million investment provided to date in 2017; the amount provided to each library; the purpose for each grant award, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48476/17]

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I will respond to the debate on behalf of the Labour Party. I commend my colleague Deputy Jan O'Sullivan on introducing this legislation. The Minister of State, Deputy English, is right that our job here is to find solutions. That is why people send Deputies to the House. We have tried to find solutions and I welcome the support of every Deputy who spoke. One or two Deputies who...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy's final comment was viciously bitter.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Rubbish.

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What Deputy Connolly says is completely untrue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met; and when it will next meet. [48129/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I note the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government - and we all know who attended because of the tweet - attended the security meeting. It came a month after Storm Ophelia caused such devastation in our country. The Taoiseach will recall the day after the storm I raised with him in this House the matter of clear guidelines for employers on what they should do in the event of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There seems to have been no increase in the number of staff in the Department of the Taoiseach working on Brexit since September even though things have changed - probably for the worst - since then in light of the possibility of a hard Brexit. I asked yesterday what contingency planning is being done for that possible outcome. I would like the Taoiseach to answer that question. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The impetus behind an all-party group perspective into which everyone could buy was the need to stop this bickering that is going on now with the Taoiseach accusing the Opposition.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach said he wanted to embrace this. Obviously, we have to drill down and be granular. I understand the costings of health care reasonably well. However, we need to proceed on an all-party basis. Let us try and let us have momentum on this. From what the Taoiseach has said, it appears this will go the way of all other reports. We will have no overarching issue. I asked...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Excellent.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It is only a few months away.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We will go on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Staff (15 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is that 11?