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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: This is unacceptable.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I will be brief. The whole idea of-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee E (health) will next meet. [47835/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I welcome the discussions of Sláintecare, coming as they do after the absence of any resource allocation to the implementation of or any mention of Sláintecare in the budget. With regard to Cabinet discussions, I want to raise the provision of cardiac care across the country, in particular the provision of cardiac services in the south east. On Friday, I met with a number of...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The latest ESRI report indicates that house prices could rise by 20% over the next three years. Meanwhile rent has also increased by 11% in the year to September, according to daft.ie. We all know that not enough homes are being built. However, we also need to ensure that the homes that are built are affordable for ordinary people to rent and buy. The State, obviously, has a very clear...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The question concerns the state of knowledge of the-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: The question I am trying to pursue concerns the state of knowledge held by the Department of Justice and Equality. The Taoiseach told the House that the Department was aware of the strategy after the cross-examination of Sergeant McCabe. That took place in May 2015. The Taoiseach told the House yesterday that the Tánaiste was not aware of this until it came into the public domain,...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Or anybody else outside this House.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I have been a Member of this House for some time. I recall a tribunal of inquiry finding that if people had answered questions here, it would have saved the State both millions and time. It is our job to ask straightforward questions and to hold Ministers to account. That is our job. I have no accusation to make against anybody. I just want the truth.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I believe-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: No-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: ---quite the reverse. I fully accepted the statement the Taoiseach finally made yesterday about the current Minister and his predecessor. I said that we now have clarity on that fact if the-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach is aware, my colleague, Deputy Kelly, has been raising questions of fundamental importance with the Minister for Justice and Equality over the past week. Deputy Micheál Martin and others put some of these queries to the Taoiseach yesterday on Leaders' Questions. It is unfortunate that the Minister failed to make clear in his responses to those parliamentary questions...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures (15 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to number of post offices that might close or are in danger of closing; if a list of such post offices has been complied by his Department or furnished to him; if so, if the list will be provided to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48289/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I am afraid it is a long time coming.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: Who would represented us on the North-South Ministerial Council?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his trip to France and his meeting with President Macron. [47834/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: We now have an imposed budget on Northern Ireland brought about by Secretary of State Brokenshire. In doing so he has, for now, ruled out direct rule, as the Taoiseach has in his answer to this question. What then, in the absence of an agreement ongoing between the parties in Northern Ireland? If direct rule is ruled out by the British Government and the Taoiseach, and if no agreement is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (14 Nov 2017)
Brendan Howlin: I agree with others that the major social issues facing the Taoiseach, the Government and all of us are housing, homelessness and the health crisis but I want to deal with another issue, namely, the approach of this Government to Brexit. Most of us were a little bit taken aback last week when the Taoiseach told the House that it was his view that sufficient progress would likely be made in...