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Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Ministers are getting their jabs as we speak.

Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: In July I asked the Taoiseach about the tenancy deposit protection scheme. It was to be operated by the Residential Tenancies Board. We enacted legislation in the House to bring that about. Subsequent to my raising this with the Taoiseach I received a letter from the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, stating that the matter was to be reviewed again....

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is hilarious.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: John Concannon will be getting a call.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We need another minute.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to the justice function of the Cabinet sub-committee. Was there any discussion on the staffing levels of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, or was it brought to the attention of the Taoiseach, in particular the fact that the most senior Garda position, that of detective inspector, has been vacant since September of last year? The issue was raised in the House...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I do not forget it. It was a mistake. The Deputy is making a childish point.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There is a Labour Private Members' Bill on the matter.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: We read in the media that it was intended to bring proposals to the Government today in respect of the reconstruction and reorganisation of local authority electoral boundaries. In recent days I read what I regard as the Taoiseach's most ungenerous comments on the last partnership Government. What was decided by the Government? Will there be a restoration of town government? When will a...

Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Are there plans to discuss it with the Opposition?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions on which SUSI has sought to recover overpayments which were made despite no fault on the part of the claimant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 1179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person, (details supplied) will receive arrears of a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45680/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 1260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for illness benefit will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46807/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach has set out a series of seven referendums to be held over the next two years. I will not list them all. It is certainly the most comprehensive series of referendums proposed in a set timeline. How will we deal with them? The Taoiseach is talking about a stand-alone referendum on the eighth amendment but the others will be grouped. We need to carry out a lot of advance...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: One has to wonder what it is about the banks in Ireland that allows them to behave so disgracefully so often. From Ansbacher to the DIRT inquiry, we saw the banks do serious harm, and then they brought our country to its knees with reckless lending. Now, just a few years later, we have another scandal. While posting billions of euros in profits, they have systematically defrauded tens of...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Tánaiste is absolutely right that the people of this nation put the banks back on their feet by their hard work and forbearance over the past five years. In that context, what we have now discovered is an act of gross betrayal. Given the Ansbacher accounts, the DIRT inquiry, everything else that has happened and what the banks have gone through, and the enormous amount of...

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It talked last week about moral suasion.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (26 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for fuel allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45392/17]

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The EU Council came to a number of important conclusions last week on migration, digital Europe, security and defence, external relations and Brexit. Since we last spoke on this issue, a number of significant developments have progressed. In his remarks prior to the Council meeting last week the Taoiseach spoke on digital Europe and the importance of delivering practical benefits to our...

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It is racism.