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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the once-off and the estimated 2018 cost of returning to the PRSI contribution schedule for qualification to the contributory old age pension that existed pre 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in 2018 of increasing rent supplement limits to reflect market rents; the cost of an increase that would be required to capture the 35th percentile and the 50th percentile of the market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by €50 for each category for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40037/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding child benefit to parents with children who are 18 years of age or older but remain in second level education for 2018; the cost for a full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40038/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade takes questions every six weeks.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach answer questions on it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: He said he will continue to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Agreed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am becoming increasingly concerned, certainly about the British negotiating position. Over the weekend the British Foreign Secretary directly challenged the stated position of the British Prime Minister. It seems that there is no coherent view within the British Government which is extremely worrying, particularly in the context of there being no clear solution to the problem of having a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Martin was a constituent of mine and it was remiss of me not to refer to his tragic death. He was a well known figure in a very well known family.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Was the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities discussed by the Cabinet committee? It was raised earlier in Leaders' Questions. It is time we in this House give a firm date for whatever needs to be done - as this process has been going on for a very long time - and that it will be completed in order that people who have been campaigning and are dependent on this convention...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I would like to ask a brief supplementary question in regard to my Question No. 3. The Taoiseach touched on the issue of bed capacity in our hospitals, which has been an issue of much focus, and he mentioned additional hospital build. In terms of acute hospital bed numbers, is the Taoiseach of the view that we have the required bed capacity or do we need more as per the broad spectrum of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I have not spoken to the next question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach have a date for completion of the review?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It deals with an older population too.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is true; it was €1 billion. Everything was in bundles of €1 billion. I am interested in hearing the Taoiseach make it crystal clear that these projects are going ahead. On social housing, I was interested in remarks made by the Taoiseach during the summer about the need for a bespoke agency to drive a housing plan. I suggested a year ago - it was a strongly held view...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There is also a sum of €200 million which has been ring-fenced from the sale of the national lottery licence.

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Whatever the merits or demerits of the position put forward by Deputy Adams, and there is a great deal of merit in it, my question relates to the status of the amendment now. We are on thin enough ice in this House in terms of public confidence in the way we do our business, but the notion that a motion could be put and passed that cannot be implemented brings us into disrepute. What is the...

Special Meeting of Joint Committees with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP: Motion (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: No. They were not given effect rather than could not be given effect.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Sep 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a Cabinet committee on infrastructure and housing. [32693/17]