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Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am not accusing the Government of not having a strategy. The problem is that we do not see the progress and this is causing alarm. It is as if the Government is pulling rubber levers to no effect. Nothing is happening on the ground. The Minister is right that we did much work to bring back voids and that was a successful initiative, but now we need the same approach to vacant houses....

Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Today the Simon Community said it is unacceptable that 198,358 homes lie empty in Ireland, a number that will shock most people. In stark terms, that means that 13% of the total housing stock is vacant. According to answers to parliamentary questions received by my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, the group established to compile a register of vacant units and set out actions to bring them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports being provided to a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list for admission to the central mental hospital; when the person will be admitted to the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10975/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: They want to have their cake and eat it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It seems to me that there are two separate but vital issues for Ireland in this regard. We know that the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. The first priority is a settlement in respect of that divorce that is in the best interests of the economic wellbeing of the island of Ireland and its people. The second issue is what will be the future of Europe of 27. In other words, what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has instructed his Department or has plans to prepare a White Paper on the Government’s position and policy objectives on Brexit. [10033/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: For Deputy Martin's information, Questions Nos. 1 and 6 are on the same issue.

Business of Dáil (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I ask that a copy of the revised schedule be circulated.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will it be one of the six?

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Collective government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the assisted human reproduction Bill. He may have seen the stories of surrogate parents reported in The Irish Timesover the weekend. It is a reality of modern Ireland that parents are pursuing this option. In January of 2016, the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, commenced large portions of the Children and Family Relationships Act, which was...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Change can be brought about, but not by standing away from the issues. It is for Ministers who own the company in the people's interest not to stand back and allow it to collapse. It is time for an intervention. If the Minister will not intervene, I will briefly raise the issue of funding. The Taoiseach will recall that, in the last budget while we were in office, we increased funding for...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach have any idea of how anxious the hundreds of thousands people are around the country who depend on public transport? The Government seems to be marching blindly over the cliff edge on this matter. For weeks we have been listening to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, saying it has nothing to do with him, but the fact is that Bus Éireann...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I thank all Deputies for contributing to the debate. I applaud my colleague, Deputy Alan Kelly, for taking up the baton from Senators Ivana Bacik and Gerakd Nash. It is a baton that started its journey many moons ago in the most capable hands of our dear former colleague in this House who is now Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, who felt passionately about this issue. As...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I doubt that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I agree. We are committed to having a review of protected disclosures in any event. We are all getting not formal protected disclosures under the Act but many submissions. I am sure other Deputies in the House are getting them, as I am, from people who have been motivated to tell us something on foot of what has emerged in the Maurice McCabe affair. Has the justice reform Cabinet...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Reporting to but not accountable in this Chamber.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Martin's own comments were qualified too.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice Reform will next meet. [10034/17]