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Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There is a general welcome for the all-island civic dialogue, which has been a very useful initiative that is appreciated North and South. I would like to see what has come of it. It is important to hear the views of everybody but what action are we taking on foot of it? I have addressed both dialogues and put forward a number of simple measures we could seek from Europe to mitigate the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: If they are here.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Could the Minister circulate the list of criteria?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made and outcomes from the all-island civil dialogue on Brexit. [8420/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It has been postponed 19 times.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: This is my first opportunity to join with colleagues in expressing my own and my party's sympathy and sadness on the passing of our dear and much loved colleague, Peter Mathews. We send our sympathy to his family. I want to raise an issue raised in this House before and which refers to a motion that was passed in the House on 7 July last year on Ibrahim Halawa. As a result of that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 82. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform last met. [10035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies since October 2014 on the Magdalene restorative justice scheme; if not, the reason this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies in regard to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9609/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has raised Ireland's bid to secure the European Banking Authority with his EU counterparts in bilateral meetings. [2781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 455. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has issued any alerts to Irish embassies in regard to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9610/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 803. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will contact all those persons that have contacted her Department regarding adoption and mother and baby homes in recent years to inform them of the existence of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9611/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: With regard to the National Archives (amendment) Bill, since 2013 the British have moved from a 30-year rule to a 20-year rule and are now releasing two years' worth of official records each year up to 2022. We are supposed to be doing something similar. The legislative scrutiny of this Bill was supposed to have been completed by the end of January but it has not been. Will the...

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I regret to say that the Minster of State has not given factual information to the House. She stated, "This now provides a 44-bed acute inpatient mental health unit at University Hospital Waterford." That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Mental Health Commission, as the licensing authority, has conditions, the first of which states that the maximum number of residents that may be accommodated within the acute unit of the approved centre is six patients. There is also a sub-acute unit of an additional 30 patients. People with acute psychotic conditions need acute beds in acute units. There are now 14 beds. From next...

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, taking this matter?

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I am disappointed that the Minister for Health or the Minister of State-----

Topical Issue Debate: Psychological Services (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: That is a perfectly acceptable reason. Last weekend, a letter from the Mental Health Commission to the Health Service Executive, HSE, came into my possession. It was quite shocking as we learned for the first time that it was the intention of the Mental Health Commission to de-register the psychiatric unit in University Hospital Waterford and completely close it down. It is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I think it is in favour of restoring them. That would be very good, but if we could have a political consensus it is something we should do in advance of the local elections. I ask the Taoiseach for his views regarding their restoration on a practical basis. Obviously, there was a lot wrong with some of them. Some of them did not have any powers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Dáil Reform (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: There were some very small county councils to which 27 or 28 votes, in essence, one's extended family, would get one elected but in devolving local government I believe we should do better. Does the Taoiseach have any thoughts on that?