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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 86. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economy, Trade and Jobs last met; and when it plans to meet next. [5693/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action will occur; and the persons who will attend. [5694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to County Wexford in 2015 and 2016; the total funding which was allocated to County Wexford in respect of hospitality skills and training in 2015 and 2016; the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I want to focus on the promise to deliver rapid-build housing. The Government promised that 300 modular or rapid-build houses would be completed or under construction by the end of last year but none had started by this time. What action will the Taoiseach take to make sure this happens? I agree with Deputy Adams that it is a matter of funding but it is not exclusively so. There have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I have never been to Davos either, although I have made presentations to the World Economic Forum on behalf of the State in other locations. The RTE report from Davos stated papers are being prepared on ways to minimise customs checks on the Border between Northern Ireland and the Republic as a result of Brexit. Will the Taoiseach share these papers with us? The Taoiseach listed a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met; and when the next meeting is planned. [4269/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: World Economic Forum (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and the cost of his visit. [4128/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Cabinet committee prepared any position papers on the impact of Brexit on Ireland. If so, will those papers be shared with us in this House? Has the Taoiseach read the comments by Peter Navarro, the top trade adviser to President Trump, where he attacked Germany and accused it of using a grossly undervalued euro to exploit the US? Does the Taoiseach have a view on that?

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach will recall that when the public capital plan was published in 2014, a mid-term review was promised. The Government announced this week that the review is taking place this year. The existing book of Estimates states that there is €34 billion to be expended between now and 2021. There is an unallocated sum of €2.6 billion. Apparently €5 billion was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: What is the capital sum involved?

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Are we talking about €2.5 billion or more?

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Bodies (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if he has raised Ireland's bid to secure the European Medicines Agency with his EU counterparts in bilateral meetings. [2781/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 152. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet Committee on Arts, Irish, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has met since October 2016; and when it is planned to meet next. [4273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (1 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the regulations requiring persons to wear life jackets at all times while on board pleasure craft; his views on whether age restrictions should apply or not; his further views on whether it should be mandatory to undertake water safety courses in advance of taking to inland or sea waters; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I join with others in appealing to the Taoiseach, as Leader of this House, to forge a common view on the outrageous actions of the Trump Administration in its first ten days of office. We await further actions. What he has done in regard to refugees, to travel, to international trade and in insulting the leader of the largest neighbouring country Mexico is a start. There are other issues,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: It speaks volumes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach try to garner that support here?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The NESC has undertaken a very useful function and has been out of existence since last summer. The Taoiseach said that it is doing a very useful job but it does not exist. Does it exist in some shadow form?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach spoke about its future role. Is it intended to appoint an interim NESC until the new legislation is published and enacted? I previously raised the issue of constitutional Bills. A number of constitutional amendments are referenced in the programme for Government while the constitutional convention is sitting at the moment. Is it the Government's intention to introduce any...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Brendan Howlin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach his proposals for official trips abroad during the first six months of 2017. [3242/17]