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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I want to hear the facts.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: It is farcical.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: And the construction sector.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: No, Deputy Kelly did.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out his proposals to increase LocalLink bus services to facilitate access to Wexford town from adjoining rural areas; if there are any plans, in particular, to provide disabled persons access from the Curracloe area into services in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he proposes to approve the Labour Court recommended increase in pension entitlements for An Post pensioners who have been due pension increases from 1 January 2022 and further increases from January 2023 and July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 698 of 25 July 2023, if she will accept that a great injustice has been done in requiring the repayment to her Department of monies caused by the extraordinary requirements of the Covid crisis whereby a person (details supplied) exceeded their allowed working hours to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is her intention that foster carers be allowed to maintain a social protection stamp/credit while continuing their foster caring and not be required to fulfil the signing-on requirements for jobseeker's credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to include fibromyalgia as a recognised long-term illness condition for social protection purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39894/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will facilitate an appeal in relation to the awarding of a SUSI grant to a person (details supplied) who, due to their being abroad during the allowed appeal period, in line with Teaching Council requirements, has been unable to forward an appeal under the statutory provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39486/23]

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to hear it.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Follow that.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I have rechecked this point because the then Minister, Deputy Harris, made that argument on Committee Stage to my colleague. I am empathically advised that because someone is a High Court judge does not mean that he or she has contempt of court powers unless he or she is sitting as a judge in a court with a court registrar in front of him or her. If the judge is sitting in a tribunal of...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister. For clarity, I take it that she does not envisage that such an inquiry would be a judicial inquiry, in other words, like a court in and of itself. It would change my perception if the Minister was saying that it would be a legal proceeding as a court and the judge was sitting as a judge in a court when determining these matters.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: If the judge is not sitting as a judge and does not have a court registrar in front of him or her, my clear advice is that the judge does not have compellability powers. However, the Minister can check that and revert to us.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: On the basis that the Minister will recheck the matter, I will withdraw the amendment.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: That is very helpful for my understanding of this. What we are trying to make clear is that vesting the Garda with a function does not mean that the powers of, say, surveillance or interception conferred in other enactments automatically become available to the member of An Garda Síochána in the performance of this particular function. For crystal clarity, there is security...

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, and to recommend changes.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I am happy.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 10: In page 23, to delete line 6 and substitute the following: “(i) independently, impartially and in accordance with law,”. I understand there was some debate on Committee Stage between the then Minister, Deputy Harris, and Deputy Ó Ríordáin on this. It seems to me that it is self-evident that these words would be required. My...