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Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We can all share the time. We have five minutes left so I will be very brief.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I will be very brief. I am conscious of time because of the overlap of the last question. In terms of the discussions with Prime Minister Muscat, the Syrian situation, which has now worsened, is an unfolding human tragedy that is now becoming indescribable even for people who are there. Malta is in the heart of the migration crisis, although many of the people who are coming across the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his three-day visit to Silicon Valley, Palo Alto and New York and the issues raised. [38661/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the European Commission finding against a company (details supplied) with any companies or public officials during his recent visit to the United States of America. [40021/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I asked the Taoiseach specifically whether he had tabled any matter to be put on either the agenda of the formal Council or the agenda of the informal discussion.

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Are the letters he has written agenda items? I am interested in the Taoiseach's view on the second of the proposed meetings, that is, the one without the United Kingdom. Court proceedings have begun in this jurisdiction challenging the legality of the exclusion of the United Kingdom from the Council. The UK is a full member of the European Union and pending at least the triggering of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has asked for items to be included for discussion at the next European Council meeting or the informal meeting of the 27 leaders to be held alongside it on Brexit. [38619/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We need longer.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: One of the hidden crises in society is gambling addiction. It gets far less attention than other forms of addiction but in many ways it is more insidious and causes incredible harm. The gambling control Bill, which has been promised for some considerable time, was to provide a new regulatory and licensing framework to deal with gambling and to provide for a new regulatory body. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will reaffirm comments attributed in the media to him regarding the potential for a united Ireland following the negotiations on the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union; and the specific plans he has in place for such a measure. [38617/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to set out how his Department will work with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Brexit; and the process for dealing with the overlap of functions on relations with EU member states between the two Departments. [39818/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The section of the Taoiseach's comprehensive response in which he referred to Northern Ireland was quite orthodox. I am intrigued by a quote that was attributed to the Taoiseach in an article in The Irish Timesheadlined "Kenny says Brexit could bring about united Ireland" on 25 November last. The article began:Britain's exit from the EU could result in an "uncomplicated route" to a united ,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Obviously, all e-mails generated within the official systems within Departments sent to any e-mail address whatsoever are retained on the central servers and are amenable to being accessed for freedom of information purposes or any other purpose. There have always been concerns over the vulnerability of communications. Back 20 or 25 years ago the concerns would have related to telephones,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Unpredictability.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I share other Deputies' surprise that the person who vacated this role has not been replaced. I know how pivotal the former economic adviser was to Government policy formation in the past five years. When the 2011 Government was formed, the economy was at the heart of everything we did and we established the Economic Management Council as a core vehicle for the analysis of economic...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Over the past ten days we have all been shocked by the actions of a substantially profitable company proposing to eviscerate the pension rights of those working for that company. I understand the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, has indicated he is considering an intervention in this matter. The Labour Party has drafted a Bill that would amend the Pensions Act 1990 and is consulting the trade...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It would include others though.

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Sorry, I did not hear the Minister of State. Are there amendments from today's announcement and will they be amendments to the planning Bill? Is that what the Minister of State is telling us?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: When will we see them?

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: We cannot deal with an important issue like that.