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Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with the European Commission negotiating team on Brexit and Mr. Michel Barnier. [37413/16]

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Where is it?

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is what some of the Taoiseach's Fine Gael colleagues told a meeting in the south east.

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Every day more Ministers suggest they might favour a refund of water charges after all. The Minister, Deputy Coveney may be the last member of Cabinet to hold out on the matter. Reports of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting indicate that the Minister for Finance seems to be well disposed to the notion. Earlier this year, my colleague, Deputy Penrose, prepared a Bill, the water...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I put a question to the Taoiseach concerning Deputy Adams volunteering to make a statement tomorrow. Can we provide time for that?

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach's reply is profoundly disappointing. Our corporation tax receipts are nearly €1 billion higher this November than they were last November. The overall corporation tax take is €170 million higher than Revenue planned for this year. This is happening when war is raging across the Middle East and when famine is taking hold across Africa. As we know, Ireland is the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2016)

Brendan Howlin: On the issue raised by Deputy Micheál Martin concerning the murder of a servant of this State, Deputy Adams has volunteered to make a statement to the House. Will the Taoiseach agree to time being provided tomorrow for that to occur? In the last few weeks we have been presented with a number of Supplementary Estimates covering a variety of Departments, including the Department of...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is hotting up.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: He should come back to all of us.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: What is the status of the promised legislation to combat online bullying and harassment? The Minister will be aware of the report of the Law Reform Commission on harmful communications and digital safety. As Minister for Education and Skills, he is in a particular position to understand how damaging this whole issue is for young people in particular. The Law Reform Commission recommended...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: He is open-minded.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is a matter of equity.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: All politics is local.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome this acknowledgement. The Labour Party supported the Water Services Act that gave the plebiscite guarantee, but, to be blunt, it is not good enough. People want further assurance and want to hold it in their own hands. That is why we need a constitutional referendum. I welcome the views of the Minister in this regard. Let us agree across the House that we will do that. That...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As Deputy McDonald has indicated, Members received the report of the commission on water last evening. The very first recommendation of the expert commission concerns the public ownership of the water infrastructure. It states that as part of the overall approach to settling the issue addressed in the report, the expert commission recommends that the adoption of a suitable constitutional...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned school building project for a school (details supplied), construction of which was scheduled to commence in 2014 or 2015, in addition to the details of scale and nature of that project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned school building project for a school (details supplied), construction of which was scheduled to commence in 2014 or 2015, along with details of the scale and nature of that project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38069/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: There is a consensus in this House that addressing the two issues that have been set out, namely rough sleeping and homelessness, needs urgent attention. The Cabinet committee brings together the various actors at Government level but there is no simple solution to this. It is an issue of supply and we must get the supply right. There is a number of proposals coming from the Opposition....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Taoiseach have a view on it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: And their roles.