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Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The Fine Gael Ministers are getting-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I presume there are six special advisers available now to the three Ministers of State who attend Cabinet meetings. It is new that there are three Ministers of State attending Cabinet meetings. The two Independent Ministers of State, Deputies Halligan and Canney, have special advisers. Have there been any applications from Ministers of State of a Fine Gael persuasion to have advisers or do...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will he inherit the adviser?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: For such a vital issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to appoint new special advisers. [36045/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Is it true, as reported in The Irish Times, that a ministerial adviser has been made available to Deputy Harty? What is the legal basis for such an appointment? Is every Opposition Deputy to have access to the resources of a special adviser or is that only to be made available, in the words of Deputy Harty to Opposition Deputies who are "well-disposed"...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Only one?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It was stated in The Irish Timesthat he has access to a special adviser.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In today'sedition ofThe Irish Times it is stated that Deputy Harty has access to a special adviser appointed through a member of the Government. I presume that is with the Taoiseach's consent. I would be very surprised if it is without the Taoiseach's knowledge. We are very careful about any special advisers. I am strongly of the view that special advisers perform a very useful and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has updated the national risk assessment following the receipt of submissions to his public request. [36043/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach has indicated, the national risk assessment identified risks in economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological areas. There are significant risks in all of those areas now. The value of doing a risk assessment can be questioned at a time when the grounds are shifting with such speed and alacrity. The issue of Brexit was very much on the agenda when the...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It was with great sadness that I learned of the passing of the former Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Peter Barry. Peter served as a Minister in the Fine Gael-Labour coalition Government in place when I first entered the Oireachtas. He was regarded as an unfailingly loyal colleague and was trusted and respected. His counsel was sought by parliamentary colleagues on all...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 66. To ask the Taoiseach when the last meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing took place; and the future plans for meetings. [37414/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 67. To ask the Taoiseach his planned travel schedule to meet international leaders up to the end of 2016. [37416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Question No. 254 of 22 November 2016, the basis on which he supported the payment of statutory redundancy, by approving amendment of the LCDP financial guidelines, to employees made redundant as a result of reorganising and replacing the LCDP scheme in 2015, but has not supported the making of ex gratia...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (29 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 418. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that have been put in place to commemorate the centenary of the death of John Redmond in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36936/16]

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I have no objection to the committee per sealthough this is a continuation of the balancing act the Government has been involved in since the establishment of this Dáil. There is an in-built predetermined majority within the proposed committee, with or without the independent chairman. It is an issue. I hope that everyone would go in to the committee with an open mind to hear clear...

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: The confidence is not great either.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Or they have abandoned ship.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I take it every party will have a minute or two.