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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 381. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Has a senior point person been appointed?

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Who is it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote, the Taoiseach provided a useful briefing for all leaders in Government Buildings. Both the verbal and written presentation set out the strategic issues that needed to be addressed as a matter of urgency. What is less clear to me since is the end game. What is Ireland's objective, now we have had a chance for reflection? The Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the European Council meeting; and his agenda for European Council discussions in terms of the Government's strategy for dealing with the vote to exit the European Union by the electorate of the United Kingdom. [19375/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the commitment in the programme for Government on the National Maternity Hospital. As he is aware, the previous Government committed €150 million for the project and planning permission was to have been lodged in the final quarter of last year. The project is now seven months behind schedule. A mediator was appointed months ago to sort out the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is in Standing Orders. One minute for one question.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: To beat this.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach allow us to-----

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: It is short-termism.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach allow the matter to be debated?

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Nobody would dispute for a second the essential nature of rolling out broadband. That is why it features so heavily in the capital plan the previous Government adopted. The issue is the ownership of the network. A briefing document on ownership was distributed by the Department yesterday. It was a net decision on ownership. The Taoiseach says it will not be another Eircom. I believe it...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Can the Taoiseach explain the rationale that led the Government, yesterday, to approve the gap-funded model for delivering broadband? This will entail a 26-year contract with private providers, at the end of which the networks will be privately owned. The reasons publicly given for the decision were that this would be cheaper than direct State funding and would be off balance sheet so as to...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: Government is becoming very unpopular altogether.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the allocation of ministerial powers at both Cabinet and Minister of State level; if all ministerial powers have been transferred to reflect the reorganised ministerial portfolios; if not, the powers which have not been transferred and the reason there has been a delay; when they will be transferred; and the delegated...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Redeployment (6 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sections of staff that have been assigned or transferred between Departments as a consequence of changes to ministerial or departmental structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19811/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he envisages his strategy following a British withdrawal from the European Union will involve opposition parties; the formal arrangements he will put in place to facilitate this and to work with political groupings across the European Union including the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the Group of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: In light of the scale and importance of the decision just made by the British people in respect of Brexit and its implications for the people of Ireland, what formal arrangements does the Minister intend to put in place to ensure that a co-ordinated response to all the issues he has outlined will be generated in this country using all the linkages of all the parties here across the Continent?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I am a bit disconcerted by the Minister’s reply. It is almost as if Brexit is a normal European event. He speaks as if we are doing business as usual, saying he will send out an information note and that he will brief us. That is to miss the point. The idea is how, where there are such significant challenges on so many fronts as set out in the contingency framework document that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (5 Jul 2016)

Brendan Howlin: I do not doubt the sincerity of the Minister’s words but since we met on the day of the result, I have heard nothing from the Taoiseach. I did not know he was going to take an initiative on an all-Ireland forum. I had communication from Sinn Féin about that. There is not a coherent, joined-up, national endeavour that seeks to involve us all but we can do that. Will the...