Results 961-980 of 29,533 for speaker:Brendan Howlin
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (1 Feb 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been contacted by other Departments to assist in the housing or placement of refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5165/23]
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I have a supplementary question relating to the US's inflation reduction Act which was debated at the European Council. I know that at the previous summit between France and Germany, considerable concern was raised about the impact that it potentially has for European business and European competitiveness due to the fact there is so much money to be employed in the United States to support...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I think we have time for me to ask two different questions. I want to ask about Ukraine first.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Okay. This is my first opportunity to congratulate the Minster of State, Deputy Peter Burke, on his new role. I wish him well in a very important role for Ireland. I mentioned that we will not provide military weapons to Ukraine. What they have asked for is critical infrastructure. I stated the Council has asked for mobile heating stations, power generators, power transformers and...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: We are dealing with them one at a time.
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I am talking about a common European defence infrastructure. When are we going to initiate the debate on exactly what our role will be in the EU's strong policy to take responsibility for its own security and cybersecurity? I also raise the issue of the US Inflation Reduction Act, which has the unfortunate acronym IRA. It has been described by many as a serious threat to European...
- Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: I will try to gallop though the broad list of issues that arose at the European Council meeting in the five minutes I have. Needless to say, Ukraine is the fist issue. It has been the dominant issue at all European Council meetings since the barbaric invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing assault on the Ukrainian people by Russia. We need to take stock constantly of what we are doing to...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation in relation to an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Iran since October 2022; his efforts to secure their release including his contact with the Iranian Foreign Minister and the Ambassador of Iran in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4002/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to date to sanction the Iranian authorities responsible for the brutal suppression of peaceful protest; his views on whether the Iran Revolutionary Guard should be listed as a terrorist entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4001/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support by way of money, food, medical supplies and other humanitarian relief that Ireland has sent to Somalia and other drought-impacted nations in the Horn of Africa enduring mass starvation; the plans the European Union and other international organisations have to bring relief to the millions of persons affected; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current state of negotiation between the EU and the UK on finding an agreed settlement on the Northern Ireland protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4004/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the level of consultation with private nursing homes to determine the ratio, in relation to statements made by his Department concerning dependency levels within private nursing homes; if he will set out the average cost per resident in HSE-operated nursing homes for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: 602. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by private nursing home operators at the recruitment by the HSE of trained staff from their sector who have been recruited by private nursing homes from abroad and have had their visas and travel arrangements processed at a considerable cost to the private nursing homes concerned; the steps he has taken to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: When is the Government going to apply?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: When is the Government going to apply?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: When is the Government going to apply?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: It is shocking.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Brendan Howlin: Maybe write to the Minister or something.