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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the application for home care supports for a person (details supplied) who has had a leg amputated and is in need of assistance in their home but has been told that they must be of 65 years to avail of HSE supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63733/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1381. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out a clear timeframe for the payment of the pandemic bonus to all eligible front-line healthcare workers, both in the public and private sectors, who faced additional risks in the performance of their duties during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 1901. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a feedback mechanism to communities and groups who failed to obtain funding under the town and villages renewal scheme, to ensure that applicants can learn the reason that their applications were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63532/22]

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I think you will find it is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We are onto the third site in Wexford.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I allocated the money for it six years ago; it is still not bought.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had the opportunity to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the vacant apartments in New Ross, following his recent visit to the town; if he will set out the response that he has received from the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a disallowance of carer’s allowance and carer’s support in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61701/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: On a point of order, it had been the practice to have questions at the end of statements.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I see. I confused myself.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach is no longer present in the Chamber but I am aware this will be his last occasion to attend a meeting of the European Council as Taoiseach. I wish to mark the occasion and state that he has served his country very well in that regard. I have no doubt he will attend further Council meetings in another guise in the future. It is interesting that the issues dominating the agenda...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: He did not tell his colleagues about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: He did not tell his colleagues about it

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I am not sure how it would work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: How would that come about? How would they find each other?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I have been dealing with the EU institutions for a long time. I agree with Professor O'Brennan regarding the experience of attending European Councils in the 1990s compared to the 2010s. French was used much more in the 1990s. Other countries, aside from the French and Belgians, used French as well. Now, English has become the vernacular for all negotiations and all detailed discussions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I assure the Deputy that the ECB has a rather Germanic perspective

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: This is an important enough topic to go through the careers and EU strategy and bring these points out and refine them. Perhaps the next Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs might be well-versed in these things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Opportunities within the European Union for Irish People: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There is something that has occurred to me for a long time. Some of us have been fortunate enough to have a lot of interaction with the European institutions, including dealing with the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council and being involved in bilateral meetings. Deputy Harkin has particular expertise having lived in Europe. However, many Members of the Houses do not know...