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Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I do not wish to delay the House further, but this is unacceptable. It is clear this a drafting phase of the Bill that went through as nobody looked at it because everybody is rushed. The Seanad did not have a chance to look at it and, like a significant number of other amendments, it will never be debated in either House. That is fundamentally making a mockery of our normal legislative...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I indicated to the Ceann Comhairle’s office that I wanted to raise a point of order at the outset of the debate. It sits into the real concerns that many Members have had with the way business is being conducted. I know it will be a cause of personal concern to you, Sir,, as Chairman of this House. Substantial amendments were tabled in the other House that were never debated because...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I am conscious I did not deal with the Bill as my colleague Deputy Nash did. He is unavailable today because of Covid. I am familiar with the Bill. I will not go through all of the legal advice I have but I will mention some of it. There is a clear distinction between the retroactive creation of a legal right and the retroactive outlawing of a breach of such a right. The latter would...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I do not wish to cut across the timelined focus we have on particular amendments, but it is quite scandalous that we are trying to do this in 30 minutes. It really is not acceptable. As the House will be aware, I brought in the original Protected Disclosures Act in 2014. I wish to ask a particular question, since, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, you have allowed the previous intervention, and...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Sorry.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Yes. I wish to ask a particular question of the Minister about section 13 of the original Act I introduced in 2014, which protects whistleblowers against unlawful detriment by virtue or consequential to making a protected disclosure. The legal advice I have is that the consequence of the amendments the Minister has now tabled is a reversal of the burden of proof such that the employer would...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We will not reach the section in 30 minutes-----

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: -----so this is a joke of a-----

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State made a big effort to explain to us that the action plan on solidarity lanes will offer an alternative; in fact, it will not. The Commission explained to us that, at best, it will get half the volume of grain out of Ukraine, that is, 2.5 million tonnes per month as opposed to 5 million tonnes, and at much greater cost. How likely is the opening of the ports by way of...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: In my initial commentary, I asked the Minister of State to give a fuller explanation to the House on what is exactly meant by “the European political community”. We know the French have this notion, which we were fearing, of a second tier of European membership. It seems to have morphed into this European political community. I would like to know, first, what the Minister of...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: What is it?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We have a very broad agenda from the European Council to discuss and I can only deal with a few issues. First, I wish to hear a little bit more about what exactly is understood by the European political community. A preliminary discussion was had about it. In the Council conclusions, such a community was described as an aim to "foster political dialogue and cooperation to address issues of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Food Security in the European Union: European Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mr. Scannell for making the time to join us today. His presentation and initial answers have been very helpful. It is important to consider the origins of the Common Agricultural Policy because much of the focus in our generation has been on surpluses and so on. The first Commissioner, Sicco Mansholt, came from a hungry Europe where there was famine in his native Netherlands. Few...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Food Security in the European Union: European Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: That is fine. I thank Mr. Scannell.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application for child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department given that it has exceeded its estimated date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an update on the provision of affordable cariban medication for women suffering from hyperemesis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36802/22]

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There was an expectation that there would be a vote. I wonder if we could have a slight delay until-----

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I will just keep talking for a second. Deputy Ó Ríordáin is now entering the Chamber.

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The Government does not operate on the basis of individuals.