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

Brendan Howlin: That is why we need a definitive timeline.

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

Brendan Howlin: I do not understand the Minister's argument. How can putting in a sunset clause introduce this level of uncertainty if she has announced that the Bill is finite and that she intends to introduce overarching legislation or is that a fantasy? Does she intend within the next 12 months to bring in replacement legislation, as she told us? If that is the case, this is a time-constrained Bill in...

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

Brendan Howlin: There is less reason to object to mine.

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

Brendan Howlin: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “Duration of Act and review of Principal Act 2.(1) On the date that is 24 months from the passing of this Act, both this Act and the amendments to the Principal Act effected by this Act (whether or not such amendments have in the interim come into operation) shall stand repealed. (2) The Minister...

European Parliament and Council Directive on Protecting Persons who engage in Public Participation: Motion (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I have five minutes to speak. It took me longer than five minutes to read the directive. It is a point that I make almost every day now as we go through directives that are important for the lives of people, when we only have a few minutes to participate in the debate. The matter at hand is an important issue because it concerns the functioning of our democracy. I suggest that if we asked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for his presentation and all the answers so far which are extremely helpful. I will do something I am not supposed to do and specifically thank the officials present. All three have been very helpful to this committee in allowing us to understand a very changing Europe over recent months. I will make one comment and then I will ask a few questions. I fully agree with...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The general scheme would be published before the end of this year and presented to the House within the next 12 months presumably.

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: That would be very welcome because legislation should be readable and we should be able to understand exactly what the rights of every citizen are in relation to data. The Garda should be crystal clear on its rights when accessing and using data for criminal investigation purposes. That is really important. Equally important is the point already made - a question I asked the...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: She has done so. Presumably then there will be a collective view that maybe the issue should be readdressed recognising the fundamental importance of not only matters that go to protection of the integrity of the State but also matters that go to prosecuting serious crimes that are by nature ones that threaten the viability of the State anyway if we cannot prosecute murderers or if child...

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I appreciate the difficulties in the shadow of which the Minister for Justice is operating. This is a very tricky situation. We assumed in 2011 that the law enacted then provided a reasonable balance between what all of us would expect, which is that there can be no mass surveillance of our population and that we are all entitled to what are set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Let us have that debate.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Will it come back to the House?

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Let us have that debate.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: As with many issues like this, the truncated debate giving Members five minutes to speak on something of such fundamental importance does not do justice to it. If one asked the vast majority of our citizens what PESCO is, they would not have a clue. They would probably think it is something to do with fish. However, PESCO is a very important concept. It is permanent security co-operation,...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Let us have that debate-----

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: -----and what our military posture should be. However, let us not try, regardless of how the Minister says it, to move along a path by stealth, in my judgment, to a situation that the Irish people will be surprised to find themselves in one day. Let us have this debate in an open clear way, an informed debate on the future of Irish neutrality, what it means to us and how we are going to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the current provision of free legal aid to persons who need it; her response to the recent FLAC report which described an ongoing crisis in unmet legal need; when she expects the work of the review group on the civil legal aid system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Dáil Parliamentary Question in January 2021, if she issued a directive under section 25(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to the Garda Commissioner on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application of a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36276/22]