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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in receipt of special leave with pay who are suffering from long-Covid; if it is intended to cease this payment for frontline staff who have contracted Covid while carrying out their duties; the supports he intends to offer such staff who continue to suffer long-term effects from Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements and timeline for the payment of the pandemic special recognition payment to front-line healthcare workers, including agency staff; the number of payments made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35019/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptably long waiting lists for CAMHS services in County Wexford including child and adolescent psychology and occupational therapy; the plans he has to address this matter; if he will consider providing supports to families to obtain private treatment for children in urgent need under the treatment purchase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Chairman. I will try to be very focused. That was a very helpful first answer. I want to ask Mr. Lupton specifically about the reference he made regarding the implications for the telecommunication companies. We have received views that the cost and complexity of implementing the technology, controls and safeguards will give effect to considerable process change and cost....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: And the cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The conversation has been extremely helpful to date and shows that we need an awful lot more of it. I will make an observation and ask three questions. The observation is as follows. In response to the Chair's question to Mr. Kelleher, I think, having been here a long time, that Departments sometimes feel they are the legislators and we are here simply to rubber stamp. An evolving...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It is an emergency seven years in brewing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Does Mr. Kelleher think it is a legal requirement to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It is beyond disappointing. It is unacceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: And the drafting of amendments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: May we allow some of our guests to come in?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It was never intended that the entire judicial appointments commission would interview every applicant. Is a panel of three sufficient? One has to be a member of the Judiciary and one a lay member. Is there a reason three is the required number? All panels could be panels of three then under this legislation to make the determination and do the interviews. The Minister does not want...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I was interested in what the Minister's response would be. My experience is that senior practitioners of the law are appointed as Attorney General. They play a pivotal role in advising Government and they are the chief legal adviser to the Government. It gives an extraordinary experience to somebody, no matter how senior he or she is in practising law at the Bar, to actually sit around the...

European Council Decision: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: And the girls, too.

European Council Decision: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I support this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. Russia's action in Ukraine is not just a gross violation of human rights but also an ongoing assault on the territory and people of Ukraine. It is also much more than that. It threatens the peace and stability of our Continent and, ultimately, all of our well-being. We are focused on human rights violations across the globe, but there...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: There is a certain feeling of déjà vuabout this particular annual process when you could really print out last year's scripts and recycle them into the record of the House. That is never a good situation. Let us start from first principles and ask what we have been asked to do today. We have been asked to continue in force certain provisions of the Offences against the State...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Like others, I welcome everyone in the Gallery. It reinforces that we are not talking in a vacuum. We are actually listening and, I hope, reflecting the views of people who are affected by this issue. It is one that is understood by most people and all contributors across the House. I also commend my colleague, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, not alone on his work in preparing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mr. Vurm for his comprehensive opening statement. Obviously, in a presentation, you cannot touch on everything. There are two overarching issues that concern most European citizens right now. One is the changed security situation in Europe, with the unlawful and horrific invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The second issue is, in part a consequence of that, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Is the issue of common reserve be something that Czechia would advance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I want to pursue the rule of law issue a little more. It was a focus for all of us in advance of the invasion and it had an impact on our view of enlargement because there was a very strong belief that the core values of the Union, which obviously meant a free and unimpeded judiciary, press and academia, were somewhat challenged by one or two member states. We did not want to increase that...