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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on electricity supply companies penalising households for under use of electricity by using a higher standing charge in which low use occurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 701. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport application of a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19204/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 761. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 776. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 752. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consular assistance has been provided for a person (details supplied) who was arrested in Togo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department has taken to date to resolve an ongoing dispute that is impacting on the education of a number of children at a school (details supplied), if she will intervene directly to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 1214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 22 March 2022 will be provided to the person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 289. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19078/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (5 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a whole-school evaluation of a school (details supplied), which took place in February 2022, will be made available to the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 908. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private sector and Coillte felling licences, respectively that have been issued on a weekly basis to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17636/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 909. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of private sector forest and Coillte forest road licences, respectively that have been issued on a weekly basis to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (5 Apr 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department process in tandem private sector tree felling licences and forest road licences that are applied for by applicants for the same site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17873/22]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Speaking immediately after her election as Labour Party leader last Thursday, Deputy Bacik said the following: I am committed to Irish neutrality. But I believe our non-aligned status isn’t about opting out. It has to be about opting in: Opting into humanitarian missions, to peacekeeping, to diplomacy, and to the prosecution of war criminals. We are not, and we never have been,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Response to the War in Ukraine: Discussion (30 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I have a few quick questions and will follow up on some of the points made by my colleagues. Regarding the impact of sanctions, Commissioner McGuinness said some time ago that the sanctions were having a crippling effect and the Russian economy was close to collapse. We saw a 30% fall in the rouble and the protracted closure of the stock exchange. I am interested in the Minister of State's...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some 70% of prisoners in Irish jails have issues with literacy; the steps she is taking to address this situation; the discussions she has had with the Ministers of Education and Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on this issue; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Minister as shocked as I am - maybe I should not be shocked - to discover that some 70% of prisoners in Irish jails have literacy problems? Does she consider that an issue that must be addressed on an integrated way across government? What is she going to do about it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Prison Service (29 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister of State for his response but it focused entirely on the in-prison service, as though everybody looks at the situation in their own silo. It is shocking that so many people who have clearly been failed by the education system end up in prison. What is going to be done about that in a joined-up way? I recall a former prison governor indicating that the vast bulk of the...