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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Senator. Finally, I will give the floor back to each of the ambassadors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mrs. Larisa Miculet and Mr. George Zurabashvili for such comprehensive statements. Thar ceann an chomhchoiste i gcoitinne, I wish you all a very happy St. Patrick's Day. Lá Fhéile Pádraig faoi mhaise daoibh. Most of all, collectively, we wish peace to our Continent, and peace in particular to the people of Ukraine. We will suspend the meeting for a few minutes,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: On behalf of the committee, I welcome H.E. Ms Anna Sochaska, ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Ireland, and her colleague; and H.E. Dr. Laurentiu-Mihai Stefan, ambassador of Romania to Ireland, and his colleague. They are all very welcome to the committee today. I thank them for their patience in being in attendance and listening to the very powerful and important testimonies their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Thank you. I will open the floor to members to pose questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We will come back to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: What if Donald Trump is re-elected? How reliable would that transatlantic reliance be in that circumstance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Is Poland putting all its eggs in that basket?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Dr. Stefan and give the final platform to the Polish ambassador, H.E. Ms Sochaska.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It has been the theme of the day, I am afraid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the ambassadors. On behalf of the committee and the Irish people more widely, I make the point that we are truly in awe of the response of their nations and peoples to the unprecedented crisis that has unfolded because of the viciousness of one individual. I hope the discussions we have had today will be the start of an ongoing dialogue because, while we have gathered an enormous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We will go into private session now. I ask members of the committee to remain.

Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee (10 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice pursuant to Standing Order 95(3)(a) and 178(1).

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The House is asked to support the adoption of an EU Council proposal to extend the list of EU crimes to all forms of hate crime and hate speech, whether based on race, religion, gender or sexuality. The European Parliament and EU Council can establish rules concerning the definition of "criminal offences and sanctions", as they are recommending. The framework decision requires member states...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Covid instantly changed everything. One would not think that from the Minister of State's remarks. What was impossible for all the reasons that we have heard for years became possible overnight: working from home, flexible working, working online, a new work-life balance. Things that were unachievable and undoable because of necessity not only were doable but worked. The discourse in...

Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste - Message from Select Committee (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: At this point, can I formally move that the Bill moves to Committee Stage?

Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste - Message from Select Committee (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I was informed last night that I could. That is all.

Teachtaireacht ó Roghchoiste - Message from Select Committee (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It is urgent. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle might come back to me on when I can move it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Cuirim fáilte is fiche roimh na teachtairí ó Rialtas na hAlban dúinne. I welcome Mr. Robertson. I am delighted to have the opportunity to interact with him. I want to make one point on Ukraine before I ask two other questions. My question on Ukraine may not be for Mr. Robertson because it is obviously a British Home Office matter. There is concern here that a number...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I had one concern from the presentation Mr. Robertson made. I greatly appreciate the Scottish Government is now following the acquis communautairein terms of developing any new directives. It strikes me there is a democratic deficit there. Is there structured engagement to inform the shaping of those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Brendan Howlin: If the EU is legislating-----