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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (8 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has recently reviewed the resources available to provide legal aid in each of the law centres here; if her attention has been drawn to staff shortages which have resulted in delayed legal proceedings; the action she proposes to take to ensure that sufficient solicitors are available in each law centre; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (3 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for spouse of an Irish citizen status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5582/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I raise with the Taoiseach legislation the House passed on Second Stage last December, in its final act of the previous session, namely, the Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020. I introduced the Bill which is what is known as a Magnitsky Act. It is designed to be able to react against people who are gross abusers of human rights internationally. In the context of what...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Taoiseach come back to me on that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: As the Taoiseach will recall, a rise in the pension age was a major issue in the last general election. Immediately after the election the Government set up a Commission on Pensions which published its report last October. The trade union-led campaign, Stop 67, was successful in the interim and the proposed increase was stopped. The commission report proposed to freeze the pension age...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Yes, or tax changes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Oh yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I meant to take the opportunity on my first contribution to sympathise with the family of the late Mr. Noel Treacy, with whom I had the privilege of working in this House. The Taoiseach is right. I have served in government in the past and this is a difficult decision. It is not an easy decision but the fact that an all-party committee looked at this and came up with solutions that are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: It recommends tax increases and some increases in PRSI. It recommends, for example, reducing the tax threshold for high earners and their very large pension pots

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to expand the embassy network in Africa in the context of the Global Ireland Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects the new Ireland House Irish Embassy to open in Tokyo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Professor Ó Beacháin. We will open the floor for discussion after we hear from Professor Tonra, whom I now invite to deliver his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Professor Tonra. I will open the discussion to members. There is a rich array of issues to discuss. I will take members in the order they indicated. Deputy Richmond is first. He will be followed by Deputy Calleary.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (1 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 447. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current position in relation to the replacement of the LÉ Eithne with a multipurpose vessel; the timelines for the commissioning of the new replacement vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (1 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 448. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has conducted a re-evaluation of the requirement for airlift capacity by the Air Corps subsequent to the deployment of an emergency civil assistance team to Kabul in August 2021; if he is considering recommending to Government the purchasing of a suitable aircraft or aircrafts for such purposes; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the statement made a moment ago by the Minister. It was important and timely. The Minister is right to underscore the report of the commission as a watershed. It is a pivotal moment. For many years, morale in the Defence Forces has been poor. Members of the Defence Forces feel badly done by, under-resourced, badly paid and in receipt of poor accommodation. A lot of hope is now...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I will focus on the commission report. I think the Minister will agree that some of the commentary about it is unhelpful. Somebody has seen the report. There have been suggestions that a draft of the report was submitted to the Minister's Department. Commentary emerged that the draft is in part vague and in part contradictory. We should not be having commentary on a report that has not...

Personal Explanation by Minister (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Howlin: We are happy to allow the Minister an opportunity to make his statement.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces will be published; the process that he will put in place to implement the report; if the Defence Forces representative associations will be directly involved in the implementation of the report; if he intends to set out a timeframe for the implementation of the report; and if he will make...