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Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their presentations, which contain very useful information. In the time I have, I want to make a brief contribution on the issue of vaccination, in particular on the booster jab. We have to underscore again and again that all vaccines are amazingly effective, particularly at preventing serious disease and death. I want to advocate for a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on Cybersecurity: European Defence Agency (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank our guests. The Chairman has said that Mr. Ruutu has quite properly made a very high-level presentation to us. We want to drill down more into the nitty-gritty and specifics. Our opening view is that, as a committee, we very strongly agree with President von der Leyen's statement that cybersecurity is one of the pressing issues because external actors have the capacity to paralyse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on Cybersecurity: European Defence Agency (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I will ask a brief question. I was interested in Mr. Ruutu's comments about supply chain security, which is a focus right now. Perhaps he will elaborate on what work has been done to ensure that we have supply chain security within the EU.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The issue of land transfer is not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the future development of the Curragh military camp; the capital funding allocated for this purpose in each of the coming five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56533/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We are all aware of the historic importance and significant of the Curragh military camp, presumably none more so than the Acting Chairman, Deputy Berry. I want to ask the Minister to set out his plans for the development of this important national facility, including the capital allocations and the specifics of what he proposes to do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for his reply as he needs to set out exactly what he is intending to do. If I understand the reply correctly, the Government expects to spend €16.5 million on the Curragh Camp in 2022. I know that in the other House the Minister previously described the Curragh Camp as the flagship of our military establishment and while many people will agree with him on that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome the Minister's assurances on this but he will accept that the public image when visiting a camp is important and the fact that there are 43 derelict buildings is not acceptable. That should be prioritised. The important new developments he outlined to the House are significant and important ,but the basics are more important. This includes providing adequate showering facilities...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is well and good to denounce the dreadful Lukashenko regime in Belarus. He is clearly a tyrant with no democratic legitimacy, but the problem is for the thousands of people who are now, as one migrant described, a football being kicked between Lukashenko and the border protectors of the EU. The Minister is right to increase the pressure and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It is perfectly understandable. The EU did not bring those people there. However it is disingenuous for the Minister to say that they are on the Belarusian side. They are standing looking at coils of barbed wire, yards away from the European Union. The Union cannot say that they are not ours and we have no responsibility there.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Well, that is the point that the Minister made. He said they are not being pushed between two.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I quoted one of the Iraqi migrants. He said that he felt like a football. His opinion is more valid than the Minister's or mine in how he feels in that condition. Of course the Lukashenko regime has to be challenged on every level. However, I have seen pictures of the Polish authorities denying access to its border to do a humanitarian assessment. What specifically is the intention of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: What is the intention about the people who are there?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action taken to address the humanitarian crisis developing on the Belarus-Poland and Belarus-Lithuania borders in particular to bring relief to the thousands of migrants stuck in makeshift camps on the borders of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56502/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister set out the action he and his EU colleagues have taken to date, and, more importantly, will take, to address the growing humanitarian crisis on the border of the EU and Belarus where, as everybody will be aware, thousands of men, women and children are trapped in dreadful conditions?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Air Corps (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the replacement aircraft for the current Casa CN 235 maritime patrol aircraft will arrive; if he is satisfied with Ireland’s current capacity to patrol its maritime territory; if he has plans to further expand the Air Corps capacity to patrol territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56539/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that three towns in County Wexford were subject to boil water notices due to the lack of ultraviolet treatment facilities in the water plants serving these towns; if he will ensure that funding is provided to Irish Water to install these urgently needed facilities; and if he will...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is speaking as part of the Social Democrats slot and she has ten minutes left.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We now move back to the Government speaking slot. I do not see anybody offering.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: No, this is the balance of the Social Democrats slot. The Deputy's slot is yet to come.