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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister is right in his contention no reasonable person would say the death of a nine-year-old or the deaths of 58 children could in any way be justified by the restoration of order. The Minister has told us, basically, that in that interaction with the ambassador, he was told falsehoods. That is very worrying. Has the Minister summoned him back since to ask him to correct and give...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that he has taken to date to protest at the suppression and violence being perpetrated on peaceful protestors in Iran; if he has summoned the Iranian ambassador to personally set out Ireland's abhorrence of these actions; the additional sanctions that Ireland is supporting or has proposed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I think this House should praise, without question, the bravery of Iran's national soccer team yesterday. While others did not take a stand, they risked their safety by taking a clear stand against their own government yesterday on a fundamental issue. The Irish Times reports that at least 58 Iranian children have been killed since the anti-regime protests began, following the death in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that he has taken to date at the EU, UN or directly to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57817/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Few of us who witnessed it at the time will forget the visit of then President Mary Robinson to Somalia in 1992. After three days of visiting camps and meeting starving people, she broke down and wept at a press conference in neighbouring Kenya. People will remember that. Thirty years later it is happening again, only on an even greater scale. In a year of unprecedented hunger,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I warmly welcome the Government's focus on these matters. Both the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, and the Minister, Deputy Coveney, have a clear focus on the issue of hunger. Ireland has championed, with the United States, hunger at the United Nations as an absolute priority but now 22 million people face starvation in the Horn of Africa. There is an immediate issue that needs to be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sports Events (22 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any public statement or had any communication with Qatar authorities regarding LGBTQ+ rights for visitors to the World Cup games underway at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57820/22]

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: All European debate is still dominated by the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. It remains critical that Russia is called out at every international forum, whether a meeting of the EU Council, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which recently met in Kigali and brought together parliamentarians from every nation, or the G20. Russia must be isolated as the sole aggressor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Is there a prospect of renegotiation? The settlement that emerged after the Brexit vote was the hardest form of Brexit because of the unique political dynamic of the House of Commons at the time. Is there any prospect that a more pragmatic trade approach would open discussions again? I am not talking about undoing Brexit but opening the terms of Brexit again. Is that possible?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (11 Oct 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of accredited diplomats from the Russian Federation who are based in Ireland; the number who are located at the Russian Embassy; the total number of staff who are located here who work in the Russian Embassy; the information that his Department has on the duties of each Russian diplomat located here; the changes in staffing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and the General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Brendan Howlin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. First, I want to associate myself with the remarks made by other members in regard to the sad death of Rory Mason. I will be covering some ground that has already been touched upon. I want to ask three questions of the Minister. First, there has been a lot of focus and debate on QMV. I would be interested in coming at it from a different angle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and the General Affairs Council: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I will ask one brief supplementary question. I know we are coming towards the end of the meeting. I spoke at a seminar this week on media plurality and media freedom. One of the issues that came up as a real concern was the potential for external actors, including state actors, to interfere with the next European elections. I am interested in what the Minister of State has to say on this....

Allocation of Time: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I ask that it be deferred until tomorrow at least.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Process: Engagement with Ambassador of North Macedonia (21 Sep 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mrs. Bojadjieska Ristovski. Her presentation was a work of clarity. Hearing from her answered all the issues that have been raised at our briefings. As Mrs. Bojadjieska Ristovski rightly said, I hope it is the start of an ongoing dialogue. There is a difficulty in that her mission is based in London, in a non-EU country, rather than here, but we can overcome that with technology...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (20 Sep 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of natural gas used in Ireland in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; the projected use in 2022; the level of natural gas produced at the Corrib field or other sources here in each of those years; the projected requirement in 2022; the projected production volume at Corrib in 2023, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times for ophthalmology outpatients at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to address the unacceptably long wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39169/22]

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I am at a disadvantage to other Members here because I did not deal with this Bill, which my colleague did, and I am not a member of the committee. I was asked to look at these matters because my colleague has Covid. I am deeply concerned. I know the Ceann Comhairle is an advocate for the proper working of these Houses. The previous Dáil, perversely, because it was a minority...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I do not wish to delay the House further, but this is unacceptable. It is clear this a drafting phase of the Bill that went through as nobody looked at it because everybody is rushed. The Seanad did not have a chance to look at it and, like a significant number of other amendments, it will never be debated in either House. That is fundamentally making a mockery of our normal legislative...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: I indicated to the Ceann Comhairle’s office that I wanted to raise a point of order at the outset of the debate. It sits into the real concerns that many Members have had with the way business is being conducted. I know it will be a cause of personal concern to you, Sir,, as Chairman of this House. Substantial amendments were tabled in the other House that were never debated because...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister of State made a big effort to explain to us that the action plan on solidarity lanes will offer an alternative; in fact, it will not. The Commission explained to us that, at best, it will get half the volume of grain out of Ukraine, that is, 2.5 million tonnes per month as opposed to 5 million tonnes, and at much greater cost. How likely is the opening of the ports by way of...