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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We have had a broad tapestry presented by the witnesses. I will depart from some of my colleagues in that I will not speak from a parochial perspective because I am very glad to say we have a very fine courthouse in Wexford. From an architectural and aesthetic perspective, it arose from the merging of an old schoolhouse that was then a county building into a very modern building. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Should we not have the best assessment and that debate? I am heartened by some of the responses Ms Denning has given. It always struck me as an extraordinary waste of resources for prisoners to be transported around the country for momentary appearances in court. Ms Denning is saying that practice has been substantially reduced during Covid. Is that to be a permanent feature now? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Ms Denning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Courts and Courthouses: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: With the national development plan to be launched on Monday, it strikes me that it would be impossible to have a capital plan if the Courts Service has not done the base assessment of the optimum. The service has spent €500 million in its first 20 years of its existence. Is that the optimum use of that sum? Will we continue on that basis until the overall analysis has been done of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Reliefs (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he plans to facilitate rail users who have purchased commuter rail tickets to travel to work and who are now returning to the workplace on a two to three day basis; if he has discussed this issue with Irish Rail and with the Minister for Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline on the publication and presentation to the Dáil Éireann for the proposed new hate crime legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; his views on whether psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45778/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the integrated model of care for the prevention and management of chronic disease implementation guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 323. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a post of clinical psychologist to the multidisciplinary team in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (23 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if subsequent to the implementation of rules prohibiting the landing of live bivalve molluscs including wild caught scallops in UK ports he will address the serious financial cost to scallop fishers fishing off the coast of the UK now required to land their catch in EU ports; the reason these fishers are not included in other...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am very glad to have the opportunity to speak on the legislation before the House. As the Minister has rightly indicated, this is part of a comprehensive reform agenda. It is a technical measure, but is part of a suite of very substantial change. The Minister will know I have been advocating change in An Garda Síochána for a very long time, since my involvement in various...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I too commend my newest Dáil colleague, Deputy Bacik, on her first legislation. This is an extremely important area and a fulfilment of her commitment. We all know and acknowledge that solving the biggest social issue of our time, the crisis in housing provision, is complex. It requires a suite of actions and enormous resolve and resources. Like eating an elephant, we need to do it...

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Motion (21 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As has been said already, this is part of the continued outworking of Brexit. It was supposed to be a very simple extraction of a country from an economic union but after 40 years of integration at every level of activity, we can see how fundamentally difficult that extraction of one country has been. The resolution before us, that the Minister of State has proposed, is to opt in to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I will concede to Deputy Harkin as she was before me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Developments at European Union Level: Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni (20 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Unfortunately, I am not on campus either so I will have to send you my question, Chairman. Needless to say, as the person who was charged with the public finances during the crisis, I am intrigued by Mr. Gentiloni's view of that period, but I will save my remarks for another occasion.

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am pleased both to have the opportunity to speak to this legislation and to have it finally before the House. There is a great deal of legislation coming from the Department of Justice, much of it stuff that has been on a shelf for a very long time. It is unacceptable in the context of us constantly lauding our membership of the EU that we are so tardy in transposing EU decisions and...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: In a parliamentary democracy, the tabling of a motion of no confidence in a member of Government is a most serious matter, one that goes to the heart of our responsibilities as a House under the Constitution to hold the Government to account. Such a motion has been tabled, and I will set out the Labour Party's position on this unfortunate affair. The facts of the issues at hand are clear...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank our spokesperson for affording me five minutes to contribute to a Bill that runs to 245 pages. As one not known for short speeches, I will do my best to touch on one or two aspects of this. The Long Title begins, "An Act to regulate the marine area". That is a mouthful and that is an ambition. It is to regulate an area that is seven times the size of our land mass. We are doing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Sep 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent assessment estimated that Wexford County Council requires €196 million to bring secondary roads in the county up to standard; his plans to address this urgent issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42682/21]