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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 5 May 2021, his understanding of the effectiveness of each vaccine authorised for use in Ireland against each identified variant of Covid-19 in tabular form; his understanding of the relative effectiveness of first dose and two doses against each variant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I welcome Mr. Tony Murphy and his team. People often talk about the dry work of auditors. I am new to this committee. My experience is at the other side of the table, as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I would have been looking at ways to spend money in accordance with rules and trying to find mechanisms to do that. It will not surprise the witnesses that my questions will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Few people would regard that as a luxury.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: Being broke is never a luxury.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I have one brief supplementary question. We have traditionally viewed ourselves as good at drawing down European funding. In many ways, we have often said that if anyone else cannot spend it, we will find a way of legally spending it. I am interested in hearing whether that is still the case. Can we improve on our individual capacity to pull down funding? Are we still top players in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (29 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify a source of funding to assist the restoration of an historic musical organ (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in the RSA Wexford driving test centre in each category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date broken into four weeks tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in the RSA Gorey driving test centre in each test category (details supplied); the number of weeks candidates are on a waiting list for a test date by four four-week tranches in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34130/21]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I too welcome the review chaired by Mr. Justice Michael Peart. I also take note of the Minister's promise of an interim report shortly. In the meantime, we are asked to continue in force certain provisions of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. That is the motion before the House. The provisions to be renewed again fall into...

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

Brendan Howlin: 196. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,315 of 21 April 2021, the reason only two of the three MRI projects namely Mullingar and Kilkenny set out in the 2020 capital plan have advanced to date; the reason the MRI for Wexford General Hospital was removed; the person that made this decision; when this was decision made; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am a long-standing Deputy for the constituency of Wexford. I am a former leader of the Irish Labour Party and have been privileged to serve in three Irish Governments, most recently between 2011 and 2016. I co-chaired, with Northern Ireland's Minister of Finance, the special EU programme bodies that distributed both the PEACE funds and the regional development funds. It is important,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to respond briefly to both Peter Hain's comment about a lack of understanding within the European institutions and Baroness Ritchie's direct question. All my interaction across the political family in Europe and with the Commission has told me they have a very deep knowledge of the intricacies of Ireland, not only at an institutional level. People like Michel Barnier, obviously, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Representatives from the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: It was both. There are real opportunities. I hope, as chair of the economics committee of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, to present a positive view of opportunities. They are real and can be presented. We are gathering the evidence to present that. The impact it has had on the Republic, if we take my constituency and companies such as Danone, has been such that it does pose a...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As is evident from the Taoiseach's contribution, there is a wide agenda for this week's EU Council meeting. There will be a sharp focus on Covid-19, the vaccination situation across the European Union and the post-Covid economic recovery plan, all of which relate to our business and our prospects as a country. A number of related matters are important to us. I will briefly touch on a few...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) in which a follow-up consultation is required with their surgeon under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 618. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a total area of 902,000 hectares excluding areas of LPIS under linear and point features is the total area under the GLAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/21]

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The issue of housing as a right has been debated many times in Dáil and Seanad Éireann. The right to secure shelter of a decent standard is generally accepted by Members of these Houses to be a human right on a par with the right to bodily integrity and access to healthcare or education, but it is a right which this Republic has not delivered upon, despite any number of policy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the reopening of the Wexford to Waterford rail line is to be considered as part of the Strategic Rail Review now underway; his views pending the outcome of this strategic review of the decision of Irish Rail to secure the Barrow Bridge in a permanently open position; his views on whether this action has implications for any future...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am very pleased to have an opportunity to speak on the Maritime Jurisdiction Bill presented by the Minister of State. As the Minister of State has indicated, this is a consolidation Bill to set out the legal framework for Ireland's maritime jurisdiction. As the Minister of State explained section by section, it is quite a technical Bill not only consolidating enactments going back a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Mr. Schlegelmilch for his most comprehensive presentation and for forwarding an advance copy of it for members to read. The general disposition of the great majority of the members of this committee is very pro-trade. We absolutely recognise the importance of trade to Ireland. We are an open trading economy. Mr. Schlegelmilch correctly stated that the issue of focus of...