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Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The amendment proposes the deletion of line 3 on page 25. I ask the Minister of State to explain the reason for that deletion.

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Minister of State to speak to the amendment.

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I commend Deputy Fitzpatrick on tabling the amendment. I awaited with interest the response from the Minister of State. Having worked in government in recent times, I was not a bit surprised. There is an extraordinary caution - I use that word advisedly - regarding anything that tramples on so-called property rights. The Constitution is a permanent shield often against the public good. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driver theory tests remain suspended; if appointments for tests in the coming weeks are being cancelled; if these cancelled appointment slots are being made available for others to book and pay for; when he envisages that theory tests will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2021 Poll Results: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank Ms O'Connell for her comprehensive and thoughtful presentation, as always, to those of us engaged on European matters. As Deputy Richmond stated, Oireachtas Members use polling all the time and are impacted by it, regardless of what we say publicly. We are also focused on the nature of polling and know that the question put and the timing of it is extremely important to the result...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: The coroner Mrs. Justice Keegan reported after the longest running inquiry to date in Northern Ireland. Her findings could not have been clearer or more stark that over three shocking days in August of 1971, the ten victims who were shot and killed in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast were entirely innocent and their killings were unjustified. Unjustified was as far as the coroner could...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of bus routes serving Wexford town by Bus Éireann is being reduced; the number of services still operating between Wexford town and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recently amended visa requirements for visitors previously visa exempt and the restrictions imposed on the making of visa applications other than priority, emergency applications will be reversed; if visa applications from family members of Irish residents including spouses, partners and dependent children are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any Coillte felling licences approved since January 2021 lack any information or are below the standard required in private sector licence applications for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25620/21]

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: This Bill, as the Minister has indicated, provides urgent amendments to the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, which was originally designed to make it easier for insolvent persons to legally resolve their indebtedness. It was designed at the height of the housing market collapse when people who never envisaged they would be in debt found themselves in it. The objective of the Bill was to give a...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: To remind Deputies of my initial comments last week, I welcome the Bill. It is a response to a situation that caused disquiet among many people, namely, the actions of certain individuals in North Frederick Street in 2018. By any stretch of the imagination, those individuals acted in an unacceptable fashion. As such, there was a requirement to deal with the issue that arose in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Interparliamentary Relations after Brexit: Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office (12 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the members of the Committee for the Executive Office for making themselves available. This committee, no more than the Committee for the Executive Office, has been looking in some great detail at the outworking of the withdrawal agreement and, more particularly in recent times, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. An array of logistical and practical issues need to be...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in the area Sheikh Jarrah used to resettle expelled Palestinian refugees in 1956, that 28 Palestinian families long promised legal titles to their homes are now the target of eviction proceedings by the Israeli authorities and new settlers there; the action he has taken at EU and UN level to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: How are the Minister and the Government addressing the completely unacceptable situation in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, where mass evictions and dispossession of Palestinians is ongoing contrary to international law? Since I tabled the question, of course, matters have taken a most dangerous and appalling course, making the Minister's response all the more urgent.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: We are now witnessing the worst unrest in years. It is escalating further with the Israeli Prime Minister threatening ongoing and deepening air raids in Gaza and scores of rockets been now been launched by Hamas on Jerusalem itself, both shocking and appalling actions. There is a root cause, however. I listened to the Israeli ambassador to Britain last night being unable to say that her...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister for the reply. We really need to be proactive on this because the Irish people have very clear views. Stun grenades in the Al-Aqsa mosque were a provocation that was obviously going to have a reaction. There must be a consequence to all this, however. Repeatedly, violations of human rights, suppression of rights and the killing of children seem to have nothing other...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am delighted to have the opportunity for a short few minutes to speak on the issue of Europe Day. Europe, the political and economic vision of close co-operation and significant integration, has been the major post-Second World War project for most European democracies. Through the steps of the European Common Market and the European Economic Community, EEC, we have achieved a European...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 292. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date on the proposal for a three-year pilot scheme of a universal income for artists, writers and musicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the proposed removal of a teacher from a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this school serves a very disadvantaged community including a large number of students of whom 21% are from the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the allocation of special education teaching hours at a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation has remained unchanged for the past six years despite the growth in pupil numbers in the school; if she will discuss the allocation with the NCSE; and if she will make a statement...