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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: As a society, we give enormous powers over our very liberty to our police force, An Garda Síochána. A requirement of democratic society, therefore, is to have robust and effective oversight bodies to ensure these powers are always used proportionately and properly and as is expected by the Legislature. I campaigned to have a Garda ombudsman established since my involvement in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to wholesalers that cater for the hospitality industry that has been severely impacted by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the supports available under the Covid restrictions support scheme particularly regarding wholesalers that cater for the hospitality industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the site for a school (details supplied) has been determined; the timescale for opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3855/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issue of social care students who are unable to complete their placement requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4317/21]

Brexit (Foreign Affairs): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I want to use questions and answers, if I may, in the short few minutes I have. I raised a particular issue yesterday in regard to the practical outworking of these arrangements. Like the previous speaker, I have a complete understanding of the complexities involved. I understand that the Minister can say we have had a year in transition, but we did not because, like everything, until it...

Brexit (Foreign Affairs): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: That is understandable.

Brexit (Foreign Affairs): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I greatly welcome that and I thank the Minister for looking at the particular question I raised because it was just an indicative question. To have local mechanisms to resolve that is something I will certainly be monitoring in Rosslare. My second question is in regard to the Brexit fund which the Tánaiste mentioned and the €1 billion. Of course, he talked about it still...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I ask the Tánaiste to set out clearly and specifically the degree of co-operation between our authorities and Northern Ireland on Covid. I listened to his comment in reply to another Deputy that there were problems with data-sharing. That is just not acceptable. I understand there is a memorandum of understanding. How is that being implemented, specifically? I am hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) working as a full-time care assistant in a nursing home will be determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to designate additional ports to land fishing vessels from Northern Ireland, given recent difficulties in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/21]

EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Motion (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak briefly on this important issue. We were not sure that we would ever arrive at the point when we would actually have a trade agreement between the European Union and the UK to debate. It became a very close-run thing. Although the details of this complex agreement will be unravelled over a period of time, a few points are clear from the outset....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will sanction the issuing of a work permit for a person (details supplied), given that it is not possible to supply documentation as requested by her Department. [2222/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for community CCTV; if funding is available from her Department for the maintenance and or replacement of cameras involved in community policing; her plans to extend and support such schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the application for Irish citizenship by naturalisation by a person (details supplied), which has been with her Department since March 2019; when a decision will be made in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 448. To ask the Minister for Health if carers of vulnerable persons in the home are scheduled yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (14 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if this case has been raised with the Bahrain authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Trafficking (14 Jan 2021)

Brendan Howlin: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report entitled Trafficking from the Fringes of Europe to the Middle East published by human rights organisations; if so, the action he plans to take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/21]

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I will begin by saying that Brexit was never our project and never our doing in this country. It has, however, dominated our discourse for four years now. It is the Christmas season and that is my motivation in warmly and sincerely congratulating the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and his team on the way the Brexit negotiations have been handled and for keeping all of us and all the stakeholders...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I do not know how many seconds I have, but the general point I was trying to make was about plain English. The Bill as drafted reads, "Proceedings against a person under the age of 17 charged with an offence under this Act shall not be taken except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions." This measure is being translated into "Notwithstanding section 52(4) of the...