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European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to return to the issue of the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, IRA, on the EU and, more specifically, Ireland. I raised this during our discussions before the Council meeting. Has the Minister of State had an opportunity to reflect on the matter? Is there any domestic evaluation of the Act’s impact and the effectiveness of the countermeasures, as it were, being deployed...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...on. I also wish to raise some other issues in the few minutes I have left. The Council discussed the report of the Commission on the effects of the US Inflation Reduction Act, the so-called IRA Act, on member states. This is an issue I have repeatedly raised here. Perhaps the Minister of State might indicate whether we have had a domestic evaluation and assessment of the impact of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...if Britain did not leave the European Union. How do we counteract that? I am intrigued by the ambition of reindustrialisation for Europe. We are aware of the American Inflation Reduction Act, IRA, which is going to deploy hundreds of billion of dollars to bring back to the United States fundamental manufacturing, including chip and electric battery manufacturing. How exactly does His...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Fiftieth Anniversary of Ireland’s Accession to the European Community: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...one builds on a given issue, or is a long-term settling partnership the most effective way of dealing with the European institutions? I have one add-on question to the Inflation Reduction Act, IRA, question. I have just looked at the figures. Since the lessening of state aid rules from early last year until the end of last year, more than two thirds of all state aid allocated or...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...role will be in the EU's strong policy to take responsibility for its own security and cybersecurity? I also raise the issue of the US Inflation Reduction Act, which has the unfortunate acronym IRA. It has been described by many as a serious threat to European competitiveness. I looked at the statistics relating to the relaxation of state aid rules from March 2022. Overwhelmingly,...

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...headquarters in my home town of Wexford, which is a magnificent new building. Poignantly, when one walks in the front door, there is a plaque dedicated to the memory of the late Garda Seamus Quaid, who was murdered by the IRA in 1980. That tells the people of Wexford how much they owe to the members of An Garda Síochána for the maintenance of peace since the foundation of the...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...the impact that had on our family. I recall going, as a young person, to see both of them in the Mater Hospital. It was surrounded by troops and gardaí because the chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, Seán Mac Stíofáin, was on hunger strike there at the time. We need a way of addressing all these hurts. I would in no way want to place my family’s hurt in...

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...Usually, they were very divergent on any of the issues of the time. As others have stated, Brendan McGahon always took a very courageous stand in regard to the campaign of violence of the Provisional IRA. He took risks with his own safety on these issues. It is no small matter when one takes a stand of such a fundamental nature. He took risks years later when he gave evidence in the...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...of this State. He was a patriot whose primary focus was the defence of the institutions of this newborn State. Lest we forget, those institutions were under direct and violent attack from the IRA of that time. Brendan Corish told me many stories about Liam Cosgrave. They shared a mutual interest in horse racing as well as a shared appreciation of a glass of Paddy. One story is...

Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...referenced it - the moment five years ago that Martin McGuinness shook hands with Queen Elizabeth on her visit to Belfast. As was pointed out in the media this morning, such a gesture between a former IRA commander and the head of the British Commonwealth would once have been unimaginable. We will not forget Martin McGuinness's real and truly warm relationship with Ian Paisley. Peace...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...to say the whole concept has been given a bad name on this island, given the way in which the concept of restorative justice was hijacked by some paramilitaries in Northern Ireland and by their political champions. The IRA and Sinn Féin, in particular, at a time when they were boycotting normal or formal policing, were responsible for what could only be described as a grotesque...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...Government's motion. It is difficult to listen to Sinn Féin talk about policing and justice matters. When Sinn Féin held its annual conference in my home town, Wexford, the family of Garda Seamus Quaid, who was murdered by the IRA, asked for the plaque in his memory in the Wexford Opera House to be removed from the venue before Sinn Féin arrived.

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...as an equal and not as a former colonial master. It has also afforded the UK to see this former colony as a true friend. That friendship was maintained despite the attempts of Sinn Féin and the IRA to set us apart and to construct a winner-takes-all relationship between our two states. It friendship persevered to the point at which we were able, by working together, to build a...

Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)

Brendan Howlin: ...the expenditure benchmark from the one that was set out in the April SPU that was submitted to and endorsed by the Commission? Will the Tánaiste join me in calling on the then leadership of the IRA who directed the 1974 Birmingham bombing campaign to co-operate with the inquest that was opened yesterday by the Birmingham coroner?

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Brendan Howlin: He was never in the IRA.

Seanad: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (17 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Was the Senator ever a member of the IRA?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Never in the IRA.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Never a member of the IRA.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)

Brendan Howlin: ...that the accused was then such a member. The section was and remains concerned with the opinion as to fact and the court can test the factual basis on which the opinion was formed. Since IRA members abandoned the earlier stance of refusing to recognise courts and began to engage actively in their defence in the Special Criminal Court that any form of cross-examination of a Garda officer...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion. (14 Jun 2006)

Brendan Howlin: ...without fear of being murdered and brutalised. As long as dissident groups, whether republican or Unionist, exist with murderous intent, we must have robust laws. I believe that the Provisional IRA exists still, unfortunately, but at least it is largely, if not totally, disarmed at this stage and is committed to the path of co-operating with the political solution on this island, as...