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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Brendan Howlin: ...to the preservation of our democracy, it probably is an impossible task but I would hope there is an understanding of the serious undermining of normal discourse on social media that has an enormous potential to destroy functioning democracy in my judgment and I do not think that is an overstatement.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Howlin: ...of Justice made a ruling. There is no obvious sign of any relenting on the part of the Israeli authorities in terms of the pressure they are keeping. As the Tánaiste also rightly said, they have destroyed any protection that was there to have law and order within Gaza. It is an extraordinarily difficult situation for anybody delivering aid. The international community has to take...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (7 Mar 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Israel is still trying to destroy Gaza.

Second Anniversary of War in Ukraine: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Brendan Howlin: ...a new Russian empire, one to be achieved through coercion and conquest. His speech sees independent Ukraine reduced to a tributary State where any aspirations to nationhood are to be smothered and destroyed. For Ireland, that strikes deep. We know the impact of an imperial neighbour who would deny independent nationhood and even independent culture. Putin’s imperial ambitions...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and carry out indiscriminate bomb and drone attacks. The people of Ukraine face a dire winter, in particular if their capacity to provide heat, water and electricity is destroyed. We must do all we can to support them through this most difficult period. President Putin hopes that democratic nations will grow tired of supporting Ukraine. If we do, and...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...men, women and children was and is truly shocking but the bloodletting unleashed since by Israel cannot be justified or accepted by the world community. The policy of Israel now seems to be not alone to destroy Hamas but to destroy the very basis of Palestine itself. From our history, we know full well how generational hate festers after unconscionable violence. Lashing out in rage can...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: We were rebuilding the economy that Fianna Fáil destroyed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: We were rebuilding the economy you destroyed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the approach he is taking to the actions of the new Israeli government on its ongoing efforts to destroy a two state solution; the specific actions including sanctions that will be taken against Israel for the recognition of, and development of, new illegal settlements; the measures if any, that will be proposed to halt...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Brendan Howlin: ...vital infrastructure for the county of Wexford and the south east, back into full function as speedily as possible, will be provided. The Ceann Comhairle visited Ukraine and I visited a war-torn area where a hospital had been destroyed and was replaced by a field hospital provided by Denmark instantly. These things are possible where there is a will. I want that same warlike...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Brendan Howlin: ...to all the defences promoting alternatives and special measures regarding online and non-online defamation. I will end as I began. This is an extremely complicated issue to get right. At stake is the potential to destroy somebody’s good name, which can never be retrieved in some instances, but also to protect wrongdoing if there is no obvious protection for free speech. I look...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Howlin: .... This covers eight loyalist attacks including the Sean Graham bookmakers' massacre where five people were killed. It is deeply concerning that RUC files relating to that attack were deliberately destroyed. In effect, the actions of the RUC prevented the proper investigation of these murders, while protecting their informants over innocent people. It makes for uncomfortable and...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...that was the pattern. These were shocking things that often went unreported in our society for a very long time. There are different types of abuse now. There is online abuse where lives are destroyed by the commentary made online. I thank the Minister for her and her Department's very strong support for Coco's law, which I was pleased to introduce some years ago, that was...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...is belied by the reality on the ground and the horror that has been witnessed by everybody in the world. Last week in this House, I said a ceasefire would come when Israel decided that it had destroyed all it wanted to destroy. That ceasefire thankfully happened on Friday. It was predictable, but we cannot now simply let our focus be removed from the ongoing festering wound in world...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Brendan Howlin: ...after the intervention of the US President, Joe Biden, this week. We also know, however, that actual ceasefire will not come about until the Israeli military is satisfied that it has bombed and destroyed every target it wishes to. As the Minister said, a ceasefire is and must be our first priority. The first thing we must achieve internationally is to stop the killing, but what then?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cyber Security Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...records and, we understand, interactions between State bodies. We also understand from the leaks of the report that the commission has stated that retained documents with personal data must be destroyed. The public has an absolute right to know whether this is actually happening and to have personal data protected. The determination by the Data Protection Commission must be respected...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...because Members come in, make a statement and that is that. This is an important issue. Deputy Micheál Martin referred to the extent of deforestation. Some 8,000 sq. km of rainforest were destroyed last year alone. That is an area the size of County Cork. These are fundamental issues if we are serious about climate change. I would like the Government to issue a motion on which...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Brendan Howlin: It is not agreed. It is my honest belief that the Government is running the risk of destroying its own and the State's reputation as an honest broker regarding the public sector. In view of the potential strike tomorrow, would it be possible for us to have statements on this issue today at some time and will the Business Committee give some consideration to that?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris last night is a reminder of the vulnerability of our built heritage. The roof of the cathedral, including oak beams of up to 1,000 years old, has been all but destroyed. In the light of the tragedy, are there plans for an audit of our built heritage, including places such as Dublin Castle, Christ Church Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral and similar...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...level of risk that will arise in these critical final months. We will all come under pressure because Brexit will harm jobs and livelihoods. A temporary no deal scenario, even if it only lasts for a few months, will destroy businesses and end jobs. It will be a major shock to Ireland’s economy, but we have to be prepared to weather that storm because the alternative is genuinely...