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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...in north Dublin in recent months. Four of these killings were of men aged 22 or 23, including the latest murder. One of the 22 year olds was shot in the head by a gunman as he was pushing his baby son in a buggy. Some of these young men were not believed to have been involved in gangs, except that they owed them money. Alongside the murders, there has been a succession of attempted...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...Has the Taoiseach met representatives of the Jewish community in recent times? I think we are all concerned about a very significant rise in anti-Semitism across Europe, very noticeably in France and other European countries. Should we be alert to this in this jurisdiction? The only law dealing with hate crimes here is the rarely used Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act, which in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Brendan Howlin: How is it that this new volume of documents has suddenly come to light four years into the inquiry and has now been submitted by the Department of Health? Has the Taoiseach asked why that would be? Everybody was asked to provide every document from the beginning. This is not the first inquiry where this tardiness, to put it at its kindest, has come to light. I ask the Taoiseach not to...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I do not doubt the Taoiseach's sincerity on this issue, but I think all of us were shocked by the report of the special rapporteur on children and the screening last night by "RTE Investigates". It was a special broadcast looking at the case studies and findings of Dr. Geoffrey Shannon as well as the detail of yet another disturbing case in my own south east region. Dr. Geoffrey Shannon has...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...obligations. The first is to assemble all the information needed to persuade a jury that the accused person has committed a crime. The second is to maintain the integrity of that information and of the information-gathering process itself. To acquire full information fairly and to preserve it is not hugely demanding. We know very well that An Garda Síochána eventually learned...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: We had 2,500 submissions from people on the frontline with really good ideas that I want to incorporate. When I was going into the Department yesterday, a man stopped me and said: Minister, you're doing a good job. We're waiting for somebody to bring about reform. I've been 40 years in the public service. So public servants do not have closed minds and they are all taxpayers. Most of them...

Making Committees Work in the 31st Dáil: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Brendan Howlin: I thank all Deputies who participated in this short but useful debate. I apologise for not being present throughout, but there were other things happening today that involved Ministers. I do not want to downplay the importance of this debate in any way. I am very passionate about the role of Parliament. We have not focused enough on the rebalancing of Parliament and the Executive. In the...

Adjournment Debate Matters (16 Dec 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy James Bannon - the need for the Minister to recognise the valuable work of Longford-Westmeath family resource centres through essential funding for 2011; (2) Deputy Joe Costello - the need for a permanent school building for...