Minister Howlin will attend the Government meeting later today, Tuesday.

 The Dail resumes tomorrow, Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. The Minister will be taking Oral Parliamentary Questions (PQs) on Wednesday.  We have 27 Oral PQs tabled for the Department and the Office of Public Works on issues including Pensions and Pension levy; Troika targets for end of year; Phase 4 Infrastructure Stimulus Projects; Irish Water; Procurement; Review of Decentralisation; Public Service Reform Plan and the Haddington Road Agreement; Public Service Management (Sick Leave) Regulations SI 124 of 2014; Public Sector Reform.

The Department and OPW also have a number of written PQs tabled.

On Thursday, Minister Howlin will be taking Leaders Questions on behalf of the Tánaiste who has a series of meeting scheduled. Leaders Questions are due to take place at 12pm in the Dáil.

The Minister will open the new Emergency Department in Wexford General Hospital on Friday.