Results 2,381-2,400 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Economic Competitiveness. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: A nurse in France or Germany can afford to buy a house.
- Economic Competitiveness. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Can the Minister do something about the manner in which builders engage in land speculation?
- Economic Competitiveness. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: A nurse could afford to buy a house at that time.
- Economic Competitiveness. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Nurses could afford to live in the Dublin area.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: On behalf of the Labour Party, I have proposed the creation of a taxpayers' advocate. Notwithstanding the improvements which the Opposition has forced on the Revenue Commissioners in recent years to be more accountable to hard-working taxpayers, progress has been slow. It is a well established fact that every year some â¬200 million in tax refunds and rebates go uncollected by people in...
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Hard-working taxpayers earning â¬34,000 pay tax on overtime at 41%. Very often, they get no tax refunds on medical expenses. A taxpayers' advocate is required who would put pressure on the Revenue Commissioners to give small taxpayers, who are not earning vast sums, their fair share. How many people get their refunds for bin charges? The estimate by the Institute of Taxation is up to 50%.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Will the Minister give us his estimate? If 50% of people do not get their tax refund on bin charges, the Minister should give us his figures and tell us how good is the system.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: It is not good enough.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: I represent taxpayers.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: I do not represent millionaires, but the Minister does.
- Tax Code. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: The Minister should read the Moriarty report to see what the commissioner did for Mr. Haughey.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Does the Minister realise there are families with two children in my constituency who are living in one-bedroom so-called affordable apartments? They cannot trade up because they do not have enough income, even though they are working in high-tech companies. For a single income family, the penalty in extra tax is almost â¬5,000 per year on their after-tax income. They would be better off...
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: It is those in the Minister's party who own all the land. It is the seven developers who own all the land.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: The Minister should talk to his developers in the tent.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: On a point of order, the Minister is an inhabitant of the tent at the Galway races where the developers who own the bulk of land in my constituency hang out with him.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Tell that to the people of Dublin West.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: The affordable houses are a joke.
- House Prices. (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Our local authority is the best in the country. The Minister is never done praising Fingal County Council.
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Finance if an environmental assessment of the National Development Plan was carried out; if there was a public consultation conducted as part of this environmental assessment; if a report has been prepared on the environmental effects of the plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is a requirement under European Community Law...
- Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (7 Feb 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected tax revenues for the period of the National Development Plan 2007, indicating where the revenue required each year for the Plan will be sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3863/07]