Results 26,621-26,640 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The documents are there. They were Fianna Fáil's own proposals so, obviously, its members have changed their minds in terms of where it is now at-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----to, in fact, being rather cynical, seeing they entered into international obligations to agree to flat water charges of €400. Their current position is cynical in the extreme.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: In the context of the recovery of the economy, I do not think it makes sense because the actual investment programme of a couple of billion euro into really decent water infrastructure for the whole country is an essential provision for the economy recovering-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: -----and for the annual creation and employment of an additional 1,000 to 2,000 people. If we want to draw very strong international investment into Ireland, as today's CSO figures show-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The output of that is clear in today's figures, which show we are probably the strongest growing economy in Europe at this point. We see lots of people-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: These are the CSO's figures, not my figures. They are independent figures by a respected organisation.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Let me explain. If we want to have-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: If we want to have a virtuous cycle, which is what the economics of this country recovering is all about, we want investment, we want employment and we want an environmental situation which stops the widespread wastage of water.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Is that going to be done in a couple of months? Was the original ESB investment into this country done in a couple of months? If Deputy Martin or many of the Opposition had been around at the time the ESB was developed in Ireland, they would have been out there with placards opposing the development of the ESB.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Essentially, they are simply being-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: They are simply being cynical and hyper-political in the context of what they were saying yesterday about Roscommon.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: On the boil-water notices, the Taoiseach made it very clear yesterday that the Commission for Energy Regulation will shortly produce a ruling in that regard and the anticipation-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: It is the legal structure we are required by the European Union and by international-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: The commissioner will, I anticipate, very quickly produce a ruling in that regard which will mean that people on boil-water notices will not have to pay for the delivery of water to their home.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: On the health area-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: It is provided for in the form, Deputy Martin.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I did.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: Does the Deputy not believe the CSO figures?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: I said that I anticipate that the CER will report shortly and publicly in respect of the "boil water" notices. I hope the Deputy understands that. The Taoiseach told him that yesterday and I will repeat it today if it is helpful. In respect of the second issue about which the Deputy asked, as he knows, the form that has been sent out to people by Irish Water asks them to give information...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2014)
Joan Burton: On Monday evening at the end of the Labour Party away day, I went to a MABS office that was not too far from where the away day was held. I spent something like two hours sitting down with the ten staff in that office to discuss the kind of cases that feature in the report. What the Deputy may not know and what Sinn Féin probably does not know is that the Department of Social...