Results 3,041-3,060 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Deputy Kennedy is a great survivor from the old Dublin County Council. Let us not get into tribunals now. I would not advise the Deputy or his party to talk about land values or rezoning. The Government must take responsibility for what happened in the housing market. The short-termism of winning votes in the general election led the Minister, his Department and financial regulators to...
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Rising rents help only investors. We need houses as homes for families. It is notable that tax relief for people renting increased by 11%, but by 31% for people renting out a room. The Minister is still trying to have it both ways. He is trying to keep the investors, above all else, happy, but he is not prioritising families that want to buy homes to live in. Given the way the market is...
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: There would be no need for higher electricity prices to buy CO2 allowances and no need for the Government to pay fines to the EU. What was mentioned with regard to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, namely, â¬13 million for this and â¬20 million for that, is a demonstration. The Minister will receive little for real changes...
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: I must be excused because I am not good on cars. The tax on vehicles under 2.5 litres will increase by 9% and on vehicles over 2.5 litres by 11%. A person with an average car living an hour from Dublin but with no public transport must use that car to get into Dublin.
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: This will not change people's behaviour with regard to emissions. It will simply tax people because they must drive to and from work in the absence of public transport.
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Let us not call this a great green revolution. When we consider the budget with regard to the Green Party, we see â¬13.27 million has been provided for energy research. This is welcome but not great. A further â¬13 million has been given to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Ryan, for issues relating to energy consumption.
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: I do not know where the Green Party members were. They must have been out doing the Brussels sprouts rather than at the Cabinet discussing this matter. They must have been cooking up a storm. The key issue is that in the transport programme, â¬1.7 billion out of â¬2.7 billion is for the roads programme. Leaving the M3 and Tara out of this, we were told by the Green Party that we would...
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
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- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Is this a green budget? The quantum leap we need to make to decarbonise our economy and society requires a strength of purpose which comes from a genuine belief that we have a genuine duty to halt global warming. It will never come from a political marriage of convenience where the senior partner went for tax raising on green issues rather than trying to genuinely change people's behaviour....
- Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Inflation was 4.8% in October, which is more than most people's pay increases. Many private sector workers have had no pay increases at all in the past year. Due to Government incompetence, consumers have had to endure large increases in electricity and gas prices which the Labour Party were proven correct to describe as totally unnecessary. Inflation impacts most on those on low incomes...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the National Consumer Agency's submission objecting to the proposed increase in tolls to come into effect when barrier-free tolling is introduced on the M50 in August 2008; the exact amount it will cost the State to buy NTR out of the West Link toll contract; the way the VAT portion of this cost was financed by his Department;...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct the National Roads Authority under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993 to commence full upgrade works on the N11 from Wicklow to Rosslare, County Wexford; the reason the N11 in County Wexford has not already been upgraded especially with regard to the heavy volume of traffic to and from Rosslare Port; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 13 November 2007, the location of the 700 classrooms which were due to begin construction in 2007 as part of her Department's school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33421/07]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 13 November 2007, the name, location and cost of the 1,500 school projects in receipt of â¬540 million as part of her Department's school building programme for 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33420/07]
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the Estimate for his Department for 2008. [34152/07]
- Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements that will be put in place to provide medical services for the contingent of Irish troops due to go to Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/07]
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Government's promised legislation on same sex unions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34522/07]
- Written Answers — Court Judgments: Court Judgments (13 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the High Court judgment in the Mr. G case which gave recognition, for the first time, to the rights of unmarried fathers here under European law; if he envisages the need for changes to Irish law arising from the judgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34523/07]
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: This constitutes quite a climbdown.
- Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (18 Dec 2007)
Joan Burton: Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to provide for directly elected mayors in Dublin and other local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/07]