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Order of Business (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: The Deputy asked for a debate.

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: It looks as though even Deputy Peter Power believes the Minister made a bags of it, and he is an ardent supporter of the Minister.

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Who is buying a house at the moment?

Written Answers — EU Treaty: EU Treaty (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has with regard to the need to publicise the forthcoming referendum on the Lisbon Reform Treaty; the Government's plans towards creating an information campaign; if a decision has been taken on when the referendum is to be held; and when this is to occur. [3680/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the situation in Sri Lanka where despite a recent cease-fire having been brokered, there are continuing reports of deaths and attacks on civilians; the assistance the EU has offered in this regard in possible peace-keeping issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3679/08]

Written Answers — Airport Customs Controls: Airport Customs Controls (6 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will list the private airports here and if all such airports are fully licensed and subject to full inspection by customs; the number of customs checks that have been carried out at each airport for each of the past three years to date; if there have been discoveries of drugs or contraband such as cigarettes at any of these...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: I am glad the Minister is looking well after what was, I believe, a ferocious run-in with his colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, who has been sitting on proposals for reform in regard to granting university status to institutions such as Waterford Institute of Technology.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: I think he looks rather well in the circumstances.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Having read the reports of the battle at the meeting after the Taoiseach left, God knows what will happen when the Taoiseach retires.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: In November 2006, the Minister, as the then Minister for Transport, made a very fine speech in which he announced the setting up of the Dublin transportation authority. He stated he was consulting a couple of people and bodies and that the Bill would be ready before Christmas 2006, but Christmas 2007 has come and gone. What has happened to the Dublin transportation authority Bill? Is the...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Because of the work on the M50, the buses cannot get through. Many areas such as Finglas and Ballymun are not yet served by either the Luas or trains, despite ten years of promises. Public transport commuters must use buses but they cannot get through. The second issue I wish to raise——

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: ——concerns the newspaper reports of the case of a migrant worker in a restaurant who was awarded €116,000 for gross abuse by his employers. The worker had almost no time off and had no terms and conditions of employment. The employment law compliance Bill on the Government's priority list is meant to establish a new statutory national employment rights authority, the associated board...

Ethics in Public Office Bill 2008: First Stage (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable the appointment by the Standards in Public Office Commission of an inquiry officer to carry out a preliminary inquiry in cases where it is acting of its own initiative and has not received a complaint, for that purpose to amend the Standards in Public Office Act 2001, and to provide for related matters.

Ethics in Public Office Bill 2008: First Stage (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Workplace Accidents: Workplace Accidents (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the 34% increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents during 2007; his proposals to ensure a reduction in the number of workplace accidents and deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4046/08]

Written Answers — Workplace Accidents: Workplace Accidents (7 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the significant increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents in the construction sector during 2007; his proposals to ensure a reduction in the number of construction accidents and deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/08]

Order of Business (12 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: No. 9 proposes a substantial capital carryover of €126 million. Effectively, that will only be examined briefly by the Oireachtas Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service. The provision for this carryover includes large capital sums which presumably relate to decentralisation. We have not been given the details but much of it is for buildings. Since this was announced in the...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: During the last Dáil and in this Dáil, the Taoiseach was kind enough to promise legislation to deal with management companies and the regulation of property agents. Everyone felt this was a personal commitment because of the Taoiseach's knowledge of this issue in Dublin Central, where many young people are charged management fees of €1,800 to €2,500 and cannot receive proper invoices,...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (12 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of departmental staff who have decentralised from the Dublin offices of his Department to the new offices in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of staff within the agencies under the aegis of his Department who have decentralised; if he is satisfied with the progress in decentralising his Department and related...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Feb 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on implementing a floor, in terms of a nominal amount held in the ARF account under which those whose pensions have matured and have been put into an ARF approved scheme would be exempt from withdrawing the minimum 1%, rising to 3%, from their pension accounts annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4556/08]