Results 33,301-33,320 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: -----would the Sinn Féin proposal result?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: We want to see more women in the Dáil precisely in order that we can avoid the kind of behaviour in which the Deputy opposite has just indulged.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: A bar room brawler. You are a disgrace.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: I remember it well.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: I opposed the war in Iraq and continue to seek, in so far as it is possible, a solution to the dreadful violence, in particular right across the Arab countries, the Middle East and Syria. My record relating to peace making, peace promotion and the ending of war is very clear and on a series of public records, including here. I worked in Africa and in the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: We restated our neutrality as recently as in the White Paper on Defence. As the Deputy well knows, we are committed to a process of triple-lock with any decisions that involve our troops, who serve with distinction in peace making and conflict prevention right around the world. That is the record of the Government and the Deputy is seeking to make allegations that do not stand up.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: I stand over my record on promoting peace and peace making.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: If the Deputy is suggesting there has been a policy change on my part, he is entirely wrong. It is important that all Deputies on all sides of the House should use their good offices to seek to make peace in Syria and Iraq as soon as possible in order that the people fleeing those war zones may return, as they wish, to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: As we come close to Christmas, it is an incredibly important task facing everyone who is involved with politics at this time.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Ireland is a neutral country. The Deputy may choose to interpret the role of the Irish Army, Irish peacekeepers and Irish gardaí in a different way but what our armed forces are used for-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Hold on, I did not interrupt Deputy Mick Wallace. What we do as a neutral country is take part in peacekeeping missions and conflict prevention missions around the world at the request of the United Nations, subject to the triple lock. To a degree, some of the language used by Deputy Mick Wallace is what would be called "dog whistle politics" in Australia. In other words, he is basically...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: In fairness to Deputy Mick Wallace-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: In fairness to him, I am just saying it is to be considered in the language used by him about Irish airports, people, troops and facilities. If he has any information that leads him to believe that Shannon has become a military airport, will he make that information available? I ask him to be careful. As an island nation, we are a neutral nation and we use the Army and our troops for...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Framework Agreement on-----
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: The Deputy should check out some of her own friends in England and what they got up to. Check them out.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the EU and its Member States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - back from committee; No. 16, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: We have discussed this issue in this House on many occasions. We promised that 1,000 voided apartments and houses, most of them in Dublin city and county, would be given to people by the end of this year. I am pleased to tell the House that the number of voided apartments and houses given to families is 3,500. In addition, local authorities, particularly in the Dublin region, including in...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Deputy Joe Higgins, however, does not seem to be aware of this. Through the efforts of the community welfare service and the protocol with Threshold we have housed more than 5,500 families through renting and leasing arrangements.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Joan Burton: Through the housing assistance payment and the county councils that operate it, we have this year housed more than 5,500 families. Unfortunately, many of the Dublin local authorities are not operating it.