Results 33,881-33,900 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: I agree with much of what the Deputy has said in respect of the difficulties caused to families and businesses where they are unable to get flood insurance. This discussion with the insurance industry is ongoing. A great deal of detailed work is being done, including an international comparison of what other countries faced with the same issues are doing. Many countries in Europe,...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: The Government devoted an extensive part of its meeting on Tuesday to the issue which received priority from all of the Deputies in the House, namely, the very serious situation regarding the Shannon. Deputy Michael McGrath and Deputies from other parties raised the issue. On Tuesday, the Government gave the go-ahead for the Shannon co-ordination group. This will mean all of the different...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: -----this is the first time that a Shannon co-ordination group has been established.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: If the Deputy wants us to do serious work-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: -----on what is a really serious issue, namely, the provision of insurance, we need to set about doing it properly.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: The Shannon co-ordination group is under the chairmanship of the OPW and will bring all of the stakeholders, public and private, involved and affected by the Shannon together for the first time in the history of the State in a co-ordinated group.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: The Deputy may not have heard what I said.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: We have undertaken a survey of the practice in other European countries and the United Kingdom in regard to insurance and the investment of significant sums of public money in flood defences.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: As a Government, we are committed to spending €430 million over the next five years on flood defences.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: It is far more than Fianna Fáil ever spent on flood defences.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: If the outcome of that-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: If the outcome is that we spend €430 million and, as a consequence, the people whose homes and businesses are protected still fail to get insurance, we will have to develop a system of providing cover to people who are affected. If we rush this-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: On earlier occasions, the Deputy said he was not happy that ordinary policyholders would immediately carry the cost of everybody who needed flood insurance. This issue requires very serious analysis of how we address the issue.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: As a country we will spend €430 million on flood defences. If the result is that there is no cover for people whose homes have been permanently protected and people whose homes and businesses have been protected by demountable defences, that is not acceptable. I told the Deputy that on Tuesday the Government spent a considerable part of its meeting-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: -----analysing the issues in detail, including the fact that at this point in time the Irish Red Cross has given well over €500,000 to hundreds of businesses throughout the country, including some in the Deputy's county. I want to salute the Irish Red Cross. My Department has paid out very significant sums to over 400 families affected by flooding. In addition, the Minister for...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: All of this was discussed in detail at the meeting of the Government on Tuesday.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: That would be a Sinn Féin wedding.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: What the people believe is that there are 135,000 more people at work now. After the disastrous bank guarantee, a small footnote in history is that the Deputies opposite ran down the steps in this Chamber to vote for it, and they voted for it in the Seanad. That is only a footnote in history, and we know they have parted from that.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: I think Deputy Finian McGrath voted for it as well.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)
Joan Burton: What voters are aware of now is that Ireland is in a dynamic recovery mode. What really counts, and what voters have to decide on, is whether we can seize the moment to build on the recovery so far in order that it extends out to every family, individual and community throughout the country.