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Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The fear at the moment is unprecedented. There have been seven killings - seven murders.

Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Joan Burton: I am just telling the Taoiseach. I know there are a few Deputies present from the north city and Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan was present earlier.

Order of Business (24 May 2016)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach needs to understand the situation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (24 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will carry out maintenance works on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11476/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (24 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 458. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation to introduce plain packaging on tobacco products will be brought before the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11479/16]

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: When will we know whether we will have a Minister for the environment? Does the Taoiseach agree that while a Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is certainly appropriate, having no Minister with the title "environment" in Government, given the age in which we live, is a mistake in the programme for Government? Equally, culture has disappeared, the arts are downgraded and...

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: Similarly, very important for rural and regional development, the Technological Universities Bill is again almost finished, but I did not hear it mentioned in the list outlined by the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: When will it be finalised?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for three additional classrooms and other refurbishment works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how parents can make a submission to his Department regarding the patronage of new second level schools in the Dublin 15 area; if he is aware of the new second level school to be built in the Carpenterstown Castleknock area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12942/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his plans for the provision of new post-primary schools in the Ongar and Littlepace areas in Dublin 15 in the five-year school building programme for 2016-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the initial design plans for the new build in respect of the three schools (details supplied) have been drawn up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony. [13610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the commission on water charges is to be established; the nature of the applications process for members of the public to apply for membership of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any review of election postering regulations by his Department, given the move by other jurisdictions to ban postering in public places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: School Accommodation Provision (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure there is a permanent location available for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13230/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the supports for working artists in the social protection system; and if the Government will relax activation rules for working artists to allow them to support themselves as they produce the art and cultural pieces for which our country is rightly proud. [13597/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 607. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP. [13594/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 600. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her estimate of the number of persons working in the arts sector both full-time and part-time; the main categories of employment and the locations by county; the remuneration levels for each sector and county area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Employment Data (31 May 2016)

Joan Burton: 602. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her proposals to assist young persons, including graduates, seeking to find employment in the arts here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13244/16]