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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Promotion (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently begin preparation of a global arts forum for Ireland, similar to the structure of the Global Irish Economic Forum, to highlight our indigenous talent and map a strong and healthy future for arts and culture at home and abroad. [19865/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plan to pursue more applications for United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organsation world heritage status for more national landmarks (details supplied). [19863/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts in Education Charter (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure the better integration of the arts into education and broaden the focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics into science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics; to expand the ambition and resourcing of the arts in education charter; and to continue to work with the Department of Education...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to develop musical education and make instruments available to young persons and the general population through facilitating schools, youth groups and libraries in enhancing their music resources and the provision of access to musical training and instruments for the benefit of local communities. [19866/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 200. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Government increased the total number of Ministers without assigning a single one with exclusive responsibility for the arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht; how arts policy priorities will now be implemented in the revised departmental structure; and her views on the 13,000 plus persons who have already joined an online...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a prosecution has been initiated by the Workplace Relations Commission under the 1977 Protection of Employment Act relating from the closure and liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20136/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the outcome of the High Court proceedings taken by companies (details supplied) against officers of his Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20137/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about the context of current events, with the difficulties that a lot of Italian banks are experiencing and the difficulties we face in the context of Brexit. Will the Minister comment on where this kind of architecture fits into that?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Maybe some of the officials will be familiar with this, but last weekend a lot of people commented, understandably very negatively, on a certain group of countries meeting. The real purpose of that meeting was the difficulties in the Italian banks. In that context, a number of the other member states involved in that meeting, which were leading, founding member states, indicated that they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I am not questioning that. It seemed a very exclusive kind of meeting, which a lot of people understandably criticised. One of the key purposes of the meeting was the enormous difficulties in a number of Italian banks. Unless that issue is addressed, it will have serious knock-on consequences for everybody else down the road. We are now in a more uncertain situation because of the Brexit...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Will it be ready then? Most other countries have brought it in. Why are we behind?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about the section dealing with the penalties. The penalty of €10 million is very small for the size of some of the entities involved that have been guilty of market abuse. Irish courts are not going to sentence anybody to ten years in respect of a market abuse offence. I am not aware that there have ever been comparable convictions in Ireland which resulted in prison...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Can we express the 15% specifically?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Why would we not reintroduce it in this legislation?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Single Resolution Board (Loan Facility Agreement) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Post-Brexit we are moving into a different era and market regulation in Ireland is much softer in practice than in most countries. We have very little prosecution of white collar crime in this country. I would appreciate if the Minister of State would send a note to me, and on Report Stage I will certainly consider that it should be stated explicitly. After all, we will be trying to...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: First of all, while you are here, a Cheann Comhairle, I wish to say that what happened earlier this morning was seriously regrettable. The Chief Whip or assistant Chief Whip should come to the Chamber and apologise to the House for what happened. Numerous people were here. In fairness to those from Fianna Fáil, they were here in significant numbers. Others were here as well. I waited...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: We must not simply condemn out of hand everyone who works in banking.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: Even in the perfect Trotskyist nirvana, someone would have to look after the money, or perhaps money would be abolished. We know that nobody would have to work so that is taken care of. However, the people would probably need a little bit of income to do some of the things they wanted to do.

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: The previous Government of Fianna Fáil took out a €30 billion mortgage, roughly speaking, in the name of Irish taxpayers which was to be repaid in a period of ten years. It included a very significant and high rate of interest. At the time, Fianna Fáil took a two-year holiday on the payments of the interest so that when a new Government was formed in 2011, every March,...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

Joan Burton: -----in this House without ever actually checking what that would mean.