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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, that the proposed refurbishment and extension programme for the school has been delayed and that the school had expected contractors to be on site some time ago but that her Department has indicated that such...

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach agree with the comments of his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, that we need to clean up the process by which people are appointed to public office and to end the possibility of putting friends in high places? Does the Government plan to review the process or is this another instance of the Green Party not pursuing what it stated while in opposition? The...

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach should elaborate a little in respect of the Comptroller and Auditor General because this constitutes a good example of a very important appointment. Is this appointment, which carries highly significant remuneration, subject to advertising? Is canvassing under way or are headhunters seeking candidates to put their names forward for the job? It is an important appointment and...

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: It is astonishing that we do not know the process for appointing the Comptroller and Auditor General. Approximately 15% of our population now comprises immigrants, yet I do not see any names which might belong to immigrants in the list supplied by the Taoiseach of appointments to boards under the remit of his Department. How can immigrants who have lived in Ireland for the past ten or 18...

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Absolutely.

Appointments to State Boards. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach send us a note on the process?

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: The programme for Government states that it will "require carbon offsetting of all official air travel in support of urban forests". This is probably the Taoiseach's last or second last day to take Questions. I wondered what an urban forest was but then I read in the newspapers this morning of a proposal for the Carlton cinema site with gardens and parks at roof level. Is this one of the...

Ministerial Transport. (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Today's edition of The Irish Times stated that a rooftop forest is included in the planning application for the new Carlton site. Has the Taoiseach worked this out?

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach shocked that, as he leaves office, consumer inflation is at 5%, bearing in mind that when he came into office in 1997 he inherited an inflation rate from the outgoing Government of 1.5%? Does the Taoiseach agree that this rate of inflation is dangerous, damaging and disappointing for our economy and country, particularly as economic growth is now faltering in a range of...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Only 90 miles down the road from Belfast, the mark ups can be astonishing. The Government has established a series of quangos, including the Competition Authority.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister ought to visit stores to see what furniture now costs in Ireland.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach have any proposals to ensure the Competition Authority or the National Consumer Agency do anything about this blatant exploitation of Irish shoppers and consumers? We should bear in mind that this is occurring at a time when some people in the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, and the Construction Industry Federation are suggesting that workers,...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: When the Taoiseach entered Government in 1997 the inflation rate bequeathed to him was 1.5% and it is now 5%. Irish exporters and manufacturers who sell goods to the UK face ferocious competition because of the value of sterling versus the euro. British multiples and companies that sell on the Irish high street blatantly rip-off and exploit Irish consumers with astonishing price mark-ups....

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Is it the Government's intention to repeal the Tribunals of Inquiry Act 1921? If so, when will the necessary legislation be brought before the Dáil? In the context of statements made by the Taoiseach during the weekend regarding that Act, will he clarify the status of the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005, which was published in November 2005 and is on Second Stage? Is it intended to proceed...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: It is in the context of promised legislation, namely, No. 65. The criminal justice (cybercrime and attacks against information systems) Bill is promised and has been on the Order Paper for a considerable period. What has happened to it?

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: How much time remains to me?

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Increasingly, I find people to be highly sceptical about the Lisbon treaty. In part this is because they have no sense that the Government is seriously engaged in explaining the treaty's terms to them, with the possible exception of one or two Ministers. It is understandable that people who have a deep antipathy towards Europe and the various European treaties should be highly critical. On...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make dwellings which are the subject of a lease between landlord and tenant liable for registration with the Private Residential Tenancies Board and subject to inspection by local authorities. [14443/08]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that accommodation provided to a tenant by way of lease agreement is not subject to inspection by the local authority; and if he will legislate to correct this anomaly. [14442/08]

Written Answers — Pub Licences: Pub Licences (22 Apr 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of pub licences issued nationally and in the Dublin 15 area in the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; and the number of pub licences held by premises nationally and in the Dublin 15 area as at end 2007. [15101/08]