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Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all vacancies that existed on 26 February 2016 and all positions that have arisen since, including the date each vacancy arose, for State boards or governing bodies under his control; the names of those appointed since the Government was formed; if each position was advertised and a short-list was provided to him by the Public Appointments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: I am concerned about what the Government is doing regarding appointments. I wish to draw to the Taoiseach's attention the appointments to the board of Ervia announced by his Government on 6 July 2016. The four members appointed are the chairman, Mr. Keohane, whom I understand is Irish, a Mr. Banks, whom I understand is from Scottish Water, a Mr. Barry, whom I understand is Irish, and a Mr....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: We really do not need "fine girl you are" style compliments.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: I think everybody here knows the capacity and ability of women in this country. I ask Deputy Kenny, in his capacity as Taoiseach and chairperson of the Cabinet, how a set of board appointments came to the Cabinet in this manner. By the way, as I am sure the Taoiseach remembers, the outgoing chair of this institution was a woman - a very well-known businesswoman - yet when a time came for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: -----of billions of Government assets, four appointments-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: I ask the Taoiseach if-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: There is supposed to be a situation in government whereby, as far as possible, 50% of appointments are women.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Four appointments on any one board is a lot of appointments to make, so why did the Taoiseach or anyone else not put up his or her hand and ask-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: -----why they did not have women for these positions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: -----in equal numbers?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach implying that-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: Sorry-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is likely that Dáil Éireann will vote on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability. [31621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to first time buyers who have saved house deposits in excess of 20% of the total value of the home they wish to purchase and are now unable to avail of the help to buy scheme as announced in Budget 2017; if his Department has investigated first time buyers in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the geographic areas in Dublin west for the purposes of school planning; and if he will provide a map illustrating the boundaries of the planning areas in Dublin west. [31458/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of the purchase of Roslyn Park rehabilitation centre for a new school (details supplied); the likely date the school will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the newly purchased site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 is of sufficient size for the co-location of a future second level school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31523/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have been recruited in the Tipperary Education and Training Board since its establishment; the number assigned to the ETB head office in Nenagh; the number allocated to other locations in the county and their locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31774/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city and county of Dublin; and the work his Department has undertaken on this matter since the consultation with the four Dublin local authorities in 2013. [31729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (25 Oct 2016)

Joan Burton: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has received representations from members of Fingal County Council seeking to partition the local authority along the N2 to create a new local authority in the north County Dublin area outside the remit of the proposed directly elected mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...