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Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: According to figures from the Irish National Teachers Organisation this morning, only 36 substitute teachers were available nationally on its SubSearch facility today. This compares with an average daily total of 400 in previous years. Today's figures would not cater for the necessary cover for Tallaght, let alone the whole country. The shortage of substitute teachers has been a matter...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his reply. A sense of urgency and an acceptance that this is a problem is required. It is a disturbing issue for school principals and management. It is especially difficult if a number of teachers become sick or if, in the longer term, a number of staff become pregnant and require maternity leave. The INTO has been looking for a national and regional supply...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: Of course, one can.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: That is Irish.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: That is a load of rubbish. That does not make any kind of sense.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: That is unfair.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: Tell him to come back for this Bill, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. In particular, I thank Deputy Willie Penrose for whom this subject has been a passion not only since today or yesterday but for all his life, as it has been for his family. In many ways the debate is a reflection of our culture. Some of us have two left feet or do not have a note in our heads. We come from families that are steeped in...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: I did not disturb the Minister when he was speaking.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: I did not disturb the Minister. For a long time during an earlier Dáil, I shared an office and subsequently a corridor with the former Deputy and current President, Michael D. Higgins. Nobody is saying that the Labour Party in government is perfect, but when we went into government in the 1990s we created the first ever culture Ministry in this country with the total backing of my...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: What is regressive or indeed aggressive about the notion that Irish music and culture, in the broadest sense, should be reflected in the music that is played on our radio stations? As speakers from all sides of the House have pointed out, many stations already do this. RTE television gives a lot of attention to music, but there is certainly not enough Irish music on RTE daytime radio. ...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: I commend this Bill to the House. I want to conclude by saying something to Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Independents.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: Will they please think again? They should be brave; that is what politics is about. For example, if we had listened in the last Dáil to the naysayers, we would never have got the marriage referendum passed.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: If we had listened to the naysayers, we would never have got transgender legislation passed.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: All of those were difficult debates. This is obviously difficult for Deputy Lawless. He should take part in the debate-----

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: -----and allow the Bill to be debated. That is all we are asking.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: As a Deputy for Dublin West, I want to talk about the rent pressure zones and particularly the adjacent areas. I have discussed this with the Minister on a number of occasions. I am really disappointed that he has shut his eyes to addressing this particular difficulty. Anyone who knows anything about rents in big towns and cities and their adjacent neighbourhoods knows that the rent...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: But they can give notice.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: No.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Joan Burton: No.