Results 35,601-35,620 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: The lycra option.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with the Trump Administration in the United States of America regarding President Trump's stated support for Brexit and other member states leaving the European Union. [2740/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 18. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the new US Administration concerning Brexit and a US and UK trade deal. [4577/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Has the Taoiseach had contact with President Trump since his announcement of the restrictions on immigration? This is the weekend of the anniversary and commemoration of the Holocaust. I think the Taoiseach knows that the implementation of the Holocaust began with people in Nazi Germany being required to carry papers and passports carrying the word "Jude" - Jew. I was chairperson of an EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of grants and supports her Department proposes for the restoration of properties in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4314/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister give us details of the scheme of grants and payments in respect of doing up properties in rural towns and villages? When does she propose to launch the scheme and what is the amount of money allocated to it in the current year's budget?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister tell us the date of the launch of the scheme and where the proposed pilot will be? What is the likely number of towns, villages and parishes in which it will be located? It is very difficult for people to plan if they get a lot of soft publicity in newspapers and media about such a scheme being launched but then find they get absolutely no information at all about it. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister said applications would be assessed. I wrote it down.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: I am confused because in the general publicity around the launch of the scheme the Minister made much of the fact that people in small towns and villages would be able to take commercially-designated premises and convert them to accommodation. She and others in Government, as well as Government backbenchers, mentioned the availability of first-time buyers' grants for people to do up...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister set out in some detail what the proposals are?

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 55. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation of the establishment of a public banking system here by her department; the likely timeframe of the investigation; the stakeholders involved; the way in which interested parties can make a submission to the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4074/17]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: Where are the proposals for a Sparkassen type banking system? When will a pilot of local banking for rural Ireland be introduced in counties Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and Laois based on the German Sparkassen model? I am disappointed that almost no progress has been made on this project and that it was not specifically included in the rural action plan, apart from a nod towards examining...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: In earlier exchanges, we heard about the imbalance in development between the east coast and the broad Dublin region, which nowadays extends from Dundalk to Wexford and as far west as south County Kildare. Since the Second World War, a model of local banking used in rural areas and small towns in Germany has provided small and medium enterprises with basic access to capital. Sparkassen has...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister of State, Deputy Ring, is in a very important position to take a leadership role in terms of completing the talking and starting the action. We know the post offices are in difficulty, notwithstanding huge efforts which I made when Minister for Social Protection to ensure that they retained a large slice of business via the Department of Social Protection. We know that the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will examine a nationwide plan for the development of village design statements that would ensure all future planning and development takes full cognisance of the historic character and protects the character and heritage of villages. [4078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 66. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign in County Wicklow regarding securing the future of studios (details supplied) and the concerns of employees and the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has had any engagement with stakeholders in the music industry regarding the establishment of a music industry task force with wide representation and which would examine a range of issues including the impact of intellectual property and copyright legislation and enforcement in both the music and technology industries,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if media reports are accurate that her Department is seeking the extension of first-time buyer's grants to purchasers of second-hand homes in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4075/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (31 Jan 2017)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department proposes in conjunction with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under point 76 of the action plan for rural development to conduct a revaluation of commercial properties in nine rural counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4113/17]