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Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Listening to the Taoiseach announce the appointments to the office of Minister of State, it struck me that multiple Ministers of State have been appointed to the Departments of Education and Science, Health and Children, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Will the Taoiseach publish formal, delegated orders for the duties, budget and powers of Ministers of...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Will the Taoiseach answer the question about delegated functions? One would expect a Minister from Waterford to be well able to look after culture given the small size of the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and the large number of agencies involved in these areas. What is the purpose of having multiple Ministers of State in one Department? What will the five Ministers of State at the...

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I had delegated orders and a budget.

Order of Business (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Will they?

Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: With the permission of the Chair, I wish to share my time with my colleague, Deputy Broughan.

Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: First, I congratulate Mr. John Purcell, the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General, on his outstanding public service during his period in office. He has been an outstanding public servant. I know many of the people who have worked with him on his staff and he has been a leader in the development of public service auditing and reporting in a way that has marked him out as being among the...

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, seriously concerned at the recent poor performance of important economic indicators, including: the cost of living increases, reflected in the latest Consumer Price Index figure of 4.3%, and the even greater increase in food prices which have severely impacted on families; the increase in the live register by 1,600 persons per week in the first four months of...

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to visit the north side of Dublin. He is very familiar with the gold coast and the south side with the DART.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I strongly suggest the Minister go north of the Liffey.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: They just about go on the margins of the north side.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I wish him well.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Maynooth is not on the north side but in County Kildare.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The train is known as the Calcutta express at peak morning times because it is so crowded with people pressed together that women more than four months pregnant——

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: I want to familiarise the Minister with life on the north side.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The Minister has the joys of the 46A bus and the DART.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The people of south Tipperary want the same standard of public transport as south County Dublin.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: How could I wind the Minister up? It would be a challenge. Could he advise us? People have lost their jobs in significant numbers in south Tipperary, as the Minister knows.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: CIE buses are not allowed to use it even though taxpayers paid for it.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: The tunnel is on the northside. We do not know if Deputy Mansergh uses it.

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 May 2008)

Joan Burton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on proposals to introduce a tourist tax on a per bed basis by Dublin City Council; his views on whether this is a positive step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/08]