Results 35,941-35,960 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: In particular, the Taoiseach did not mention any trade lawyers. The EU has 7,000 trade lawyers. Do we have any?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Níl aon aistriúchán ann, is dócha.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Tá sé-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: B'fhéidir. Níl a fhios agam.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Labhair arís.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Tá sé ann anois.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Museum (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Tá sé ann anois.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her role in dealing with the consequences of Brexit within a regional and rural affairs context and the threat it poses to communities on both sides of the Border; the contingencies her Department has prepared in view of the threats it poses to the livelihoods of persons in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire mar gheall ar Brexit agus cad atá á dhéanamh aici agus ag an Roinn chun cabhair a thabhairt do mhuintir na réigiún ar an dá thaobh den Teorainn. An bhfuil a fhios aici go bhfuil an-eagla ar dhaoine go mbeidh poist chustaim ann arís ar an Teorainn?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware of the indication, which has been confirmed by an tAire Airgeadais, that there may be customs posts along the Border and that, in the event of Britain leaving the customs union, the Republic will be the border of the 27 remaining states and that the Northern Ireland side of the Border will be the frontier for the United Kingdom? I am sure the Minister is aware that this...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: My question was in the context of the Minister's position as Minister with responsibility for the regions and regional development. Has she met the Minister for Finance to specifically raise with him the issue of the possible return of Border customs posts? It has been suggested there could potentially be five or six major customs points? As the Minister said, she lives close to the Border...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: I regret that the Minister has not discussed them with the Minister for Finance.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: What have the Ministers discussed?
- Other Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation into the establishment of a public banking system here by her Department; the likely timeframe for the investigation; the stakeholders involved; the way in which interested parties can make submissions to the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11608/17]
- Other Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: How is the examination of the establishment of a public banking system in this country going? Today has been a very bad day for rural Ireland. We have heard reports indicating that up to 80 post offices are to close. In recent days, we heard the bad news that up to 30 branches of Ulster Bank are to close. Many of those branches are in the Republic of Ireland, most likely along the Border....
- Other Questions: Banking Sector (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: I thank the Minister of State for confirming there has been engagement with both the Sparkassen bank and, perhaps, the German Government, which has been promoting this idea. In my experience as a Minister for over five years, the greatest impediment to this was the Department of Finance, so I am interested to hear the Minister of State say the same Department is now being co-operative. In...
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Gallery (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 54. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the renovation of the National Gallery of Ireland will be complete and the gallery fully open to the public; the cost of the works carried out to date; the cost of the remaining renovation works; the original projected cost of the renovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11611/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 57. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the €9 million in capital funding for arts and culture centres throughout the country announced by her on 13 February 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11612/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Network (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has undertaken to secure the rural post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Construction Industry (7 Mar 2017)
Joan Burton: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in each of the past six years and to date in 2017 in respect of construction projects and other capital projects; and the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms he employs to establish this. [11543/17]