Results 36,081-36,100 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Playgrounds (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to assist a school (details supplied) to acquire essential space required for children to have a sufficient outdoor play area, which is essential for the 610 pupils in the school; if he will reach an agreement in partnership with Fingal County Council to make provision for this vitally needed space; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an existing employee within a publicly funded third level institution when transferring roles within the same third level institution is subject to new entrant public service terms and conditions in their new role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14840/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when an employee transfers within a public sector organisation to take up a new post, if he or she is subject to the new entrant public service terms in the new role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14841/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Remit (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 569. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to widen the remit of the Low Pay Commission and to task it to examine CEO pay, specifically, the highest and lowest paid CEOs and the median and average pay of CEOs; if she will undertake a comparison to that of employees and workers in this regard and include incentives additional to pay; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Income Inequality (28 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 570. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received a copy of the Irish Congress of Trade Union report, Because We’re Worth It The Truth about CEO Pay in Ireland; if so, her views on the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (30 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received legal advice as to Ireland's and the United States' obligations to refugees under the Geneva Convention. [15512/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (30 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the successful contractor for the Maynooth education campus project, Maynooth, County Kildare, has responded to the letter of intent issued by Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB; if the KWETB has issued a letter of acceptance to the contractor; when contracts will be signed; when work will commence on site; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 8% of all persons requiring an endoscopy here are on the waiting list at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare; his views on whether this exceptional waiting figure is due to the delay in providing the new endoscopy unit at the hospital; if he will address this waiting list by providing funding to transfer...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council in Rome on 26 March 2017. [15509/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach disappointed over the outbreak of verbal hostilities in respect of Gibraltar? Everything he has been saying to us over the past number of months has been sweetly reassuring that he has managed to skate away from the difficulties of the UK leaving the EU after 44 years. With respect to Mrs. May's letter triggering Article 50, was the Taoiseach disappointed that security...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy, trade and jobs last met. [15510/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: Clearly, agriculture has suffered some difficulties in the context of an approaching Brexit. This applies in some areas of agribusiness, most notably the mushroom trade, which was partly brought on by changes in the value of sterling. There are other issues, not just with fishing, but also tourism. For the first time in a long while, tourism figures have fallen somewhat, although hopefully...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: What does the Taoiseach propose to do for such businesses, which are facing difficulties? Has the Cabinet sub-committee ever considered this matter?

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent media reports regarding the report by a charity (details supplied) noting that 16 of the top 20 European banks operating here are paying an effective tax rate of 6% or less and that this is well below the levels outlined by the Government and IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/17]

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: What are the Minister's views on the recent report by the Oxfam charity noting that 16 of the top 20 European banks operating in Ireland through the IFSC and so on are paying an effective tax rate of between 2% and 6%, which is well below the corporation tax rate of 12.5%? Is the Minister concerned at such blatant tax avoidance or evasion using Dublin given that the Government has sought to...

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: As the Minister knows, and he has been quite concerned about it, Ireland's reputation on tax is a very tricky issue, particularly in the context of Brexit. There has been a demonstrable attack on Ireland by various figures from the Commission, and other countries in the EU 27 have made comments on Ireland's tax position. I thank the Minister for the detail in his answer, but it is...

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister has not actually denied what is in the Oxfam report. He has made various equivocations on the Oxfam report. We all know the profit calculator for tax for accounting purposes is rather different, but over time the Minister knows, or his officials have told him, in fact this washes out.

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes, a capital expenditure can be claimed upfront, but ultimately the differences wash out. I am very disappointed in the content of the answer.

Priority Questions: Corporation Tax Regime (4 Apr 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister make available a detailed briefing on this issue because it is central to our reputation?