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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I asked a question-----

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Okay, I thank the Minister.

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I wanted to ask-----

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: That is the question I asked.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he received the Teaching Council report on teacher supply; the reason he has not published the report to date; when he will do so; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many primary schools are reporting great difficulties in filling vacancies when teachers are absent due to illness and other reasons; and the way in which his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Data (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants for school improvements which are made available to school boards on an annual basis; the reason in some cases schools are uncertain with regard to the continuation of a scheme until late in the school year; if he will inform schools at the start of a school year regarding such grants and when they will be paid; the cost of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in which departmental inspectors carry out inspections on a yearly basis; the nature of such inspections; his views on the concerns expressed by teachers regarding excessive paper checking associated with his Department's supervision of schools; and the number of schools at each level which are in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end pay inequality between teachers appointed after 2010 and those appointed earlier specifically by reversing the decision of 2010 to impose pay cuts on new entrants in the same way as the withdrawal of the universal qualification allowance from entrants after February 2012 is being reversed. [25184/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the national security committee last met. [25977/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security Committee (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: In the aftermath of the dreadful events in Manchester, are there plans for a national intelligence agency? What would be the cost of such an agency? We are all aware that many reports are being produced and that many commissions are working on various elements of An Garda Síochána. Is this one of the issues that will be examined? Deputy Enda Kenny, as the outgoing Taoiseach,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the group being formed to reform Seanad Éireann. [24017/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Would I be right in suspecting that of all things, the Taoiseach will forget most quickly and with the least amount of regret the different questions about Seanad Éireann? I know that Mr. Maurice Manning chaired of the implementation group. The group carried out a very detailed report and everything like that. Now we apparently have an implementation plan. From a human point of view,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier on 11 May 2017. [24018/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, is again referencing a hard Brexit or indeed no deal if the British fail to get a deal from their discussions. This makes the decision of the Government, if the Taoiseach can confirm it, to sell off a significant portion of AIB for something like €3 billion and apply that €3 billion under the un-amended fiscal rules to the writing down...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: So that will be a payday for bankers?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: That is the sad part. I have not even heard how much those in AIB have compared to the Irish people.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: No, it does not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: No, it does not.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Joan Burton: Unless the Council has decided otherwise-----