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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: I welcome the members of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. Following Mr. Coffey's fairly extensive answer, I wish to raise two points. In regard to the calculation, Mr. Coffey said fairly trenchantly that measuring Ireland’s debt against GDP has become increasingly meaningless, given recent distortions and so on. The proposals being discussed by the CSO and other bodies about...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: May I just interject briefly?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: I apologise, as I must attend the Dáil shortly. Does the IFAC have a calculation of the likely fiscal space ahead of the October budget?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Did Mr. Casey say €12.4 billion?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Between now and 2021.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Mr. Coffey's paper referred to our movement into various categories of quality or assessment, but will 2018 not be a relatively difficult year in terms of how the counting will be done? We will be freer in 2019 and thereafter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin on 16 June 2017. [29837/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: In his discussions with the DUP and Sinn Féin, did the Taoiseach discuss community relations? At the moment, community relations are probably at their lowest level in a long time. People are in separate silos in terms of the political administration. I am speaking about people who care about community interests and things such as integrated schooling and what happens to children who...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with his counterparts in the G7 countries regarding the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change [27023/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether this is particular discrimination against this person and their partner, particularly in view of the fact they have been provided medically with the all clear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Contract Plans (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal contract plans financed in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the amount of the loans; the number of vehicles involved and the way in which such loans are regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants have been allocated to primary schools for the incoming school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29558/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the special needs assistants allocation for a school (details supplied) will be provided for the incoming school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29628/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (27 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies on the Higher Education Authority board; the duration of these vacancies; the process by which these vacancies will be filled; the timeframe for this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30020/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Just one year ago the Labour Party's Education (Admission to Schools) Bill was put into one year of cold storage by the Government because the Government did not want to address the issue of children who, if they have not been baptised, are frequently denied admission to their own local schools in favour of children from outside the area who may be of the appropriate religion. The Labour...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach propose to stand over this situation and to continue to allow his Government and its supporters-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: -----actually to refuse to make this essential change for a modern Ireland?

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, is refusing to do anything about it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: Is a five year transition period modern and new?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: I wish to raise the issue of hospices throughout the country, including our own area on the north side of Dublin and in Cork and Donegal, which are section 39 organisations. Their nursing staff, who are highly prized and highly efficient, have to be paid the restoration increases in recognition of the pay cuts they voluntarily took at the time of the financial crisis. The Department of...