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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: What you are saying-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: I did. It does not make a lot of legal sense. The Minister has ruled out the Labour Party's amendment No. 23, which precisely-----

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2017)

Joan Burton: It was ruled out. It precisely addresses the issue. Let us be honest. If we are all concerned about the baptism barrier, let us talk about how it operates. It operates in the context of catchments. What we are trying to do is provide a balance which provides, as the Constitution requires, for the ethos of the school but which does not mean that children who are not of that ethos in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he is considering as a priority in the coming period. [29967/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Taoiseach's commitment to hold a referendum in 2018. Given the timeline of the Oireachtas committee, which has a number of months in which to do its work, whatever further deliberations the Taoiseach may decide are required in terms of these Houses and the actual preparation of the referendum, it would be highly desirable if the Taoiseach could commit to holding the referendum...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I am taking a question for Deputy Howlin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Is the Acting Chairman taking Question No. 11 separately?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman has allowed other Members to do that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman has allowed other Members to take other Cabinet matters on board.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: He said he is included.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; and the anticipated cost. [31280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a charity's (details supplied) 2018 pre-budget submission proposal to link tax incentives for landlords to conditionality such as greater as security of tenure, longer tenancy agreements and higher quality of accommodation; if he has investigated same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the said Brexit unit; the cost to date in 2017; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exports Growth (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the report published by an organisation (details supplied); if his officials have examined the report; his policy proposals to address the issues identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice by certain mortgage providers (details supplied) to only seek exemption from Central Bank mortgage lending guidelines for prospective buyers seeking an exemption of more than €40,000 greater than the standard loan-to-value or income ratio; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Meetings (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting on 16 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's work on allocating additional resources for infrastructure investment in view of the Taoiseach’s decision to abandon the 45% debt-to-GDP ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Sector (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the implications of the European Commission's approval of a €17 billion bailout for troubled Italian banks and the implementation of the banking recovery and resolution directive; the discussions that his Department has had with the European Commission concerning this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/17]