Results 36,721-36,740 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with a firm (details supplied) regarding the company establishing a special purpose vehicle to build 1,000 social and affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Brexit Data (4 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government 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. [31272/17]

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

Joan Burton: 685. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [31270/17]

Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: It is true to say that the Exchequer returns of yesterday were heavily flattered by the AIB receipt and the €3 billion referred to. There is essentially a political problem in the sense that expectations are building up with such flattering net figures. People want to see schools being built and hospitals being built and refurbished. Many old machines in hospitals have now run their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax losses built up in respect of financial banking and construction firms arising from the crash; if profitable companies such as a bank (details supplied) will enjoy tax write-offs for years to come; his plans for a minimum effective corporation tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the study he has ordered to amalgamate PRSI and USC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent discussions with the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg to strengthen the bank’s role here in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Democratic Unionist Party’s stance on adjusting VAT rates in Northern Ireland post-Brexit; the implications of the DUP-Conservative Party confidence and supply agreement at Westminster and the possibility of the UK introducing localised VAT rates in Northern Ireland; the impact of this on the retail and services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (5 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his predecessor met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its report highlighting the effective tax rate paid by 16 of the top 20 European banks here, as committed to in Dáil Éireann by his predecessor on 4 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays experienced in commencing the construction of the permanent buildings of a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact the 2017-18 first class needs to be accommodated off campus at a site in Broombridge; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns parents have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The question deals with the issue of the Educate Together school that opened in Pelletstown in September 2015. It appears that children will now have to be bussed to and from the school. The suggestion that is worrying some of the parents is that some of the lessons are going to be on a bus. The Department has had plenty of notice about this school, which is serving 2,000 apartments and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: I imagine the Minister is familiar with Pelletstown. It is just behind Ashtown. It is on the railway line. Is the Minister seriously saying to parents that this is the best he can offer? This is a 2,000 home development. They are mostly apartments but there is housing too and more housing is being built. The community has been building for ten years and the school has been open for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister seems to be washing his hands of any concern for the parents and children involved. A 2,000 unit development is, by any standards, a large development. A school represents cornerstone infrastructure. The site for the school is now the marketing suite. This requires the Minister to have an open mind to enable him to do the best for children and parents. We can go on and on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: No, I was speaking about the current site.

Other Questions: School Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the teacher supply in Ireland technical working group report Striking the Balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31560/17]

Other Questions: School Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister confirm if he proposes to establish a standing group to supply, and plan for, the future needs of the teaching profession in our schools at primary and at secondary level? Does he accept the recommendations, which are a simple set of regulations, of the technical working group to plan for an adequate and appropriate supply of teachers at primary and secondary level?

Other Questions: School Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his reply but I am not any the wiser. Is he going to establish a standing group? He said he had just published this report but it has been available for some time. Does he propose to accept the recommendation in the report on the establishment of a standing group? The report references what is required in primary education. There would seem to be a very broad...

Other Questions: School Staff (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister indicate if he will end the practice I mentioned, which is unfair to new people entering the teaching profession. For the past three years hundreds of extra teachers have been employed every year and some schools are splitting the jobs at second level, part of that obviously is a function of subjects. It is not fair that quite a number of younger graduates in their third...

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department supports and the total investment involved in teacher continuing professional development at primary and post-primary levels; the detail as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31563/17]

Other Questions: Teachers' Professional Development (6 Jul 2017)

Joan Burton: This is related in a sense to the previous question. It relates to continuing professional development for teachers. The Minister made a number of pointed comments about the real importance of leadership in schools at primary and secondary level. I share that view, it is critical, but the Minister should remember that every teacher, and I am surrounded by them at the moment, is a leader in...