Results 36,881-36,900 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice and actions his Department has taken in respect of the military stand off in Bhutan between the People’s Republic of China and India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department has taken in respect of the tensions in the Korean peninsula and the threat to civilians in Japan posed by ongoing North Korean missile tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meeting with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce on 29 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has undertaken in engaging with and studying the policy positions of business and political groupings in Britain advocating that the United Kingdom remain in the customs union and Single Market, including the British Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to help the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that Egypt is not party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees resettled here in 2016 and to date in 2017; the anticipated number to be settled during the last quarter of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38088/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff deployed full-time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which he monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms his Department employs to tackle this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be further graduations of probationer gardaí from Templemore in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contractors invited to tender for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory in Celbridge, County Kildare; when tenders must be returned for the project; when construction is likely to commence on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of artefacts in the National Museum of Ireland that are catalogued; the outstanding number to be catalogued; the number pertaining to An Gorta Mór, the Irish Famine 1845 to 1849; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preparations her Department is making for the 2018 National Famine Commemoration Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36918/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36919/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 710. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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 Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37988/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 711. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff deployed full-time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38004/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Construction Costs (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 712. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which she monitors construction inflation and the mechanisms her Department employs to establish this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 834. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for a gastrointestinal endoscopy at Naas General Hospital has risen from 1,380 persons on 28 February 2017 to 1,655 persons on 31 May 2017; his views on the fact that this represents 8.5% of persons nationally awaiting a gastrointestinal endoscopy; the steps he will take to reduce the waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1152. To ask the Minister for Health 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 Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 1153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff deployed full time in his Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38010/17]