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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Given the Taoiseach's own connections to India, the first logical question to ask him is whether he plans an official visit. Has he extended an invitation to the Prime Minister of India? I am conscious that India is a country of 1.3 billion people, the largest democracy in the world. Would the Taoiseach agree that we should expand our relationships there? Not long after his...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I wish Michael Stone well in the position to which he has been appointed. There has been a total lack of apprenticeships for young men and women in the north inner city, particularly since the collapse in construction in 2008. The apprenticeships offered by famous educational institutions in the north inner city have always represented an important educational transit point in that area,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: There will be very few locals living in that accommodation.

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he anticipates the publication of outline details of the revised capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40354/17]

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister tell the House when the revised capital plan will be published and provide an indication of what it will contain?

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Does that include an actual date?

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: In December. Normally, this place goes on holidays by 20 December. As such, can we have an indication of the actual date?

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: Will the plan include additional funding for the National Maternity Hospital? While planning permission has been granted, the Department of Health has warned that it does not have enough money to deliver major projects, including the National Maternity Hospital and primary care centres. We are talking about a disaster if what the Department of Health has been suggesting turns out to be...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister's comments on the HSE and the Department of Health fill me with dread. That is based on experience. These guys know how to ask for a great deal of extra money and they do not move or do anything unless they get it. Given the clear bed shortage in Irish hospitals and the requirements of the National Maternity Hospital, the Minister's comments today do not fill me with positive...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: We set aside that money, however.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Real Estate Investment Trusts (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by REITs here in each year since their introduction; the amount of tax collected on those payments; his plans to review the operation of REITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of restoration of civil servant pay under FEMPI; when he expects further pay restoration to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to the long-term goal of increasing arts funding to the European average of 0.6% of GDP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40265/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to develop a mechanism for artists that have applied for jobseeker's benefit as part of the Creative Ireland programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40266/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the development of screen-based creative industries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40267/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Education and Skills on enabling the creative potential of every child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work her Department has carried out with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding the provision of suitable studio places for arts and implementation of initiatives under pillar two of Creative Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (26 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing access to foetal anomaly scans to all pregnant women in 2018; the estimated cost involved in ensuring that sufficient ultrasound machines, additional ultrasonographers and foetal medicine consultants are available; the locations in which the additional services would be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (27 Sep 2017)

Joan Burton: I want to raise a very pressing issue which involves relatively small amounts of money. It is the situation of hospices in Ireland, in our area of Dublin West, which serves Dublin 15, Dublin 7, much of County Meath and the rest of Dublin, and also the sister service in Raheny under the auspices of St. Joseph's hospice service. When the country was in financial collapse, the staff of the...