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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Thank you.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I am sorry. I did not realise that we were back in public session. I thought that the committee was chewing over and analysing the missing vote on the Dáil side. I believe the Chairman will remember our former colleague from deepest south County Dublin.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I seek clarification. Before we adjourned, the Minister of State indicated in general terms that he was minded to revert to us with some work on this area and to re-examine the matter. What does that indication mean? It would affect people's responses and attitudes to the proposed amendments on this Stage or Report Stage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: If I understand the Minister correctly, the decision has already been made and he is indicating it to us.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry. The Revenue Commissioners.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the duties her Department has in regard to oversight of the governance of publicly funded theatres in view of the recent revelations in regard to the governance of publicly funded theatres. [47973/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister appreciate the sense of crisis which has beset the Gate Theatre and its image, notwithstanding it having had a very long and successful period as a leading theatre in Ireland, and the implications this has for Ireland's reputation, nationally and internationally? What assurance can she give to the thousands of students who are potentially thinking of pursing a career in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Did the Minister get an opportunity to read an apology by Mr. Colgan, the former director of the Gate Theatre, in the Sunday Independent, part of which stated that he thought the staff were his friends and that may have been his mistake? For somebody who has an enormous reputation in terms of the work he has done in that theatre to have been so misguided in respect of what he felt were his...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Would the Minister give a commitment in principle in respect of all such institutions under her remit as well as organisations that are in receipt of significant funding, although they may not be under her direct control, to ensure that from now on - contrary to Fine Gael policy, I have to say - there will be a minimum of two members of the staff on each governing board or body, whatever form...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Yes, but not in all cases.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: We can change that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I do not think they have them at the Gate Theatre.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I think the Minister can change that. Ultimately the Department is responsible. The Minister cannot wash her hands of it.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I will not discuss the minutiae of the figures involved. However, many people are utterly confused about why Creative Ireland now appears to be the priority body for funding rather than the Arts Council which, unfortunately, suffered big cuts to its budget when the economy collapsed. They do not understand why those cuts were not restored. As Tánaiste, I was one of the biggest...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: That is less than it received in 2008.

Other Questions: Arts Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: The Minister expressed a very philistine and utilitarian view of the arts. The arts does help to project Ireland, but that is not the purpose of the arts; it is one of the bonuses of the arts. It is very philistine of her to say that the IDA says the arts are its best calling card. They may be, but that is not the purpose of the arts. The purpose of the arts is for artists in Ireland to...

Other Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT received by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of electronic services provided to unregistered customers resident in other EU states (details supplied) in 2017, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected gain to the Exchequer in 2018 arising out of the right to retain a proportion of the VAT paid on certain services provided to unregistered customers in other member states which has been assumed in his Department's estimates of tax yield for the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (14 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaeltacht schools at primary and post-primary level that expressed interest and did not express interest in being designated as a Gaeltacht school under his departmental plan; the anticipated difference in the number of Gaeltacht schools resulting from this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47811/17]