Results 37,381-37,400 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Has it paid anything yet?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Not a cent.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: There will have to be a material restatement of the accounts if it wants to do it in 2018.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I understand the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has no involvement in it but I fail to understand how my amendment, which had at its heart the merits of requesting a standing or permanent tax commission as its first task to advise and report on the best means of amalgamating USC and PRSI, was ruled out of order when other amendments on the same topic have been...
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I was given a time which was different. I was just outside the door.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Also, when I came in, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle told me it was out of order.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: You told me it was out of order.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: That is not what you said then but I accept your ruling now.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the explanation now. It sounded rather different when he was speaking to me earlier.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Unfortunately, it did not reach me-----
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: -----but I am sure it will in due course.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: On reforms and the amendments before the House, Ireland as a country is now in a very difficult position. We face an extremely uncertain Brexit and, at the same time, we are caught in the eye of an international storm concerning not only Irish tax practices but also the global tax practices of a number of companies that have significant operations in Ireland and achieve what might seem clever...
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I will finish shortly. The consequence has been that while the USC has been a heavy lifter in providing tax revenue for the Government, it is very flawed in terms of what it pays to the people who contribute. It provides for the recovery of the State but as the recovery period has now come to an end, it is time to examine how the charge might be used to provide real benefits, particularly...
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Deputy Boyd Barrett is a true Leninist.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I apologise, but he is an extraordinarily true Leninist.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: No, they were not.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: Deputy Boyd Barrett should stop reading-----
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: -----and he should read history.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I, too, oppose the amendment. I believe Deputy Boyd Barrett described people earning €90,000 per annum as poor.
- Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (21 Nov 2017)
Joan Burton: I would have thought €90,000, which is slightly more than what a Deputy earns, was an attractive salary. I note the proposed changes would apply to salaries of more than €100,000. I presume the Deputy was referring to those who earn less than €100,000 when he spoke of people being much poorer. From the 1960s until the 1980s, Ireland had very high levels of income tax....