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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeals made regarding rateable valuations of commercial property to the Valuation tribunal for each local authority area revalued under the national revaluation programme, in tabular form. [50099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has with Irish Rail regarding the construction of the new railway station at Pelletstown on the Maynooth railway line; if Irish Rail is to commence construction of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he has put in place to enable the development of residentially zoned lands in the Dublin 15 area of Fingal County Council to the south of the Dunboyne railway line at Barnhill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49947/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about consumer protection in the context of the various roles set out for the Central Bank. With regard to the five or six roles identified, consumer protection and investor protection come last. We would be interested in knowing how consumer protection manifests itself when a person has a relationship with a bank or investment vehicle of any kind for pension or other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: To follow up on that, how is this manifested? How does a consumer find out whether or not the service the consumer is getting from a bank is more or less expensive than other banks? It is extremely difficult to compare them. How are consumers represented in the process in the Central Bank? How many representatives of consumers are there? I include small and medium enterprises, SMEs, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: How are consumers represented?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: It has.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I have two questions, one on Gothenburg and one on Paris.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Policy Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle is very generous.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Council meeting of Heads of State and Government in Gothenburg, Sweden on 17 November 2017. [49175/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I am glad the Taoiseach attended Gothenburg because, hopefully, this is a return to an EU which will develop a serious antipoverty programme not just for Ireland, but for the whole of the EU and particularly for countries such as Greece, which have not been able to exit their problems. I want to ask the Taoiseach about two issues. When I was Minister for Social Protection, there was a lot...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: And Question No. 6.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the invitation he has received from President Macron of France to attend a climate change summit in Paris on 12 December 2017. [49176/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I think people and businesses are way ahead of this Government when it comes to understanding the seriousness of climate change and how we all have to act both individually and collectively. As the Taoiseach perhaps travels this evening or today, for example, if he travels along the Navan Road and through Castleknock, he will see lots of houses with solar panels on the roof and vast numbers...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Climate Change Policy (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: That is a pity.

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: I had not heard that the Minister was not going to appear in the Chamber. I am disappointed that she is not present as she is the Minister with responsibility for culture and this matter was very much directed at her. I will wait to hear what the Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, has to say on her behalf, but this is most unsatisfactory. With no disrespect to him, had I been advised of...

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: They always contacted the Deputies involved.

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: Having listened to the poor Minister of State who was asked to deliver that script, I know why the senior Minister did not come in. It is a disgrace. We are proud of our culture in this country. It is an insult to the musicians who work in the two orchestras that the Minister responsible for culture was unable to grace this Chamber for the debate. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of...

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: We are not talking about the Irish Chamber Orchestra but the RTÉ orchestras.

Topical Issue Debate: National Cultural Institutions (29 Nov 2017)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach does not agree with the Minister of State. He has told me that he wants to see the orchestras being retained.