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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 960 of 7 November 2017, his plans to develop satellite food innovation hubs throughout the State to work in conjunction with the National Food Innovation Hub in Fermoy; his plans to consider Naas, County Kildare, as a suitable location for such a satellite food innovation hub; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be progress on the expansion of the DART to the Kildare line in view of the mid-term capital review 2018 to 2021; if not, the other improvements planned between now and 2021 to improve capacity and frequency of services on the Kildare line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53014/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 469. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the extra year of ECCE for children with special needs will be reinstated; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that until now, children with special needs could apply for an extra year of ECCE to ensure that they were fully prepared to enter primary education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: First, regarding the yield from the tax and potential reviews of the local property tax, has Revenue modelled what the different approaches might be? In particular, if Revenue wanted to maintain the yield from the tax as being broadly in line with increases in the consumer price index, has it examined how it would achieve that by maintaining valuations but lowering the rates, which is the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Does Revenue need to be asked to do that by the Minister? I think it would be an interesting exercise.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Mr. Walsh might send that information to the committee in tabular form, if available.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revaluation of Local Property Tax and Commercial Stamp Duty: Revenue Commissioners (12 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Many of the articles being written about housing refer to large volumes of houses lying empty that could be let to the local authorities for long or short periods or let into the general rental market to help ease the housing shortage. However, as there is a great deal of confusion around the rules people are standing back from doing that. Has the Department of Housing, Planning and Local...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the forthcoming European Council meeting. [51727/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council. [52947/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact with Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. [52948/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Earlier this week and last week the Taoiseach seemed very eager to attend the summit with a very clear commitment to Ireland joining the EU permanent structured co-operation defence group, PESCO, notwithstanding the context where there was very little time to hold any kind of detailed discussion in Ireland. While almost everybody is in favour of our Army joining international peacekeeping...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Today's vote in respect of women's rights and the decision of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to vote for the repeal of the eighth amendment to put to the people shows what the methodical working of political institutions can do to deliver change and the potential of progress. I hope we will see not before too long a referendum being put to the people to...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Sorry, I did not hear Deputy Adams. He needs to be clearer when he is trying to interject.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I thank the Deputy. I can tell Deputy Adams that I have been going up and down to Belfast since I was a small child and I am extremely fond of Belfast. What is going to happen in Westminster in respect of the absentee Sinn Féin MPs or will Sinn Féin decide that it should utilise this resource to defend the interests of Ireland North and South? Perhaps with the change of leadership...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I am just saying-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: We did know how to rescue a country from falling off a cliff.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: If I were Deputy Ó Snodaigh I would not get so agitated. I would be prepared to cast my mind back to how the Belfast Agreement came about and how people sought to listen-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: Sinn Féin can cling on to a century old piece of political theology at the expense of dealing with the very real problems in 2017. In the article I mentioned, there were a lot of references to not abdicating political leadership. It was talking about the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister, but it could be relevant much closer to home. Leadership does not fall to the two...

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: ----the concerns of Ireland can seem quite small.

Northern Ireland: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Joan Burton: I will finish now.