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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the service on the Luas green line extension is maximised; the additional funding his Department is providing in respect of this and of new park-and-ride facilities in the Dublin area to maximise public transport use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount allocated in the 2017 capital plan; the amount spent on projects in each Department in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pension and public pay restoration to be carried out under FEMPI, by Department and public body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's work with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in respect of the roll out of the public services card in 2017; the outstanding work to be completed with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff Remuneration (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the section 38 and 39 organisations funded by the State, that is publicly, funded employees who work in publicly funded institutions in which the employer is not deemed to be part of the public service; the amount they received in respect of staff wages in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the funding that will be provided to these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delays experienced in commencing the construction of the permanent buildings of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2472/18]

Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the recent publicity surrounding sexual harassment in the arts, her plans in respect of this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3067/18]

Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister concerned at the sexual harassment and bullying of women in particular but also of young men in the theatre and arts in Ireland? Has she has any proposals, as an incoming Minister, to stem the tide of such disgraceful behaviour?

Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the Minister agree that Irish theatre is a cold place for women, just as the Oireachtas has been on very many occasions? That is not withstanding the fact that there are now more women in the Oireachtas, which I welcome. Was the Minister shocked by the revelations, in particular those concerning The Gate theatre? She said she has read the letter from the 72 women who are workers and...

Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister tell us if she has taken any action regarding this area? She has indicated a lot of sympathy but what she has not indicated, in particular about the Gate Theatre, which has been a marvellous theatre in the life of the arts in Ireland with many magnificent productions to its credit, is that the board of that theatre, which commissioned the study undertaken by Ms Gaye...

Priority Questions: Bullying in the Workplace (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Is this not the moment for the Minister to strike out and be a little independent in this regard?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Architectural Heritage (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds which have been allocated to the 2018 built heritage investment scheme and structures at risk fund; her Department's priorities in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3071/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Architectural Heritage (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister tell us how much is proposed to be allocated for 2018 and the number of projects that she anticipates will be funded under the assistance programme for architectural heritage, that is, the built heritage investment scheme and the structures at risk fund.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Architectural Heritage (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: In the context of the Minister's comments about heritage and the restoration of building, is there any truth in the rumour? Having looked at the previous allocations, the constituencies of Ministers, particularly Ministers for art and culture, seem to have done particularly well. I am aware that in the Minister's constituency there is a public building which is currently closed and which...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Architectural Heritage (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: I will steal a march on the Minister of State's well-known colleague who perhaps has been more to the fore in this than the Minister of State has been.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Architectural Heritage (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: Would the Minister agree then, because she seems to be hinting as much, that the acting Garda Commissioner might well consider making an application given that the Garda would obviously prefer to see its limited capital funds devoted in the first instance to areas with bigger crime problems? In asking the Minister whether she is entertaining the idea of an application for that late mid-20th...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the detail of her Department’s programme to commemorate the 1918 election and the election of Countess Markievicz; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the agreement to cap visitors to Skellig Michael at 11,100 annually under terms agreed with UNESCO and An Taisce's concerns regarding the branding of the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3068/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (23 Jan 2018)

Joan Burton: 91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to support orchestras; if her attention has been drawn to the publicity regarding the shortages in the RTÉ concert orchestra; the detail of the review RTÉ is carrying out into the provision of orchestra services; if her Department will make a submission or has an input into this...