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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: Just give more time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: On a historic note, the Taoiseach probably knows that this is the year of Vótáil 100 commemorating women getting the vote and women being elected to Parliament. There were lovely photographs of the Taoiseach and his British counterparts in all the newspapers. There was a particularly divine one in The Irish Timesof six men on the Republic of Ireland side as though nothing has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: It was an historic meeting and it is a disgrace that there are no women in that picture representing the Republic, just as it was 100 years ago. The Taoiseach owes us an explanation and I am sure the men in the Chamber will support me-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: -----as I am sure will the woman Minister of State who is present. It is a disgrace and it is not acceptable anymore. I will object. I object when the Department of Finance comes in with an all-male team, suggesting that women do not know anything about finance and so on. It is just not acceptable at the Taoiseach's level given the amount of time he puts into planning his media...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: The legal text is not an agreement.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: What about women and the all-male delegation. The Taoiseach did not address the question of spokeswomen and the presence of women.

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: I will start by mentioning the name of Christine Buckley who may not be known to all those in the Chamber. She was one of the most important people in bringing out the story of what happened to people who were in institutions, including mother and baby homes. In Dublin there is a private small charity group called the Aislinn Education and Support Centre. The centre was established by...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 134. 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 each of the months between January 2017 and January 2018, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has revised 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 2018, in view of the recent statement by a person (details supplied) expecting...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis of home mortgages in which currently only the interest is being paid will be provided by the age of the mortgage holders in five-year age groups, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil and public servants earning less than the hourly living wage of €11.70 per hour by Department and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to make it a condition of public tenders and State contracts that suppliers must pay a minimum living wage of €11.70 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and list of flood alleviation and protection schemes funded in each year from 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the amount committed to each project; the projects for which funding has been requested but not yet awarded or allocated; his plans to fund such projects within the remainder of the capital plan; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of additional capital allocated to each Department and agency as a result of budget 2018 for 2018, 2019 and 2020 of the current plan; the specific projects this funding was planed for in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7031/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the planning condition by An Bord Pleanála on a school (details supplied) to provide a shuttle bus for students attending the school; the implication of this planning precedent for the future design and location of new school campuses; the measures his Department will take to ameliorate the financial...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of national schools likely to close in each county in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the second level schools in the Dublin area which it is anticipated on the basis of CSO census data will experience a decline in enrolments in excess of 50% over the next ten years in tabular form; his plans to tackle the challenges posed to the existing provision of second level education by changing population dynamics in more established...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Laundering (13 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of companies which are dealt with under section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which were under investigation for money laundering or breaching sanctions in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7033/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's role in the national development plan. [7297/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach attended the opening of the new Luas line to Broombridge, and he was very happy to take credit for it. It involves a very significant public investment. We will possibly see more in the plan on Friday. On average, people's journey time on Dublin Bus is now 30 minutes longer because of the confusion and chaos associated with the testing of the new trams. For people making a...