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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (28 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of creches in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme, by county; if her attention has been drawn to the number of creches by county that refused to join the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (28 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-rate qualified child increases and half-rate qualified child increases respectively in payment at the end of 2017 to persons in receipt of payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Development Plan (28 Feb 2018)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the heritage projects in the national development plan for the National Museum, Collins Barracks, her Department has responsibility for funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10330/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contribution at the most recent informal EU leaders' meeting regarding the EU budget after 2020. [11543/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: The United Kingdom is currently a significant net contributor to the EU budget. Brexit, when it happens, will cause a weekly €200 million gap in the European budget. The options currently being examined by the EU Commission include increasing member states contributions from 1% to 1.2% of GNI* which is a very large jump and would particularly affect Ireland at a time when our GNI* is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: We will send ours on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: Did the Taoiseach miss it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: The strategic communications unit should send them on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I apologise.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I was on the original steering committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) will next meet. [11546/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: The other evening I went to see "Lady Bird" featuring Saoirse Ronan. Before the film started, there was a bit of a laugh around the cinema as an advertisement was played of little balsa men and little balsa houses that looked like architects' working models on behalf of the Government for the national development plan. To be perfectly honest, I wonder when we go to the cinema why we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Commissioner to Dublin and Ireland. I understand a hard Brexit would leave a €200 million per week gap in the European Union's budget. Essentially, it would make a major hole in the Commission's budget. On the options being examined, can the Commissioner tell us how it is proposed to fill the hole in the budget? He has talked about increasing the contributions made by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Finances Post-2020: European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources (6 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: I am sorry but I had to attend a debate in the Dáil Chamber.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to enhance the use of data and technology in the delivery of services as set out in his Department's Statement of Strategy 2016-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Public Service Pay Commission will produce its report on the unwinding of FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Shared Services (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to further expand the role of the National Shared Services Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Consultation Process (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to support an expansion of the budget scrutiny process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10935/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the commercial rates harmonisation process for each local authority; the expected timeframes for completion of the process in tabular form. [10828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (8 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the commercial rates incentive schemes for each local authority, including those categorised as general or special, currently offered in tabular form. [10829/18]