Results 38,101-38,120 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (29 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland clients in Dublin and by county; the number in Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and south County Dublin; the number in Cork city and County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (29 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created in 2017 by companies that received financial support from the local enterprise offices by county; the number in Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and south County Dublin; the number in Cork city and County Cork in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (29 Mar 2018)

Joan Burton: 237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment by local enterprise offices in client companies by local authority area in 2015, 2016 and 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14610/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A - economy last met. [13572/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B - social policy and public services - will next meet. [13573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity for a community school in an area of disadvantage to offer PLC courses if it wishes to do so; the steps the community school must undertake to be eligible to provide PLC courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions a community school has to meet to offer PLC courses; the regulations it has to meet in respect of QQI; the cost of meeting these regulations; if funding is provided to community schools in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions a community school has to meet to offer PLC courses; the regulations to be met in respect of QQI; the cost of meeting these regulations; if his Department provides funding to community schools in respect of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sports Facilities Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the priority he attaches to the provision and refurbishment of sports halls in second level schools particularly in view of the introduction of sport as a leaving certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for asylum. [15270/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive naturalisation papers. [15271/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 1165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for plastic, drinks and bottle cans similar to the one recently announced in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 1166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions his Department has had in respect of an EU plastics tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15539/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 1521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations an applicant is under in respect of the new fast-track planning application process directly to An Bord Pleanála to advertise such applications; the obligations An Bord Pleanála has to make the records from such applications available for view both in local government offices and online; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with church leaders and faith communities. [15156/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the implementation of the report to wind down the strategic communications unit. [17613/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: Under the original budgetary estimates, €5 million was allocated for the strategic communications unit and we were informed at the time that the unit would have a staff of five. By the time the Government's programme had reached its zenith, the unit employed 15 staff and we had not been given a figure on its expenditure at that point. However, I understand from the Taoiseach's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I understand officials from the Department of the Taoiseach had meetings with representatives of the three largest newspapers and other newspapers to set budgets. Were contractual agreements or indications of contracts made at any of these meetings? Why are we being left hanging on? How much did the study carried out by the Secretary General cost? One of his senior officials helped the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: If it was a hospital, it would be a big number.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: That is pathetic.