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Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the progress on filling the vacancies on the National Economic and Social Council. [17614/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: From the way the Taoiseach approaches the NESC, it seems he has not made up his mind as to whether he wants this body at all or, if he wants it, what it should be doing. There are a lot of infrastructural bottlenecks, as the Taoiseach has been telling us. In particular, the Minister for Education and Skills has significantly slowed the refurbishment of older schools and almost completely...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: It would be very helpful if the Taoiseach could give a simple explanation so that people can understand what fancy terms such as bioeconomy mean. I expect most people do not have a clue. Perhaps people studying science at an advanced level, whether for the leaving certificate or in college would understand it. Regarding the future of Bord na Móna, the way people in Ireland use turf...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 27 February 2018, the status of the project; when revised tenders will issue for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 22 March 2018, if an application has been lodged under the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Meath in respect of its application for additional school accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the delivery of the required extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been devolved to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board; when a design team will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17480/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the conveyancing process relating to the acquisition of a site for a new college and school (details supplied) in County Kildare has been completed; if the site is now in the ownership of his Department; when a design team will be appointed for both projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tenders received by the closing date of 16 April 2018 for the construction of a four classroom extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the extension will be constructed during the school summer holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17483/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 22 March 2018, if the minor issues that needed to be addressed by the design team have been dealt with; if the project will proceed to tender stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17484/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if authorisation has issued to the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to commence the pre-qualification of contractors for a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17485/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timeframe for the progression of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17486/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a replacement industry for a location (details supplied) in County Kildare has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 356. To ask the Minister for Health when a design team will be put in place to carry out the tender process for the new endoscopy unit, physical medicine unit, physical therapy unit, oncology unit and day procedure department at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank each of the delegates for providing us with such interesting and comprehensive presentations. I have a specific question. It is a small one, but it is arises a good deal. Growing children who are wheelchair users and perhaps have very severe disabilities, both physical and intellectual, often experience a long delay in being given a new wheelchair which may also be more...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I have one further question. On the issue of income support, obviously, in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection it is accepted as such. With respect to younger people, particularly those with mental health issues, what are the delegates' experiences in their being able to access income support and subsequently being able, as they choose to do on a voluntary basis, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, will next meet. [17811/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I am sure that, like many people concerned with immigration in Europe, Ireland and the UK, the Taoiseach has been appalled by the story of what happened to members of the Windrush generation who were invited to live and work in the UK from countries like Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean after the Second World War and who have been effectively deprived of most their rights of residency...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Easter Rising Commemorations (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: I wish to bring one other item to the Taoiseach's attention on which I believe there would be broad agreement even from the previous speaker. The year 1919 saw the publication of the Democratic Programme. The author and inspiration for much of it was the leader of the Labour Party, Tom Johnson, who succeeded Connolly. The point is that the Democratic Programme is the basis of the agreement...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Projects (25 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's work in relation to the Dublin inner city forum established on foot of his Department's Dublin inner city task force report. [17612/18]