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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one in primary school class sizes from September 2019. [19184/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new subjects or subject areas being considered by his Department or the NCCA, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, as potential subjects for State examination at post-primary level; and the timeframe planned for the introduction of such new examination subjects. [19185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates of issue of annual P60 forms to teachers and other education staff for the year ended 31 December 2017; the reason for complaints of late receipt of P60s; if the Revenue Commissioners have contacted his Department in 2018 or other years regarding the late issue of P60 forms; and if warnings or penalties have been issued to his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (2 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has carried out an investigation of the number of Irish qualified teachers at primary and post-primary level who are teaching abroad; the countries in which such teachers are working; and his plans to contact such teachers with a view to attracting them here to fill shortages in specific subject areas or in teacher supply...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the Tánaiste consider it to be ethical, practical or good management to allow the chief executive officer of the HSE to take a lucrative second appointment to a health company board in California? Do any of the provisions of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 or other ethics legislation or public service codes of conduct apply to the CEO or is he exempt from such requirements?...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: We hear about the gig economy but it is extraordinary to most women that the CEO would have been allowed by the Minister for Health or his predecessor to take a second lucrative appointment-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: -----when it is a big enough job to run the HSE.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: The employment was sanctioned within days of the Minister taking up office. It is very strange.

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: This is the first time since the news about the cervical testing services broke that we have met a Minister from the Department of Finance. The Department of Finance oversees the public service and the public service code of conduct. In that respect, will the Minister of State indicate whether any element of the public service code of conduct applies to the head of the HSE, and whether the...

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I will be very brief on this. I want to say to the Minister of State and to the officials in particular-----

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: We need to get some information from the Department about the application of the public service code of conduct to the head of the HSE.

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: This is about regulation and the approach to regulation in an area where, as previous speakers have just said, the regulation is very difficult for people to understand. We have not heard anything from the Department of Finance, which is the Department responsible for public service code of conduct.

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: It is relevant to women in Ireland-----

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: -----and the scandal we have heard of in recent days.

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: We have not seen any Ministers from the Department of Finance coming into the House to discuss their responsibility for the public service code of conduct and how somebody in the HSE can take a second appointment when they are charged with managing the HSE. That is what I wanted to say. On this particular legislation and the European Union directive, there are many new financial products...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I direct my first couple of questions to the Irish Taxation Institute on the structures of Irish taxation and tax practice. Does the institute consider that there is sufficient infrastructure in terms of tax analysis and the identification of who pays taxes and at what rates? I do not know whether the institute adopts policy positions, but does it consider it to be inherently wrong that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the witness really believe that is the case for very high earning companies? Does the data stand up? I know it is possible to get the answer to that, but does the witness really believe that it is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: The research and development tax rate is specifically designed to give a break and effect a reduction, which would mean a significant reduction from the 12.5%. Why is the witness saying that the tax take from these companies is close to 12.5%? Many other countries have such a tax break; Ireland is not unique in that respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I am interested in both. The point made about global rates is fair, but I am interested in the Irish effective rate as well. I am also interested in the changes that are developing now. Notwithstanding the fact that the corporation tax flows to Ireland at the moment are very significant, it is interesting to consider how the cloud is developing and also developments in the area of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Do the witnesses believe we have sufficient infrastructure in terms of public administration and, indeed, universities and research organisations in Ireland to consider how we approach this so that we might avoid an even bigger jump into unfairness? It is also important that we get information to the public about how much tax is being paid. This is an issue that applies in the context of...