Results 38,221-38,240 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (10 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in respect of public servants, in particular the HSE, including the CEO and senior officials, taking up paid work in addition to their public service employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20589/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (10 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was first drawn to the request by the CEO of the Health Service Executive to seek permission to serve on the board of a company (details supplied); when he granted permission for the CEO of the HSE to take up this board position; the assessment procedures he undertook before he decided to grant permission; if public service conduct rules...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, will next meet. [21115/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the interim measures for asylum seekers accessing the labour market, and specifically accessing further education and training. We have undertaken to receive into Ireland several thousand Syrian refugees and that is in process at present. I do not know whether the Taoiseach is aware that access to the labour market generally is through access to further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 15. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings held in 2018 by Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit. [21116/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does the Taoiseach agree that the recent comments by Mr. Barnier have been very sobering, to say the least, as the witching hour, in terms of June and October, comes ever closer? I want to ask the Taoiseach specifically about the so-called max fac, which is about maximum facilitation-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: It sounds like the favourite brand of cosmetics some time ago. The point is that the language in the debate is becoming increasingly obscure, particularly for people not involved in politics and not involved in economics. At the same time, all along both sides of the Border, people, particularly small traders, are really concerned about what will happen. In this context there was a...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier. [19110/18]

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Mine is essentially the same question. I have a number of specific things I want to ask the Minister. He mentioned that having commissioned papers, some of the papers on Brexit have been published but others have not. It would be helpful to the House if he could indicate those areas where he has chosen not to publish. In respect of people on both sides of the Border, including those in...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the shared customs partnership primarily in respect of the island of Ireland? I know the area of the Border around Dundalk very well because of family relationships there. I do not get the sense from the Government that it fully understands what it would be like to go back to how it was before the Good Friday Agreement. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in fairness, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the contact he has had with the government of the United Kingdom regarding the Taoiseach's plans to institute annual joint meetings of the Irish and British cabinets. [18732/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Question Heading for question(s) 81 (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Taoiseach the current rates of emigration and immigration. [21117/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committee meetings he attended in April 2018. [21444/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of liaising with EU Brexit chief negotiator Mr. Michel Barnier in respect of Brexit negotiations. [20059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Mechanism (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism on 8 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Reform (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking report compiled by his Department and the Department of Rural and Community Development will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21350/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the comments by the chair of the Revenue Commissioners regarding the need to reform the administration of the business expansion scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (15 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) to equip persons to make better financial decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/18]

Other Questions: Personal Contract Plans (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Minister aware that many young people are taking up these loans to purchase what are, for them, relatively expensive cars? There are very complex regulations governing the deal and when the purchase might come into the ownership of the individual. A lot of deals can fail towards the end of the period. The fact is that the young people then could get an adverse report in terms of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: This morning a damning report was published by the British Houses of Parliament on the collapse of the Carillion company, leaving debts of over £9 billion. Carillion has significant contracts in the schools system in Ireland, including school buildings in Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Carlow which are actually finished. Is the Minister going to make arrangements so that the school...