Results 38,241-38,260 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Even when the Celtic tiger was beginning to collapse, the then Taoiseach Brian Cowen could make arrangements to allow school communities to occupy properties but that seems to be impossible on this Government's watch.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the ECOFIN meeting on 28 April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of reforming the capacity of bailed out banks to offset their historic losses against tax bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21289/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency to date by claim type, category and county in which the claimant is based; if there is transparency between the State Claims Agency and the delegated State authorities regarding the way in which individual cases are being managed; if delegated State authorities are informed of the details on cases...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in respect of funds being lodged in the escrow account in respect of the state aid judgement by the European Commission (details supplied); the funds lodged to date; the likely timetable for the lodgement of additional funds to the account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with other EU Finance Ministers regarding the proposed EU digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey and thank him for his presentation. I wish to raise a few points on which he might elaborate. Regarding the data in his summary report and this is a question I have asked him previously, is there a genuine comparator available of corporation tax paid and raised? Is there a genuine comparator available with other countries, particularly countries with regional...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Chairman, this is a related aspect and is the last part of the question. This is a follow-up to the questions I have put to him on previous occasions. Recent figures on the settlements with Revenue, which have become available in response to parliamentary questions I tabled, suggest that the Revenue Commissioners are settling in favour of the companies. Is that to do with the reputation or...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: The Revenue Commissioners appear to be putting up their hands.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Does Mr. Coffey get information from Revenue on the likely value or cost of the correlative adjustments?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: If Mr. Coffey was to request the information, would he be likely to get it because I have asked for it, but Revenue is reluctant to give it to me?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Revenue has given me some information which I think is the first information it has disclosed. What is the-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Joan Burton: What is the additional cost Ireland will be paying based on the income figures versus our required contributions to the European Union?

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister had an opportunity to read the UK Parliament report on Carillion, which is a major provider of educational construction and building services to the Irish State? Is he aware that the Loreto school in Wexford is fully completed? The teachers have moved in their equipment and materials but they have been forced to leave again because the Minister of State's Department does...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: It is not statutory.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: In recent days, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a damning report on water quality in respect of five beaches in north and south Dublin which failed to meet minimum EU water quality standards. The agency says five more beaches, all in north County Dublin, are at risk. In a region with hundreds of thousands of families and children, we are coming into summer and famous beaches such...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: There are ten beaches in Dublin.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: My question was about Dublin, which is where the biggest population lives.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the interdepartmental-agency group he established in 2017 to review Ireland's experience of using PPPs will report; the detail of his Department's ongoing work on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (17 May 2018)

Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in respect of the preparation of legislation regarding the changing of the compulsory retirement age for public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21605/18]