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Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Joan Burton: We have had an interesting discussion. It is a question of how to recognise the constitutional right of people to their religious affiliations or none. In effect, the Labour Party's proposal is to use the Citizens' Assembly model to have a discussion based on a representative sample, as was done successfully in respect of marriage equality and repealing the eighth amendment. This is an...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Joan Burton: We need to have a national discussion so that all views can be taken into account. What are the Minister's views on that suggestion?

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2018)

Joan Burton: I wish to raise the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. I have been speaking to a number of adopted people who, as is their human right, are looking for information about their birth including their birth certificates. They cannot get them because all the power lies with the adoption societies and their inheritor, Tusla. One women in her 30s has thought long about this and wants...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the western Balkans summit in Sofia. [22575/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Merkel since the last EU Council meeting. [23419/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Ms Nicola Sturgeon recently or since the Scottish Parliament rejected the Brexit Bill on 15 May 2018. [23418/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussions with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [23420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT payments received for each month from January to May 2016, 2017 and 2018 in addition to a summary of refunds under headings (details supplied). [25625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to carry out an immediate audit of a company (details supplied) and to transmit by way of a spontaneous exchange of information under Article 9 of Council Directive 2011/16/EU to the tax authorities of all other member states details of the properties rented in their countries through the platform; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to carry out an immediate audit of a company (details supplied) and to transmit by way of a spontaneous exchange of information under Article 9 of Council Directive 2011/16/EU to the tax authorities of all other member states details of residents of those states selling goods through this platform; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to carry out an immediate audit of a company (details supplied) and to transmit by way of a spontaneous exchange of information under Article 9 of Council Directive 2011/16/EU to the tax authorities of all other member states details of residents of those states advertising through the platform; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to carry out an immediate audit of a company (details supplied) and to transmit by way of a spontaneous exchange of information under Article 9 of Council Directive 2011/16/EU to the tax authorities of all other member states details of residents of those states advertising through the platform; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Audits (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Revenue Commissioners provided spontaneous exchanges of information under Article 9 of Council Directive 2011/16/EU to the tax authorities of other member states in 2017 and in the first five months of 2018; the number of persons concerned by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of notifications received by the Revenue Commissioners from other tax authorities of recipients of pensions from other EU member states resident here in 2017 and to date in 2018 under headings (details supplied) by country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Data (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers that declared foreign social security pensions, foreign occupational pensions or other foreign pensions in their tax returns in each of the years 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25632/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officers that will be required to deal with the issues arising from the UK's imminent departure from the EU; the number that have been recruited to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners considered the need to arm customs officers that will be stationed on the land border with the United Kingdom when the UK leaves the EU; his views on the implied threat from certain politicians in the UK and Northern Ireland to customs posts and by implication to Irish customs officers; and his further views on whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Collection (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all payments made by schools for services covered by relevant contracts tax, RCT, were correctly treated by those schools for tax purposes in regard to the moneys expended by schools on construction activities including the summer works schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24809/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Collection (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which received funding under the summer works schemes or other projects which may fall within the RCT system audited by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the proportion of the number of the schools involved audited; the proportion of the spend involved in those audits; the number of cases in which his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Collection (12 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had meetings with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the operation of RCT by schools; if so, the dates of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/18]