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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The other point I want to take up again is the rainy day fund. This is the tenth anniversary of the bank guarantee. Ten years ago, many of Mr. Coffey's counterparts from the Department of Finance were in telling us everything was fine, particularly in the summer and before the recess in 2008. I worry about the rainy day fund. Mr. Tutty gave a very good explanation of its purpose. Would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: No, they said it was all sound. I am sorry. I attended all those meetings. What they said is seared in my brain, with due respect. I think various people here would remember the advice.

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It is now over 20 years since Mike Leigh's movie "Secrets and Lies" explored the kind of tensions that a hidden adoption story can create in a family. In more recent years, the book and the film of the story of Irish woman Philomena Lee have evoked much debate about the sordid history of the trade in babies that was a common but a secret feature of Irish life for decades. In one sense it was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a review of the proposed allocation of SNA support to a school (details supplied) in view of the enrolments proposed for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a review of the proposed allocation of SNA support to a school (details supplied) in view of new enrolments proposed for September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that the school building projects affected by the collapse of a contractor (details supplied) will be completed in time for the new school year; the responsibility a company has in respect of the completion and delivery of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he has made in handing over the completion of the bundle of school building projects caused by the collapse of a company (details supplied) to another contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to create management structures to complete the school building projects affected by the collapse of companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedure in respect of an adopted person who wishes to trace personal information such as their birth certificate and file in respect of their adoption; the number of such information requests Tusla has received in the past five years; the number that have been responded to with comprehensive information including file information...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 209. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications in each year since 2013 to the adoption contact register; the number that have been successful, unsuccessful and pending a reply, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26073/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Low Pay Commission Remit (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the remit of the Low Pay Commission, especially in respect of young persons. [26004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landowners issued with notices under the vacant sites levy by local authority; the number of landowners subject to the vacant site levy by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (14 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of landowners issued notices under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 by local authority; the number of landowners subject to a derelict sites levy by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26075/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Justin Trudeau. [25360/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Prime Minister of South Korea. [25362/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In terms of the Taoiseach's international contacts with people like the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, has he had an opportunity to get some advice or seek some experience from what they as countries have learned in terms of addressing issues like the housing crisis and the crisis and difficulties in the HSE? In particular, I would like to know if...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, has revised that to 14,000 over two years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It says 14,000 over two years.

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The early 1990s was a period in which the gay community, particularly in the USA but increasingly across the world, was being decimated by AIDS. It was against this background that much of the discussion on decriminalisation took place. Decriminalisation was an important plank in the Labour Party's platform at the 1992 general election. Fianna Fáil, which was led by Albert Reynolds at...

Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I would like to quote what Mr. Taylor had to say during the Dáil debate:For those who have genuine difficulties with the principle of the Bill, it is important to recall that what is proposed is the enabling of persons in the gay community to pursue loving relationships. What could be more important, for us as legislators, than to create a climate and a space in which two people who...