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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding rental income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26420/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I welcome the various groups that have taken time to speak to us today. My questions are on the real capital expenditure on infrastructure over the next few years. The Government is currently beset by ongoing difficulties associated with housing. While the level of building a private houses has certainly picked up, there is almost no significant progress being made on social housing or,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: On the same matter, I advise the Taoiseach and the Ministers that it would be difficult to underestimate the level of grief and difficulty being caused for families and individuals by the failure to enact this legislation. I am sure the Minister will appreciate that as children grow older families want to holiday abroad and in many cases their parental status puts their ability to do that,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at Féile an Phobail; and the community groups he met. [26472/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Orange Order. [26473/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In launching Féile an Phobail, the community festival in west Belfast, the Taoiseach was seen as lending his authority and that of his office to the event. Nobody has any difficulty with Olly Murs or the many cultural and music events that took place. However, it is unprecedented for a Taoiseach to be involved in launching an entire programme which included events such as IRA...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (Health) will next meet. [26475/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In the context of the Taoiseach's previous answer, I recall that during the last general election campaign in Dublin West the Taoiseach's slogan over the final days of the campaign was "Don't let Sinn Féin turn west Dublin into west Belfast". Having campaigned on that slogan, the Taoiseach's previous reply suggests that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: It has been part of the Taoiseach's campaign in recent days.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Is the Taoiseach apologising to west Belfast?

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I start by referencing the fact that just a couple of hours ago, the courts finally imposed a penalty of six years on David Drumm who was, in many ways, the man who sank Ireland along with the bank that sank Ireland. As we look at the budget figures, we should bear in mind that this man organised a fraud amounting to €7.2 billion. For most people, €7.2 million would sound like...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The rainy day money has to go somewhere. Such a fund would be of no benefit to the real economy if it ends up invested abroad, with fees being paid to some big consultancy firm in FinTech to manage it for us at some low level of interest rate, as we have just discussed in regard to interest rates.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Nor is it desirable for Irish taxpayers' money to be gambled on the stock exchange.

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I will finish. We could use the development bank proposal to spend €500 million a year on housing-----

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she plans to take on foot of the concerns expressed by An Taisce regarding the impact of the use of Skellig Michael as a filming location and its request for strict protocols in respect of this to be introduced. [26709/18]

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: In light of the concerns expressed by An Taisce about the impact of filming and other activities on the Skelligs, and given that they are an important environmental resource and tourist destination, what structures and protocols does the Minister propose in order to preserve and protect the Skelligs as one of Europe's top destinations?

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Minister will have seen the extraordinary photo of recent weeks of puffins on the Skelligs using plastic rubbish, detritus from fishing boats and so on to construct their nests.

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Experts have said that some of that rubbish has come from across the Atlantic. The Minister will have had an opportunity to visit the area. For anyone who knows it, it is an area of extraordinary and outstanding natural beauty and "Star Wars" going there has been a significant boost to its tourism, but the Minister should take account of the concerns expressed by An Taisce. There must be a...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Minister has probably seen some of the detailed commentary and the commentary relating to nest-building, plastic waste and rubbish. It does not just relate to puffins but gannets too. The Minister would be foolish to be quite so churlish about An Taisce being concerned about the natural environment. Has the Minister taken an opportunity, since she became Minister, to visit this...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I understand that the Minister has a lot on her desk but the commemorations are really important at both a national and local level. They are not just about commemorating the actual first meeting of the Dáil. The local commemorations are really important. The Minister must offer support to having a national structure. What we had for the 1916 commemoration was very inclusive. It...