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Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Why not ask the spokespeople?

Other Questions: Film Industry (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I totally agree with Deputy Ó Cuív's comment on the translation. When I saw it I wondered about it too because the word "fís" has a very particular meaning in Irish relating to a vision. That is how the word is used. For example, it features as a title in much academic discussion and political commentary. It is an odd translation.

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress which has been made in the filling of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland; the process by which the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26711/18]

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I ask the Minister to update the House on the filling of vacancies on the board of the National Museum of Ireland. She will be aware that there have been a number of difficulties at the museum. I await the Minister's report on the filling of the vacancies.

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Why is it taking so long? These vacancies came up at the end of last year or early this year. We are now into the middle of the year. The Minister has suggested that they are just about to be posted. Can she give us a timeline for how long it will take to fill these vacancies? The difficulties which have beset the board of the museum have been debated in this House on a number of...

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Can the Minister say for how long they have to be advertised and how long it will take the Public Appointments Service, PAS, to examine the applications and make recommendations to the Minister? The Minister will then presumably have to submit these appointments for approval by Government or Cabinet. Can she give an estimate of how long this process is likely to take? She has referred to...

Other Questions: National Museum (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: No, this question is about the advertisement.

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that will be provided to Waterways Ireland to maintain and enhance canals as a tourist amenity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26712/18]

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: This is to ask the Minister what her proposals are in respect of the funding to be provided to Waterways Ireland. There are a number of very important canals in the country, not least the canals on the north side and south side of Dublin. Other canals pass through very touristic country and through urban areas. They are very popular with local people and visitors. Waterways Ireland has...

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, probably has an interest in the Royal Canal as well. Has any work been done in respect of design for a proper footpath in the area called the deep cutting, which runs from Castleknock and Blanchardstown up to Clonsilla? It is a very deep and dangerous section of the canal. The Department has been considering this in conjunction with Waterways Ireland for...

Other Questions: Waterways Ireland Funding (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the proposals be put on public view? This part of the canal, which the Minister described correctly, is quite extensive in length. It is an area of enormous natural beauty with a very large bird and wildlife population. It is really important that whatever design is drawn up, given the particular difficulties of the height of the towpath above the canal, it is subject to a proper...

Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I hope the Government was as shocked as most citizens at the report the other day on how different countries in the European Union were performing in meeting their climate change obligations. We are rightly fond of stressing how well Ireland does in many international assessments, given the difficulties we have come through in the past ten years, but the report was a kick in the pants for a...

Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I appreciate that and thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I have no issue with her.

Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: The most important Government commitment, not only since the appointment of the current Taoiseach but over the course of its lifetime, was to set up the strategic communications unit. This quasi-press release from the Minister, Deputy Naughten, is not an answer to a parliamentary question. It tells us about all the great things that will be done, commencing in five and seven years' time....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to implement the Boaden report's recommendation that the NSO become a national cultural institution (details supplied). [26710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding she plans to set aside under her Department's capital plan to facilitate the future relocation of one of the RTÉ orchestras to the National Concert Hall as proposed under the Boaden report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Orchestras (21 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in relation to the RTÉ Symphony Orchestra in order to secure the future of the orchestras; and the discussions she has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in this regard. [26708/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: I am glad to see the Minister with responsibility for communications and, I suppose, climate change beside the Taoiseach. I raised a Topical Issue matter last week in which I noted that Ireland came second last - just ahead of Poland - in a Climate Action Network, CAN, report on how countries are meeting their climate change obligations. Ireland came second last out of 28 countries. That...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held meetings with Church leaders and faith communities. [26521/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Joan Burton: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual Votes to which the €1.5 billion in additional capital expenditure for 2019 as outlined in the summer economic statement has been allocated; the projects for which it has been allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27672/18]