Results 38,461-38,480 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the inter-departmental inter-agency group he established in 2017 to review Ireland’s experience of using PPPs will report; the detail of the ongoing work on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28990/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an evaluation has been carried out of the cost to the Exchequer of failure to meet the Paris Agreement's targets in respect of climate change; his plans to reform the tax system in line with the Paris Agreement; if there will be plans in budget 2019 to reduce carbon use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the IMF Director General, Ms Christine Lagarde; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance the evaluation which has been carried out in respect of the ongoing retention of the 9% VAT rate; the estimated cost of the tax reduction in 2018; the estimated cost in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29091/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be published; the timeframe for the legislation to pass in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29011/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the publication of the legislation to abolish the mandatory retirement age for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the interaction with the main spending Departments; the Departments that are close to profile in 2018; the Departments that are below or above their budget 2018 expenditure profiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made with the Public Service Pay Commission with regard to recruitment and retention issues in particular areas of the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been undertaken in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding the provision and cost of the provision of student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29184/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the preferred site of a school (details supplied). [29025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revise or reverse mandatory Gaeltacht fees for student teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel assigned to the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 359. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken on foot of the World Health Organisation declaration that transgender identities are no longer and can no longer be classified or considered to be a mental health or behavioural disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet a group (details supplied) regarding the implementation of guidelines on the standards of care for transgender persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29187/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (3 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the live register for the Dublin 7 and 15 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29421/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (economy) last met. [26519/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I am particularly delighted by the very significant continuing fall in the unemployment rate, which is currently at approximately 5%. However, between 11% and 12% of young people under 25 are unemployed at a time when IBEC has stated that there are 80,000 skills shortages, in particular in the construction industry. This reminds me of the period when Bertie Ahern and Mary Harney were in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: The unemployment rate is based on people not working. The Taoiseach should know that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [26520/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Joan Burton: I suppose I should thank the Taoiseach for his rather patronising remarks to myself and Deputy McDonald in respect of young people being unemployed. I do not care whether the figure of 750 young people being unemployed in Dublin West is by his calculation really only 5% - the statisticians in the CSO say it is 11% or 12%. On the gender pay gap, I will have to read back over the...