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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of building contractors that have indicated their interest in tendering for a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare by the closing date of 10 September 2018; the length of time the pre-qualification report will take to complete; if tenders for the project from the shortlist of contractors will be invited by 9 November...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of a visit to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it has been agreed that a new school is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 362. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA will be meeting with the new owners of a new site (details supplied) in County Kildare to discuss its commitment to immediate investment in the site and the creation of a world class high tech business campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 579. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Queston No. 389 of 26 June 2018, if additional beds will be provided at Naas General Hospital in preparedness for winter 2018-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37806/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 793. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) detailing the lack of affordability of housing in the greater Dublin area, the price to incomes ratio underpinning the study and the need for a broader affordable housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 794. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the nature of the delays being experienced in respect of local authorities signing contracts with developers for Part V properties for social housing; and the measures he plans to implement to expedite same. [37415/18]

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: As somebody who uses Dublin Bus a lot and has done for all my life, I must say there are welcome areas of the proposals, such as the new orbital route, the fare and the 90 minute period. That would bring us into line with other European cities and those positive elements of the plan could go forward almost immediately and would build confidence in the proposals. I am concerned about the...

BusConnects: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: It has great loyalty from customers and, from a commercial point of view, it is a well known and valuable brand. I have no idea why one would ditch a valuable brand in favour of a complete unknown that means nothing to most Dubliners. The development of the app for Dublin Bus, the real-time information at the bus stops and the Leap card, all of which were done some years ago when we were in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: In the context of Mr. Coffey's overall brief, does he find it extraordinary that at this point we are fairly certain there will be a minimum €600 million overspend in the Department of Health? There is quite a lot of speculation, probably reasonably well informed, that it may be much closer to €1 billion. I do not know if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has oversight on how...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: I think I am saying something nobody else said.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Okay. I have two other points. On housing, rents are now significantly higher than the mortgage costs on a property. A generation of younger people who we would like to be able to commit to stay in Ireland are being driven out by the lack of affordable housing. In the centre of Dublin, on the northside, it is common to find landlords seeking considerably more than €2,000 for a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Will Mr. Coffey indicate how one might possibly do that? If there is a solution we could write a little letter to the Government.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Since spending drift was referred to in relation to health, an explanation of the key areas the council would identify as spending drift in health would be helpful.

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Council (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Council in Guernsey. [30087/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Council (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: I note that the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, did not attend the summit. In his conversations with Mrs. May, has the Taoiseach suggested that her attendance at the British-Irish Council could be valuable for understanding the difficulties and likely impacts of a difficult Brexit for the island of Ireland, North and South, and Scotland and Wales, which were represented by their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [30674/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met. [38378/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Cabinet committee on health met to discuss the health budget? There are constant leaks to the newspapers that the likely level of deficit in the health service will run anywhere from €800 million to €1 billion this year. I do not know how a functioning Minister for Health can be in charge of a Department where that level of overspend, that lack of control and that lack...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if commissions of investigation under the aegis of his Department have been allocated additional funding as a consequence of the wind-down of the strategic communications unit, SCU. [29281/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Joan Burton: I found the Taoiseach's reply on health issues and the health budget overrun to be helpless and hopeless because, notwithstanding his experience of that Department, he is throwing in the towel on being able to influence it. When the SCU was closed down, there was an indication, as the Taoiseach said in his reply, that there would be significant savings. In respect of the commission of...