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Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I am not aware.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: In terms of the Labour Party I thought I was up next.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I was actually here awaiting the debate before Deputy Broughan was here.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: At least a woman will get in eventually.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: In looking at this report, which I think is the first of its kind to be presented to the Dáil, I am conscious that, so far, I am the only woman who has spoken. In terms of gender organisation of the Dáil, many of my women colleagues have young children and probably have a better place to be late on a Thursday evening than be here in the Dáil to speak. Had there been some more...

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: That is not only very important to families but it has a huge value to society. In monetary terms, we do not tend to try to measure this in our budgeting, although it is very important.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: Whether a person is disabled or pushing a buggy, dished pavements represent a very important civic amenity that helps the person to be able to move around the community. While I welcome the report, we could expand our imaginations, as has been done in many other countries, and I particularly reference Austria-----

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: -----to examine gender budgeting and build on what has been done here, which is quite good.

Report on Gender Budgeting: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: We could expand on it to give us a much better picture of the position of women in Irish society.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the campaign in Dublin 15 by parents of children with autism to develop a second level special school for autism; if their submission has been examined in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42117/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Medical Inquiries (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he has concerns regarding Government leaks, particularly regarding the Scally inquiry. [39901/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met. [37672/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 101. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the work in investigating and identifying a resolution to the funding of pay restoration in section 39 organisations in which the staff took pay cuts in line with their counterparts in the public service at the onset of the fiscal crisis but did not receive pay restoration in line with their public service counterparts; the work done to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apportion out the cost to the Exchequer of budget 2018 changes to the standard rate threshold and reduction in the USC rate between income tax cases below €70,000 and above €70,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2019 (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school staffing measures announced in his Department's budget for 2019 (details supplied). [43204/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision was made in budget 2019 for further restoration of promoted posts at assistant principal level in primary and post-primary schools; the number of posts at the equivalent of AP1 and AP2 level, respectively which were suppressed through the emergency era moratorium; the current shortfall in restoring these posts; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the problems in filling substitute teacher positions in order to cover long-term absences in primary schools; and his plans to address this issue. [43206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set down in tabular form the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to 30 October 2018 for all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43470/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent school site has been acquired for a school (details supplied); when the school will be built and open; and if arrangements have been made in the interim to provide the necessary prefabs for the school at its location. [43946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure, excluding salaries, on each Garda station in County Louth in the past five years; the requests made by the individual stations in County Louth for expenditure; the criteria by which funding was allocated to the relevant station or stations that received funding from the State; and if he will make a...