Results 38,841-38,860 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the process under way to extend the land aggregation scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the need for such a scheme in respect of Louth County Council lands at Mullavalley, Louth village, Kilkerley, Ballymakenny, Mount Avenue and Point Road in view of the inability of the local authority to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (23 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact of outstanding loans in respect of purchase by Louth County Council lands at Mullavalley, Louth village, Kilkerley, Ballymakenny, Mount Avenue and Point Road on the budgetary position of Louth County Council on an annual basis; if his Department wishes for Louth County Council to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Heads of Government meeting in Austria on 19 and 20 September 2018. [38377/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D (infrastructure) last met. [38376/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact with Prime Minister May. [43837/18]

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank Deputy Breathnach for bringing this proposal for legislation before the House. As Deputies from Border areas know, there is a further expansion and explosion of illicit trade at the moment. We are approaching Christmas, which is the most important period for many retail businesses in Ireland for selling goods and making a living, yet due to the illicit trade, especially along the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Bord Gáis Privatisation (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific use to which the €400 million proceeds from the sale of Bord Gáis has been put; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review existing public procurement contracts in view of the liquidation and insolvencies of over 40 construction firms since the beginning of 2018 due to losses incurred from public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when legislation to increase the compulsory retirement age for public servants will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (24 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of the establishment of a supplementary pension in relation to public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43834/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Regulation (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister for Finance outline what work the Department is doing, and has carried out in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, with regard to the establishment of a special purpose vehicle for credit unions to invest funds in social housing projects? Will the Minister explain why nothing has yet been loaned by any credit union for housing? They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Regulation (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I thank the Minister for his response. Every side of the House is keen to see credit unions being able to make an appropriate level of investment in a structured regulated entity like a SPV to be in a position to provide funds for housing. From my contacts I understand that the Housing Finance Agency will be providing funding for approved housing bodies and that the SPV for credit unions is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Regulation (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I am rather disappointed to hear the Minister's lacklustre response. The credit unions have on deposit somewhere between €13 billion and €14 billion at any time. Many of the members would be really happy if, as the Minister himself referenced, a relatively small proportion of funds, something like €700 million, could be invested for starter projects. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I want to know what the Minister proposes to do to protect Ireland's competitiveness and to reduce the risk of overheating pressures in the economy, which we have heard about already this morning, particularly in respect of housing and land prices.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I wish to raise a number of points which I believe are pressure points and which are leading to overheating and other risks in the economy. The first is that we are now, in a way, back to an old Fianna Fáil model, which the Government has embraced, of allowing land prices to soar without restriction. This is great for people who own land and are sitting on it, but the fact is that in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I speak a lot to employers, particularly in the Dublin region, many of which are employing significant numbers of people. These include employers coming to Ireland with major investments. I would say the same is true in Cork, Limerick and Galway. Employers are now deeply concerned that the people they hope to recruit will not be able to afford to rent and, if they are Irish, they will in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector Reform (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in the establishment of the promised stakeholder forum on foot of the conclusions of the public banking investigation; the organisations which are stakeholders; when a tender for the independent evaluation of the local public banking concept will issue; if the stakeholder forum will be involved in the selection of the external...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Banking Sector Reform (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: This relates to the proposal to have a stakeholders' forum on local banking drawing in the credit unions and post offices and which might be inspired by the Sparkasse model in Germany, about which my colleague, Deputy Penrose, has addressed the House on a number of occasions. When will this take place? Will it be like the processes with credit unions or social housing in that it will be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: I spent much of yesterday in Tyrrelstown, where 1,200 children have had their schools arbitrarily closed, along with the community centre. Will the Government set up an emergency task force with the participation of the Office of Public Works to find out when the buildings can be re-opened? Will the Government set up a helpline for parents? It is impossible for parents to get answers from...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Joan Burton: There are no answers from it.