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Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: -----and that anyone who demeans any part of that demeans all of it.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I support the amendment and as all that is called for is a report, I do not see a reason for the Minister not to accede to the request. As has been mentioned, there has been quite a lot of film activity in and around Cork city and county. There is a very strong arts base in the county. In the absence of this or an alternative arrangement to bring Cork to the same scale of support as other...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: He is auditioning.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: He just won.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I have put forward a Private Members' Bill, which proposes that Ireland would have a minimum effective tax rate on corporation tax profits and that we would also have a standing commission to examine matters of taxation. The Government is on notice, and I am sure the Minister is well aware of it himself, of a situation whereby global companies, whether financial companies, social media...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Sure.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Mr. Coffey was not talking about what I was talking about. It is quite a clever report.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an impact assessment of the increase in VAT from 9% to 13.5% in respect of hotels, restaurants, hairdressing and other activities; the expected increase in revenues in each of the categories in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Staff (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional officials of the Revenue Commissioners and customs and excise recruited to deal with Brexit; the number of additional officials that will be recruited from the end of March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48584/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Licensed Moneylenders (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the recent report by an organisation (details supplied) on the perceived extortionate level of interest and charges charged on loans by moneylenders particularly in the run up to Christmas; his plans to regulate and or cap interest and charges on moneylender type products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of digital taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (22 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on debt write-downs for customers who have engaged with their financial institutions in respect of household mortgages; his plans to offer more support to families at risk of eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48582/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Gender Equality (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his policy on gender and pay issues; the number of civil and public servants; the number of men and women, respectively; the average pay of men and women, respectively; his plans for achieving gender pay parity; and the timeframe for same [49204/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Gender Equality (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I wish to ask the Minister about his policy on gender and pay issues. What is the number of male and female civil and public servants, respectively? What is the average pay of a man and a woman working in the service? What plans does he have for achieving gender pay parity, and what is the timeframe for doing it? Will he accept the Labour Party Bill which will come before the Dáil...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Gender Equality (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: The critical statistics say it all. At the top echelon of the Civil Service, that is, the Secretary General level or equivalent in a Department, only 21% of the positions are held by women. The Minister probably knows off the top of his head what a Secretary General earns, but it is as low as approximately €150,000 for small Departments, rising to more than €200,000 in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Gender Equality (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I hope the Minister and the Government will support the gender pay Bill, which will be before the House tomorrow. It was introduced in the Seanad by my colleague, Senator Ivana Bacik. That would begin to force institutions and private sector businesses to publish data on the pay gap in order that people can become aware of it and begin to address it. The top management board the country...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: I had a question down on this point which was, unfortunately, transferred. I want to take the opportunity to ask the Minister if he appreciates there are serving members of the Defence Forces who, because their pay is so low, are qualifying for the working family tax credit, or family income supplement, as it was called. This is a mark of why morale is so bad in the Defence Forces. People...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Instead, they are out there competing in the rental market in a regime of savage rent increases. No wonder they are leaving.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to address the status of community employment supervisors and make provision for their payments as per the Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Joan Burton: Has the Minister found a mechanism to resolve the situation for community employment, CE, supervisors, the Labour Court recommendation on their pensions and so on? I am conscious that the recommendation was made before the crash. We are now in a period of restoration. Many proposals have been put forward. What progress has the Minister made to give effect to restoration proposals?