Results 39,261-39,280 of 40,550 for speaker:Joan Burton

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the European Commission in respect of the current developments on Brexit. [3008/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagement with the DUP. [4208/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: It may turn out to be an historical tragedy that the people in Northern Ireland who voted to remain have not been represented and that the Executive in Northern Ireland has not been reconvened. We all understand there are political difficulties in this regard, but the consequences of Brexit are so great that those difficulties need to be addressed and overcome, and they can be. In view of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: I understood the Taoiseach to say Cabinet committee C on the European Union has not met since June. Cabinet subcommittees have a purpose. The Taoiseach indicated to us before that he is not too fond of them. They allow very senior civil servants to brief in detail on the detail of papers and, for example, to set out how they imagine the backstop would work in detail and what considerations...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: What is the Government's position on the recently agreed German-Franco treaty which has many implications for Europe? Does the Taoiseach foresee that treaty impacting on the future of the European Union, including Ireland's role in the European Union? How many people in the Department of the Taoiseach are working on the bid for our membership of the UN Security Council? Given the weekend...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: John Hume would never have made any progress if he had not reached out and talked to people with whom he had very serious difficulties. Ultimately, he and others were able to resolve, through the Belfast Agreement, an all-Ireland framework for progress to be made. It is not that we are in agreement with the DUP's position but it has a position, which is not a majority one. The majority of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: We need to know the Taoiseach's approach to the DUP.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: The Taoiseach and the Minister could travel together.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the number of adoption records not in the possession of the State has been identified; the location in which the records are kept; if she has requested the records; her plans to secure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4556/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 126 cases of illegal registration of adopted children identified from an organisation (details supplied) that have been contacted; the number that have been offered counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4557/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of possible illegal registration identified from the review in 2010 by the Adoption Authority of Ireland using data from the National Adoption Contact Preference Register and cross referencing it with the GRO; the number of cases profiled; if this information was provided to her Department; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the validation exercise with respect to 140 cases of illegal registrations of adoption reported to her Department by the Adoption Authority of Ireland; if this includes 90 cases reported in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4559/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will advance to Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4560/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases that have been sampled as part of the scoping exercise on illegal registration of adoptions; the methodology being used for the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4561/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (30 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: 255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has been informed by the independent chair of the scoping exercise on illegal registrations of adoptions the sample size of the study and the methodology being used; if it was communicated to or approved by officials in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4562/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: It is good to see all of the witnesses. From the presentation, I get the sense that the position is improving but not terribly quickly. I have been interested in this issue for a long time. I will put questions to Mr. Johnson first. He might recall the recent discussion about how mortgage loans could be provided to people who would traditionally be family customers of the credit unions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: Will Mr. Farrell first indicate what the position is in this regard for the Irish League of Credit Unions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: To follow up on that, as the witnesses know - and this relates to the second type of lending - there is a loan scheme in place for individuals on incomes of up to €50,000 and couples on incomes of up to €75,000. The limits are low enough. People are applying to county councils under the scheme and the approval process is very slow. The first approvals have trickled through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: To assist the committee, will Mr. Johnson identify steps that would make that easier. Furthermore, regarding groups that have come together in a modern approved housing body, for example, the Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance, are there steps the committee could help to facilitate that would make that easier and perhaps persuade the Departments of Housing, Planning and Local Government and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Credit Union Advisory Committee: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)

Joan Burton: In Mr. Corr's view, which is the relevant Department to progress this legislation? Is it the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government because it appears to be indicating that it already has this on the books or is it the Department of Finance, or amendments to the powers of the Central Bank?